You know bargain cars always seem to come up when youve got no money?

Well, spotted this on the VOC and couldnt really let it go by without making an offer.
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=114718

Unfortunatly, the kind gentleman selling it accepted my scrap value offer.
Which I wasnt really expecting or financially prepared for. Ulp

So, some juggling ensued. John (gawd blessim and all who sail in him) gave me a 0% finace on half the Pug*
Which kind of free'd up enough cash to buy and ship the tinker north.

Keep yerz fingers crossed for an easy test.
Few pics I have from the VOC listing:









Interesting mudflaps and headlight protectors. Dont know if theres any other goodies. Have to see when it turns up.
Should be landing on the 18th.
Test, tax, then Im gonna address bumpers down and see if I can freshen up the cosmetics a bit.

Eventually, what with it being a handy 1.7 and all, and with Chris-spec mounts on the horizon, and chips already done, its most likely gonna up the valve count somewhere down the road.

Cheers all.











* (which now has a new clutch, Shafts, Breaks and stickers and goes like funk)

Bargain

Now that is low miles

Looks very clean, looks like your back in the 300 game

Hell Driver wrote:Looks very clean, looks like your back in the 300 game

Took a while, but got there eventually.

Welcome back mate! What's a 1.7 like to drive compared to your other V300s? You've had em all now I think (1.4 vario, 2.0 carb, 2.0 inj) ...

What you need after this one (maybe next month or so ?) is a V300 diesel, just to complete the list

Cheers

Tom

trabitom99 wrote:Welcome back mate! What's a 1.7 like to drive compared to your other V300s? You've had em all now I think (1.4 vario, 2.0 carb, 2.0 inj) ...

What you need after this one (maybe next month or so ?) is a V300 diesel, just to complete the list

Cheers

Tom

Its not getting delivered till the 18th Tom. So I dunno yet.
Ive done 1.4 manual, 1.4 vaio, 2.0 Carb and 2.0 Inj and from what ive heard 1.7s are similar to 2.0 carbed version for economy and performance.
Im always on the lookout for a rottern 400 diesel with a decent engine going cheap. Think a dweezil lump would suit the cars quite well. And a conversion is frankly more likely than finding an Oirish market version in RHD.

Great colour!, liking those headlamp protectors, always wanted a set of them!.

So you got that for scrap value money?, nice one!, bargain 340

dubweiser666 wrote:Great colour!, liking those headlamp protectors, always wanted a set of them!.

So you got that for scrap value money?, nice one!, bargain 340

Offered 150 and settled at 175.
Maybe over scrap, but not by too much at todays prices.
That was the most I could pay, and the least hed take so both partys reasonably happy.

Still not bad at £175, I paid £150 for the totally unroadworthy Mk1!

Hell Driver wrote:Still not bad at £175, I paid £150 for the totally unroadworthy Mk1!

Yeah, but thats one million percent cooler!

volvosneverdie wrote:And a conversion is frankly more likely than finding an Oirish market version in RHD.

Ah sure, just gotta look in the right places

macplaxton wrote:

volvosneverdie wrote:And a conversion is frankly more likely than finding an Oirish market version in RHD.

Ah sure, just gotta look in the right places

Like, Ireland.

KUB

theo2468 wrote:KUB

*Edit - Oh, the Reg! yeah,

Awsome find lad. £175 ain't bad. God to see your back in the game.