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145/Amazon Rescue Operation - Saving Seven Volvos From the Crusher
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Thanks for subscribing! I have a bunch of other clips I need to assemble... haven't done a YouTube upload in over a year.
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The rest of July and the first half of August 2023 were extremely unproductive for the Volvos; I was swamped with house projects, yard projects, traveling, etc.
The most exciting thing to happen was getting the crashed `71's engine to turn over with the key! I had to study the `68's ignition wiring for a while to compare and get the crashed `71's ignition hooked up correct, and then I had to tap the starter with a hammer several times (I made sure to tap it right on the "do not strike" label for safe measures) to get the starter to spin. Once that happened, the car turned over freely on its own. Naturally, with the carburetor being a solid rock of nastiness, the car didn't run. The points and condenser looked horrendous anyway. While I didn't snap any photos, I did take a series of video clips that I'll eventually put on YouTube.
Other news was jumping on the green `73's hood until it laid flat, and then switching garage spots with the turquoise `71 and green `73.
Before long, the cars in the garage became a storage shelf for random stuff.
I love Idaho for so many reasons, but one of the biggest is that it doesn't take long to drive to the middle of absolutely nowhere:
The most exciting thing to happen was getting the crashed `71's engine to turn over with the key! I had to study the `68's ignition wiring for a while to compare and get the crashed `71's ignition hooked up correct, and then I had to tap the starter with a hammer several times (I made sure to tap it right on the "do not strike" label for safe measures) to get the starter to spin. Once that happened, the car turned over freely on its own. Naturally, with the carburetor being a solid rock of nastiness, the car didn't run. The points and condenser looked horrendous anyway. While I didn't snap any photos, I did take a series of video clips that I'll eventually put on YouTube.
Other news was jumping on the green `73's hood until it laid flat, and then switching garage spots with the turquoise `71 and green `73.
Before long, the cars in the garage became a storage shelf for random stuff.
I love Idaho for so many reasons, but one of the biggest is that it doesn't take long to drive to the middle of absolutely nowhere:
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August 18, 2023 - "Crashed `71," the California White on Teal 1971 Volvo 145S
Finally removed the damaged radiator support to inspect the metal damages. Not as bad as I expected! Threw on some random parts for fun...
Finally removed the damaged radiator support to inspect the metal damages. Not as bad as I expected! Threw on some random parts for fun...
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August 27, 2023 - "Turquoise `71," the Color Code 104 `71 Volvo 145S
Cleaned, clay-barred, buffed, polished, and waxed a fender of the turquoise wagon to see how the paint could potentially shine up. Sweet! I really, really, really liked the red primer showing through in some places. Chefs kiss, great patina. (Yes, I know the garage was a cluttered disaster)
September 22, 2023
Finally had my semi-annual mental OCD breakdown and deep-cleaned the garage.
Husky loves garage cleaning day.
I also snagged some cheap car covers that fit a 145 perfect!
Cleaned, clay-barred, buffed, polished, and waxed a fender of the turquoise wagon to see how the paint could potentially shine up. Sweet! I really, really, really liked the red primer showing through in some places. Chefs kiss, great patina. (Yes, I know the garage was a cluttered disaster)
September 22, 2023
Finally had my semi-annual mental OCD breakdown and deep-cleaned the garage.
Husky loves garage cleaning day.
I also snagged some cheap car covers that fit a 145 perfect!
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October 5, 2023 - "Crashed `71," the California White on Teal 1971 Volvo 145S
Even months after acquiring this car, it was still disgusting.
Even months after acquiring this car, it was still disgusting.
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July 16, 2023 - "Blue Seventy Two," the 1972 Volvo 145E
The same day as the turquoise 145, the blue `72 was dropped off. Getting the car out of its grave turned out to be quite the fiasco; the tree did NOT want to let go!
Yes, yes, yes! PLEASE tell us you at least tried to drive down the highway with 15' of foliage attached...
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We did... didn't clear the power lines.Yes, yes, yes! PLEASE tell us you at least tried to drive down the highway with 15' of foliage attached...
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October 5, 2023 - "Crashed `71," the California White on Teal 1971 Volvo 145S
Dogs gave me a pep talk, and I dug into the fenders of the crashed `71.
The typical bolts behind the kickpanels were stripped, so I had to pop the doors off to access the oversized phillips-head screws instead.
Moving on...
Story time!
So in Idaho, you must, MUST have the title to a car in order to claim ownership. Bill-of-sale is pretty worthless here. So, that left me with a problem:
The blue `72, the turquoise `71, and the green `73 did not have any ownership documents.
I managed to get titles for the `71 and `73. Here's how I did it:
For the turquoise `71, I dug through the car for any documents pointing me to the last legal owner, and managed to find some doodles on old papers, signed by a guy named Otis (leaving out the last name for their privacy). Having a unique name, I hopped on Facebook and managed to find a local guy with the same name - I reached out, and confirmed he used to own the car! We chatted on the phone, and discovered that the car was sold and parked in 1991, with the registration expiring in 1993; crazy that this was parked to rot before the Volvo 240 ended production, lol. Anyway, he let me know that his father was the legal owner, and gave me his contact info. The father agreed to go into the DMV with me to request a replacement title, with an ownership transfer request. The catch? I had to check him out of the nursing home. The day turned out to be a blast, and the guy was absolutely thrilled to learn the car still existed. Within several weeks, I had a title, making me the legal owner of the turquoise `71.
For the green `73, I dug through the glovebox and found an old insurance card from 1992 to give me a name, Bart. When social media yielded no results, I submitted an information request to the Idaho Department of Transportation, who gave me the address of the last legal owner of the car (matched the name of the insurance card in the glovebox). Luckily, Bart lived close to my work, so I was able to dash over there on a lunch break to see if he'd help me get a new title for the car. Turns out, in his backyard was his old defunct mechanic shop (closed in 1995-ish), which was a dusty time capsule of tools, parts, and files. In a filing cabinet was the title to the green `73 - yes, he'd held onto that title since 1992, even though he no longer had the car! He was able to sign it, which allowed me to legally transfer ownership to myself.
As for the blue `72, the DMV found a few questionable things from its past, and denied me a title, and denied any information that could point me to an owner. To really put the nail in the coffin, they flagged the VIN for any future titling attempts. The only information I was able to gather was that the car was sold in 2002 for (I kid you not) $420.69; how that private sale info made it to our DMV records is funny, though useless for me.
Given that, I came to the sad game plan of stripping the blue `72 for parts.
The hood, fenders, radiator support, bumper supports, bumper, and tailgate latch would go to the crashed `71.
The dashboard, ignition, locks and keys, wiring harness, rear springs, steering column, pedal box, etc would go to the turquoise `71.
Everything else would be pulled to sell, store, or give away to local 140 owners.
Shortly after I'd made the decision to yank parts from the blue `72, my good friend Dennis called and asked if I had any leads on a distributor for a 145E. He scavenged the blue `72's distributor for this orange `73's engine replacement (engine also came from a `72 140E):
Around the same time as all this, I was able to grab some taillights from a V8-swapped Volvo 245 at the junkyard:
Dogs gave me a pep talk, and I dug into the fenders of the crashed `71.
The typical bolts behind the kickpanels were stripped, so I had to pop the doors off to access the oversized phillips-head screws instead.
Moving on...
Story time!
So in Idaho, you must, MUST have the title to a car in order to claim ownership. Bill-of-sale is pretty worthless here. So, that left me with a problem:
The blue `72, the turquoise `71, and the green `73 did not have any ownership documents.
I managed to get titles for the `71 and `73. Here's how I did it:
For the turquoise `71, I dug through the car for any documents pointing me to the last legal owner, and managed to find some doodles on old papers, signed by a guy named Otis (leaving out the last name for their privacy). Having a unique name, I hopped on Facebook and managed to find a local guy with the same name - I reached out, and confirmed he used to own the car! We chatted on the phone, and discovered that the car was sold and parked in 1991, with the registration expiring in 1993; crazy that this was parked to rot before the Volvo 240 ended production, lol. Anyway, he let me know that his father was the legal owner, and gave me his contact info. The father agreed to go into the DMV with me to request a replacement title, with an ownership transfer request. The catch? I had to check him out of the nursing home. The day turned out to be a blast, and the guy was absolutely thrilled to learn the car still existed. Within several weeks, I had a title, making me the legal owner of the turquoise `71.
For the green `73, I dug through the glovebox and found an old insurance card from 1992 to give me a name, Bart. When social media yielded no results, I submitted an information request to the Idaho Department of Transportation, who gave me the address of the last legal owner of the car (matched the name of the insurance card in the glovebox). Luckily, Bart lived close to my work, so I was able to dash over there on a lunch break to see if he'd help me get a new title for the car. Turns out, in his backyard was his old defunct mechanic shop (closed in 1995-ish), which was a dusty time capsule of tools, parts, and files. In a filing cabinet was the title to the green `73 - yes, he'd held onto that title since 1992, even though he no longer had the car! He was able to sign it, which allowed me to legally transfer ownership to myself.
As for the blue `72, the DMV found a few questionable things from its past, and denied me a title, and denied any information that could point me to an owner. To really put the nail in the coffin, they flagged the VIN for any future titling attempts. The only information I was able to gather was that the car was sold in 2002 for (I kid you not) $420.69; how that private sale info made it to our DMV records is funny, though useless for me.
Given that, I came to the sad game plan of stripping the blue `72 for parts.
The hood, fenders, radiator support, bumper supports, bumper, and tailgate latch would go to the crashed `71.
The dashboard, ignition, locks and keys, wiring harness, rear springs, steering column, pedal box, etc would go to the turquoise `71.
Everything else would be pulled to sell, store, or give away to local 140 owners.
Shortly after I'd made the decision to yank parts from the blue `72, my good friend Dennis called and asked if I had any leads on a distributor for a 145E. He scavenged the blue `72's distributor for this orange `73's engine replacement (engine also came from a `72 140E):
Around the same time as all this, I was able to grab some taillights from a V8-swapped Volvo 245 at the junkyard:
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what covers are you using ?
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Oh yes! Keep it coming...
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October 10, 2023 - "Crashed `71," the California White on Teal 1971 Volvo 145S
What a $750 VP/IPD/FCP Euro order looks like:
I put all the new parts on a shelf while I worked on cleaning the engine bay of the crashed `71. I'll have to compile some video clips for YouTube one of these days.
Preparing for the deconstruction of the blue `72, I pulled the turquoise `71 out of the garage and put the blue `72 there instead. I had to trim back the tree trunk to fit it comfortably.
While I was at it, I carved out some shelf space for some 145 parts I'd acquired back in 2020 from the junkyard when I was building the Frankenwagon:
Do you see it?
How about now?
How about now?
Shame to see this at the yard. Yard wouldn’t sell, either. Only 49k on the odometer, no rust. Seriously, rock solid everywhere. Body was pretty straight aside from a hole from the forklift.
What a $750 VP/IPD/FCP Euro order looks like:
I put all the new parts on a shelf while I worked on cleaning the engine bay of the crashed `71. I'll have to compile some video clips for YouTube one of these days.
Preparing for the deconstruction of the blue `72, I pulled the turquoise `71 out of the garage and put the blue `72 there instead. I had to trim back the tree trunk to fit it comfortably.
While I was at it, I carved out some shelf space for some 145 parts I'd acquired back in 2020 from the junkyard when I was building the Frankenwagon:
Do you see it?
How about now?
How about now?
Shame to see this at the yard. Yard wouldn’t sell, either. Only 49k on the odometer, no rust. Seriously, rock solid everywhere. Body was pretty straight aside from a hole from the forklift.
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Just a cheap cover from Amazon. You can select the station wagon version and pick the length you need.
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October 17, 2023 - "Spot," the Ice Blue 1968 Volvo 145S
To free up some driveway space and project money, I listed the `68 145 on Bring-A-Trailer at "No Reserve." No reserve meant that the car would sell, regardless of the highest bid. I wasn't looking to make a big profit; I simply was hoping for the car to find a great home.
Here are a few of my Bring-A-Trailer photo highlights:
To see the whole photo gallery (a few hundred pictures), go here.
To free up some driveway space and project money, I listed the `68 145 on Bring-A-Trailer at "No Reserve." No reserve meant that the car would sell, regardless of the highest bid. I wasn't looking to make a big profit; I simply was hoping for the car to find a great home.
Here are a few of my Bring-A-Trailer photo highlights:
To see the whole photo gallery (a few hundred pictures), go here.
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"Spot," the Ice Blue 1968 Volvo 145S
A couple of photos from our partial eclipse:
And a few before-and-after photos. Obviously not a restoration, but way better than it was!
A couple of photos from our partial eclipse:
And a few before-and-after photos. Obviously not a restoration, but way better than it was!
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October 22, 2023 - "Spot," the Ice Blue 1968 Volvo 145S
The `68 sold, and it went allllllllllllllllllllllll the way from Mountain Home, Idaho to Daytona Beach, Florida. Pretty sure the guy paid more to have the car shipped than he did for the car itself.
Anyway, the buyer is a very friendly guy named John, who has a shop and restores Volvos in his retirement. You know what that means? The `68 is getting restored!
Better yet, John has been sending me plenty of restoration updates, which will be uploaded to here as I catch up on the timeline.
The `68 sold, and it went allllllllllllllllllllllll the way from Mountain Home, Idaho to Daytona Beach, Florida. Pretty sure the guy paid more to have the car shipped than he did for the car itself.
Anyway, the buyer is a very friendly guy named John, who has a shop and restores Volvos in his retirement. You know what that means? The `68 is getting restored!
Better yet, John has been sending me plenty of restoration updates, which will be uploaded to here as I catch up on the timeline.
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October 25, 2023 - "Turquoise `71," the Color Code 104 `71 Volvo 145S
Who needs springs when you can use firewood?
Remember how I mentioned scoring a free set of Virgos from the scrap pile? Yeah, they belong on this car. Wowie, what a great look!
I know I've said it before, but I LOVE the turquoise and patina on this thing.
Who needs springs when you can use firewood?
Remember how I mentioned scoring a free set of Virgos from the scrap pile? Yeah, they belong on this car. Wowie, what a great look!
I know I've said it before, but I LOVE the turquoise and patina on this thing.
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October 2023
Since I was trying to downsize the heard, I naturally was looking at project cars on Facebook Marketplace. I noticed something interesting in this bulk VW ad... fun game of "I Spy."
Since I was trying to downsize the heard, I naturally was looking at project cars on Facebook Marketplace. I noticed something interesting in this bulk VW ad... fun game of "I Spy."
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Did you notice the orange 145? I did. And it unfortunately is only 20 minutes away from me. It's unfortunate because the car's now been a huge temptation for over a year! Clean title, $700. Unsure if it's an auto or manual. The VW guy sent me a few more pictures.
Maybe I'll scoop it up one of these days, but I'm holding off for now.
Maybe I'll scoop it up one of these days, but I'm holding off for now.
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More 140 series action than we've had in awhile. That white one in the salvage yard they wouldn't sell has the old IPD wheels on it. Looks like everyone out there that bought a 140 series bought wagons.