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Post pics of your Volvo.

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My old dearly departed '72 1800E.

Climbing into the wayback machine, going back years, decades, into another century. To the year 1986 (or was it 1987???). This was my first 1800E. Bought cheap because the oil pressure gauge hose was leaking and dripping oil onto the exhaust. And it was an automatic. And had a crappy repaint. And torn seats. But no rust and otherwise pretty nice condition. I bought it fairly cheap for the time ($1500 IIRC), fixed the oil gauge hose. Drove it about 2 months and M41 swapped it (you could find parts like that in junkyards then, WHOA!). Had a shop reupholster the torn seats. Fixed the A/C. Did a garage respray (a 60's Ford green to match what the previous owner had done, didn't want to re-repaint the door jambs). Then driving down a main street in Springfield MO where I was going to college (SMSU at the time, now MSU) some guy in a Chevy Celebrity ran a stop sign on a side street. I had the brakes on, but couldn't stop or avoid. He hit the FR corner and the I spun around multiple, denting all 4 corners of the car, leaving spiral coolant sprays all across the intersection.

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He might have gotten it worse, though. He was some sort of pest control guy, and in the wreck, some chemicals he had in the car spilled and splashed all over, when he got out he was dripping with stuff. Probably not a good thing, health-wise.

The car was totaled, front crossmember was moved over a few inches. First time dealing with an insurance company, they thought it was an 'old Volvo' and offered me $500. I eventually got $5000 from them and bought a nicer yellow '71 1800E.
 
Figured I'd finally share some photos of the maybe a little bit unique places the old skitvagen has been

Took the old 240 over to St Brendan's this past weekend, she had no trouble in the fresh snow on the gravel roads, quite fun driving and plenty of questions and discussion about what such an old and rust-prone car was doing there:)​

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A previous trip: the volvo at the abandoned PEI ferry terminal in Cape Tourmentine, plenty of ice for sliding around on (just don't go off the edge!)​

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Very cliche, but had to take her up Mount Washington when I was there (brakes only got a little hot and burny on the descent, turns out she pops out of first gear when using it to engine brake over 3.5k rpm.)washington.jpg​

 
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amerbritcan said:
Holy frig, that's remote. Love seeing 240's in interesting places
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I assume you are referring to St Brendan's since the other two are pretty touristy, I think.

It's not as remote as it may look on maps, it's about a 3 hour drive out from St John's then an hour on the Grace Sparkes depending on sea conditions. If your ever out east, I recommend heading that way, especially if ya likes empty and snowy roads in the winter! (beautiful views and hospitality are nice too, I suppose:P)

Hopefully, she'll make her way out to even more distant places in the future as I find time.
 
cathoderayfish said:
nice picture, love seeing other old rwd bricks braving the slush and salt. Gives hope that the northern ones won't turn to rusty dust in the coming decades!
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People at gas stations sometimes ask why I subject a "classic" to snow and salt and my answer is always that it's my car, and I don't see a sense in not driving it.

Could be worse, I could just let it sit buried in the snow...

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fatcatbestcat said:
People at gas stations sometimes ask why I subject a "classic" to snow and salt and my answer is always that it's my car, and I don't see a sense in not driving it.

Could be worse, I could just let it sit buried in the snow...
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100% agree. unless my 240 somehow becomes absurdly valuable, I see not a reason to baby it. Plus, nothing is more fun than a rwd beater in the wind and snow.
 
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