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new car....

Post by Janitor » 21 Apr 2004 06:03 pm

on saturday i collect new 360 glt ! 1983 2 door red in ok condition for being 20years old,bit rust on the back arches but apart from that it is ok.its a 450 mile round trip to get it so i will find out how good the engine is on the ride home.hope it doesnt brake down :wink: .
hopefully it will last the summer,and longer, but when its beyond economical repair i will have a full set of spares for my other car. it has MINT alloys on(14" volvo),but i will put manta14" alloys or 13" alleycats on i think. i have a couple of photos but can never put them up for some reason....D0h
the seller has panels,interior bits and pieces,and wheels which he going to get ready and give me when i collect.dont know exactly what is there as he only sent a short e-mail to me today.
i'll try post saturday night and let you know how its doing....

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Post by Duvel78 » 21 Apr 2004 08:27 pm

Ooooooooo, red, 2 doors, 1983...

Are you te lucky owner of this car, bought on Ebay for ONLY 153 eur??

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Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
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Lot of donors cars and parts...
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Post by Janitor » 21 Apr 2004 09:43 pm

sneaky,yup its me :lol:

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Post by Janitor » 24 Apr 2004 10:12 pm

picked it up today-no problems driving home(240miles)!!
the photos do not do the car justice-it is far better !!
the spares were;
set of volvo spark plugs
driver side(rhd) door skin
front "bib"(goes between front bumber and headlights-on later models the bumper goes right upto the headlights)
rear plate togo under numberplate
reversing light sensor
mmm and a few other bits and pieces all new genuine volvo parts.
it has a new full exhaust too !!
brakes arent very good-think 1 of the discs is warped and the front wheels want balancing-apart from that it is A OK......
i have a digi camera now so i will take some snaps of it and some of the rally car and post them as soon as i get time !

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Post by 5lab » 27 Apr 2004 02:14 pm

i was quite tempted by that one - nearly bid on it - i like the pre-84 style front end to the ones with the bigger bumpers..

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Post by 5lab » 25 May 2004 12:41 pm

btw, janitor - did you ever take those alloys off? got them spare?? ;)

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Post by Janitor » 25 May 2004 05:21 pm

i have loads of them !!
because all my stuff is all over the place,some at home,some at brothers(3 garages),some at mum n dads n some at grandmothers garage i dont know where they are ! :wink:
i usually run 13" rims to lower gearing a bit BUT will keep alloys that are on car because they are in A1 condition ! i will have a run about with my camera hopefully this weekend(if i dont go camping in lakes)and post some pics of the rims i have !! i wont want much for them but bare in mind i think you can get about a £5 for a scrap 1 !!??
last time i was at my bro's he had 35 rims n tyres !!!!!!!!!
believe it or not sometimes when on gravel we use 155 13's on front to make it turn in better. last year i bought 11 ,5.5x13 alleycats for £100
bargain :D

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Post by 5lab » 25 May 2004 11:22 pm

i really like them ones there.. if you have a set of those spare then let me know :)

afaik, the 13 and 14" rims both have the same size tyre on (17" outer diameter) so surely the gearing would remain the same?

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