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Post by special » 01 Dec 2007 07:17 pm

hey hey the council has finaly got around to giving me a garage so hopefully i will soon be returning to the volvo 300 fold..( the cavalier is a bit of a tight fit in the garage :lol: )....i just need to find one .... and can someone tell me where all the 300s have gone there like rocking horse s**t round here :lol:
and i dont want to use fleabay :lol:
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Post by Chris_C » 01 Dec 2007 07:41 pm

They've got rarer since you were round mate... and can't get them for a penny on ebay anymore :(
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Post by redline » 01 Dec 2007 08:04 pm

I think Carl still has fioner ,



if I had the space I would have her off him like a shot
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Where have they all gone?

Post by workshopmanualman » 02 Dec 2007 12:14 pm

http://cars.trovit.co.uk/

You sometimes find some on this site, although it seems a bit pants to be honest! I put an advert out as a wants, but got a mixed response - I think people thought I was taking the p**s. Auto Trader has a few, but oddly from dealers.

Problem seems that you have good cars for £500 upwards, but below that when it comes to MOT time, and the local scrappy is offering £60 to take these things away......

I do see loads driving around though, so perhaps there is an alternative scenario - people are just hanging on to them for what they are.

By the by, if anybody has a 300 saloon with MOT in the Surrey area that they are thinking of selling, then please do get in touch.


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Post by classicswede » 02 Dec 2007 01:27 pm

special wrote:hey hey the council has finaly got around to giving me a garage so hopefully i will soon be returning to the volvo 300 fold..( the cavalier is a bit of a tight fit in the garage :lol: )....i just need to find one .... and can someone tell me where all the 300s have gone there like rocking horse s**t round here :lol:
and i dont want to use fleabay :lol:
What kind of 300 are you looking for? 1.4 1.7 or 360?
Is it going to end up a custom job?
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Post by Carl » 02 Dec 2007 01:35 pm

Yep I've still got Fioner (the 1988 5dr 360 GLT in my avatar). I do need to sell her, but finding the time to sort her is proving difficult!
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Re: possible return

Post by special » 02 Dec 2007 04:29 pm

classicswede wrote:
special wrote:hey hey the council has finaly got around to giving me a garage so hopefully i will soon be returning to the volvo 300 fold..( the cavalier is a bit of a tight fit in the garage :lol: )....i just need to find one .... and can someone tell me where all the 300s have gone there like rocking horse s**t round here :lol:
and i dont want to use fleabay :lol:
What kind of 300 are you looking for? 1.4 1.7 or 360?
Is it going to end up a custom job?
to be perfectly honest im not that fussed what engine it is a 1.4 would be good as im looking to either restore it or put a stupidly daft engine in it
although im swinging more toward restoration and a 1.4 would be good for tax

i think its difficult to get hold of one because of the high value of scrap ....i mean i got £80 for mine 3 years ago
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Post by foggyjames » 06 Dec 2007 01:27 am

Good to see you back! I still have those GLT alloys ;)

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Post by petefarrell360 » 07 Dec 2007 01:26 am

Aha Special old chap! Good to see you back. Lets hope you find a good 300 and get back to owning one soon. Once you've had a 300, you'll never forget it!

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Post by special » 15 Dec 2007 10:49 am

my god man !! why you not used the alloys yet thought you were fitting them to nessy ....or is nessy long gone .. :lol:
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Post by foggyjames » 15 Dec 2007 11:33 am

...they're on Nessy ;)

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