trabitom's Mk1 343 GL Touring

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Re: trabitom's Mk1 343 GL Touring

Post by trabitom99 » 21 Oct 2013 06:40 pm

Not my former car, but very similar!
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Volvo-343-Oldtim ... 3f2aab9c26

One model year later, L instead of GL, no spoilers, other than that it's a spitting image.

Cheers

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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Re: trabitom's Mk1 343 GL Touring

Post by S10NPH » 21 Oct 2013 06:42 pm

Yes, I'd spotted that and had to do a double-take for a moment!
1977 Volvo 343 DL 1.4 Vario TUJ 247R
1980 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 PGH 590V
1981 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 ECR 312W
1985 Volvo 340 DL 1.4 Vario B168 DTU
1982 Volvo 245 GLT 2.3 Auto VKN 137X
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Re: trabitom's Mk1 343 GL Touring

Post by Hell Driver » 22 Oct 2013 08:06 pm

Black interior trim like my '81 Mk 1, don't see that very often, same seats as well. Steering wheel and door pulls older type though. Wonder why they used the older ones on the same year car.
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R.I.P. 77 343 DL vario :-(

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Re: trabitom's Mk1 343 GL Touring

Post by S10NPH » 22 Oct 2013 10:20 pm

It's because it's an L model, which wasn't sold in the UK. L models carried on up to and including model year 1982 (I think), and still has early steering wheels and black vinyl door cards.

Here is a '79 L:
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Here is an '82 L:
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1977 Volvo 343 DL 1.4 Vario TUJ 247R
1980 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 PGH 590V
1981 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 ECR 312W
1985 Volvo 340 DL 1.4 Vario B168 DTU
1982 Volvo 245 GLT 2.3 Auto VKN 137X
1997 Saab 900 Convertible P290 DDF and 2018 VW Tiguan S10 NPH

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Re: trabitom's Mk1 343 GL Touring

Post by Hell Driver » 22 Oct 2013 11:03 pm

I wonder how mine got the black door cards, it's a DL! I'd like one of those steering wheels and some of the older style door pulls if I can find any :D Nice photos!

Just noticed there's no radio console!!!
360 GLE Saloon (D 86)
360 GLS (A 84)
343 DL (W 80) :-)
340 GL 1.7 (G 89)
360 GLS (Y 83)
440 Turbo (J 92)
Transit Tipper 125 T350 (02)Alive Again!
Transit Tipper Smiley face Q reg
Mitsubishi Colt 1.1 (54)
R.I.P. 77 343 DL vario :-(

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Re: trabitom's Mk1 343 GL Touring

Post by Chris_C » 23 Oct 2013 09:52 am

Theres no nothing!

Not even got bump strips on the doors!
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Re: trabitom's Mk1 343 GL Touring

Post by V6 Man » 23 Oct 2013 10:12 pm

Chris_C wrote:Theres no nothing!
In that case there must be something.........
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Re: Mk1 343 GL Touring (ex-trabitom)

Post by trabitom99 » 26 May 2015 10:53 am

My old car has come up for sale again. Asking price is 3000€, it comes with lots of spares. According to the seller, a further 2000€ has been spent on it since, it now also has electronic ignition (123 ignition from dafhobby) and a new starter motor and generator. I haven't seen the car in a while, but I suspect it's been kept in good condition over the past 2 years.

If anyone's interested, let me know via PM and I'll forward the contact details on. Location is in the Cologne area, Germany.

Cheers

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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Re: trabitom's Mk1 343 GL Touring

Post by trabitom99 » 26 May 2015 02:08 pm

Some current pictures (which, I suspect, don't do the car justice):

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Cheers

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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Re: trabitom's Mk1 343 GL Touring

Post by trabitom99 » 30 Jun 2016 07:23 am

My former car back on for sale!
http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/detai ... =228834926

Good to see it again ...

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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