Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by Duvel78 » 26 Apr 2012 07:23 am

Spotted yesterday, on the motorway (rare!!), a red 340 3 doors in very nice condition! Very bad picture though, and it was raining :-(

It was on the Brussels ring, in Hoeilaart!
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by S10NPH » 07 May 2012 08:22 pm

Spotted in Norwich a couple of weeks ago:
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According to the DVLA, it's been standing for a few years.
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by wiganer31 » 08 May 2012 01:47 pm

spotted a blue 300 yesterday about 2pm, stuck in traffic at temp lights on the bypass in leigh, i was going the other way in my 340, dont suppose it was anyone on here?

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by mickt » 09 May 2012 11:23 pm

I have spotted a car in Portugal

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As you can see they cut granite rocks in this town ( Tabua ) and keep dogs in their scrapyards

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by Speedy88 » 09 May 2012 11:36 pm

Imagine that'd be in good condition going by your climate! Suspension also looks like it hasn't sagged much.
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by DaveGuy46 » 10 May 2012 11:21 am

andy_h wrote:That would be me :)
Yep thats you ! very nice mate thats how mine will be shortly got a few things to finish after fitting the valver then hopefully its all good.

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by andy_h » 10 May 2012 05:05 pm

Cheers mate,
The ultra lights and saloon shape are just meant to be! and loving the stealth look on yours 8)
With the valver in its gonna be so tail happy, very envious of you.
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by DaveGuy46 » 11 May 2012 12:50 pm

I just love how they resemble old skool escorts even in there size i cannot wait to get it done !! we'll have to meet up when i finally get round to finishing it !
Yours would look evil with the indicators etc slightly tinted like mine. Do it do it !!! sm4

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by andy_h » 17 May 2012 05:02 pm

which mk escort ? not a great fan of anything after a mk2 to be honest lol

would be good to meet up, maybe at the ace cafe or similar but i'll be keeping the lights as they are ;) just like it standard and slammed 8)
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by Duvel78 » 06 Jun 2012 05:22 pm

I was just passing in a street in front of a MOT center in Brussels, suddenly I saw this...

I immediately stopped and talked to the guy, he didn't know V3M. He has my name now and the URL of this site in case of problem!

Nice car, '87, manual, only 80.000 km. Difficult to explain the joy after the little talk, great moment :D I had no news, I suppose the MOT was OK sm4
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by Nimminz » 08 Jun 2012 11:03 pm

just found one in knaresbro on street view

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=54.008 ... enyUkjF-ig

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by andy_h » 11 Jun 2012 08:43 pm

so who came to the jap south mims meet in this .....Image

my mate posted up pics and didnt realise this was on at the weekend and i would have been in the crx then driven back and got the volvo lol!
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by theo2468 » 11 Jun 2012 09:30 pm

andy_h wrote:so who came to the jap south mims meet in this .....Image

my mate posted up pics and didnt realise this was on at the weekend and i would have been in the crx then driven back and got the volvo lol!
ive seen this volvo a few times now in pictures and it looks nuts, nice low and wide stance. i believe jon ovlov knows him? may be wrong, but im sure his car is in the background of a shot of jons
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by jon-ovlov » 11 Jun 2012 11:09 pm

Yup, lads name is Steve Day. he's on here every now and then. It does look great! Nice guy too.
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by MCHUDD » 16 Jun 2012 04:50 pm

Hi all.
Today Mrs mchudd and i went to a local church fete {its the only time i go to such places} and there was a De loren
parked at the side of the church. The bloke who owened it was charging people a squid to sit in it for charity.
Although these great motors were built here in Belfast, i had never been in one.So i forked out a hard earned squidly
and hopped in. I now want one :lol: :lol: :lol:.i said to the bloke, i thought i was the only one around here with a rear window louvre and
he asked me what i drove. I told him mk1 345 volvo and he told me the De loren was powered by a 2.8 volvo v6. I didn't know that.
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