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Aussies with 360's

Post by TheNed » 26 Jan 2011 09:14 pm

Just wondering how many Aussies there are on here with 360's. Most cars as soon as you buy one they are every where, I have only seen two 360's in the last 15 years. Where are you all hiding?
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Post by whiskeyonesix » 27 Jan 2011 11:30 am

Simple answer is there aren't that many left! When I bought mine over 2 years ago there were only about 10 left on the roads of Perth, and I've only ever seen another one on the road here, and that was a MK2.
There's not the tramp-drift scene here like there is in the UK ( I suppose cos things like Skylines are fairly cheap and readily available ) and new parts are getting harder to find. Plus the fact that the Australian Branch of the Volvo Owners Club don't take much interest in the 360's.
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Re: Aussies with 360's

Post by K3FSAR » 29 Jan 2011 03:33 am

Well, I have 2. And I know of 3 others in the state of Tasmania (2 on the road and one rusting away). I found one of mine that way (rusting in a paddock), and the roadworthy one was a well looked after town runabout. Which I have now broken since I cleaned out the flame trap to stop it leaking oil. Which being the new year, another attempt this arvo to get it going once more!

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Re: Aussies with 360's

Post by TheNed » 30 Jan 2011 12:17 am

The numbers are going up now!! I saw one in West End, Brisbane. :360:
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Re: Aussies with 360's

Post by K3FSAR » 30 Jan 2011 04:20 am

And up and up and up!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/volvo-360-x2-/15 ... 500wt_1156

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VOLVO-360-GLT-Gr ... 875wt_1139

Volvo 360 GLT TURBO. I think its best to read the fine print on that last one :roll:

I'm still tossing up on getting another. One for daily driver, one spare and a project car. All I need to find then is that and a 740/940 with a B234.....

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Post by 360BLT » 02 Feb 2011 09:09 am

Time for my annual V3M posting.

Two more on ebay here!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/volvo-360-glt-/1 ... 2a0dc9d801

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1985-Volvo-360-B ... 415666c523

Plague proportions I tells ya.

That said, I see far more for sale than driving around here in Inner Melbourne

The second link there is making me kinda tempted for a second one. Looks nice and straight.

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Post by 360BLT » 02 Feb 2011 09:11 am

I also saw a CVT one on ebay the other day! I had no idea there were any imported to oz

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Re: Aussies with 360's

Post by jtbo » 02 Feb 2011 07:03 pm

Be careful now there if near up north, cat 4 cyclone about to hit Cardwell.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011 ... 127428.htm
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Re: Aussies with 360's

Post by Chris_C » 02 Feb 2011 07:22 pm

jtbo wrote:Be careful now there if near up north, cat 4 cyclone about to hit Cardwell.
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Post by macplaxton » 02 Feb 2011 08:13 pm

Chris_C wrote:
jtbo wrote:Be careful now there if near up north, cat 4 cyclone about to hit Cardwell.
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Re: Aussies with 360's

Post by Hell Driver » 02 Feb 2011 11:35 pm

That last one in the showroom looks nice.
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Post by 360BLT » 03 Feb 2011 02:03 am

It looks real nice. I might go and have a look. I would probably offer $1500 for it. Damn I wish I hadn't spent all that money getting my suspension up to scratch last year!

My girlfriend will kill me if I get another one.

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Re: Aussies with 360's

Post by pettaw » 03 Feb 2011 05:13 pm

jtbo wrote:Be careful now there if near up north, cat 4 cyclone about to hit Cardwell.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011 ... 127428.htm
I think that's in the area where Figgy lives. Has anybody heard from her lately?

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Post by jtbo » 03 Feb 2011 09:27 pm

I did heard that over 90% of houses got damaged on affected area:
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/ ... res?page=1

Even damages were high, there is only two persons reported missing and I have not read anybody loosing their lives, so evacuation seems to have worked well. There was mention that Cardwell is inaccessible by road and many places have flooding now, I think it could been ending much worse.
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Re: Aussies with 360's

Post by TheNed » 17 Feb 2011 09:39 am

Found a nice 360 graveyard today. It's near Yatala, handy for Brisbane 360's!
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