35 years Volvo300; 10years V3C's anniversary event

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35 years Volvo300; 10years V3C's anniversary event

Post by volvodspec » 01 Jun 2011 09:14 pm

as you all know, 1976 was the year the first 343 saw it's light and in 2011, that's 35 years ago!
for the Dutch folks it a ultra-special year as the dutch Volvo300Club founded in 2001 exists 10 years :D

me and the V3C crew celebrated these facts last weekend with a trip to the Louwman Museum followed by a nice tour through my birth region; the Green-Heart landscape and the day ended with a nice dinner.

here are some of my pics and a few albums; enjoy!
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Siteje.com Album pt1:
http://www.siteje.com/evenementen2011/v ... deel1.html
Siteje.com Album pt2:
http://www.siteje.com/evenementen2011/v ... deel2.html

more albums;
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Album=RHPNRV4K
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Album=IIGZWNVI

are you V3Mers going to do something similar this summer/autumn?, would be a lovely trip :D

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Post by trabitom99 » 01 Jun 2011 09:34 pm

Very nice, thanks for posting the pics up :-) I did consider going, but it would've been a helluva trip ...

Tom
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343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
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Post by volvosneverdie » 01 Jun 2011 10:05 pm

Nice snaps dude.

Looks like a real good time. 8)
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Post by mattywatsit » 01 Jun 2011 11:42 pm

Looks like a great day was had by all! Thanks for sharing the pictures with us :D

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Post by Chris_C » 02 Jun 2011 09:59 am

What an awesome bridge in the last shot :D Engineering pimp ;)
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Post by antiekeradio » 04 Jun 2011 09:43 am

and did you see how high the water level is on the right side of the picture?

During the rally we had frequent occasions where we would drive up a slope just to find a waterway filled to the top, resulting in water levels sometimes multiple meters higher than the surrounding areas :shock:
Last time we had a rally in this area the route was a bit more to the south-west, where all the flower bulbs are grown.

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Post by foggyjames » 25 Jun 2011 01:13 am

Bump! Looks like an awesome meet.

We're planning to have our second re-launched "national" event this autumn. We're aware that it's the 35th anniversary of the launch of the series, but I don't know if we have anything particularly special planned. Does anyone have any ideas?

cheers

James
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Post by foggyjames » 25 Jun 2011 01:22 am

Do you know what sort of front spoiler the silver 343 has fitted? It looks a bit like the R-Sport (etc) type, but doesn't look quite the right shape either...maybe just because it's painted black?

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'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...

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Post by Speedy88 » 25 Jun 2011 08:14 am

foggyjames wrote:Bump! Looks like an awesome meet.

We're planning to have our second re-launched "national" event this autumn. We're aware that it's the 35th anniversary of the launch of the series, but I don't know if we have anything particularly special planned. Does anyone have any ideas?

cheers

James
I'm not aware of any kind of decent Volvo museum/factory in the UK? A convoy to europe might be good but might be beyond most of our wallets...
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Re: 35 years Volvo300; 10years V3C's anniversary event

Post by trabitom99 » 25 Jun 2011 09:36 am

foggyjames wrote:Do you know what sort of front spoiler the silver 343 has fitted? It looks a bit like the R-Sport (etc) type, but doesn't look quite the right shape either...maybe just because it's painted black?
volvodspec wrote: frontspoiler, original MY79, 80, 81 from Richard Grant. i know only 1 other 300 that has this one, very rare piece of equipment :) .
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http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... &start=135

:-)

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Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988

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Post by Chris_C » 25 Jun 2011 10:08 am

foggyjames wrote:Bump! Looks like an awesome meet.

We're planning to have our second re-launched "national" event this autumn. We're aware that it's the 35th anniversary of the launch of the series, but I don't know if we have anything particularly special planned. Does anyone have any ideas?

cheers

James
You mean you havn't asked me or Rupert if we've sorted it yet :P
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'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

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Re: 35 years Volvo300; 10years V3C's anniversary event

Post by foggyjames » 26 Jun 2011 12:30 pm

I *thought* it wasn't a normal one...thanks for the sanity check :)

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James
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'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...

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