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Not a 300. T5 content.

Post by volvosneverdie » 27 May 2014 03:05 pm

It was a cold, wet spring evening in mid two thousand and fourteen. The rain outside beat onto the glass in a soothing rolling rhythm. I opened a bottle of continental lager and fired up the laptop. The cooling fan spun, the rain continued the roll down the glass and my mind slipped back to the summer of 84. And the Gypsy.

The Gypsy had told me, when I was eight years old, never to mix ebay and booze, ever. She looked me dead in the eye, and said the sentence slowly, twice. Her eyes went big as she said the last word. She looked very much like she had been practicing in front the mirror.

I'd never heard of ebay, and was more into pulling skids and yoyo tricks anyway so brushed off the warning without much consideration. I certainly never planned to drink any horrible lager. No way. I'm a dandelion and burdock man, and always will be. I put it to the back of my mind and went back to dancing like a robot.

The fan stopped spinning, a familiar website popped up with a gentle "boop" and a took a sip of my fourth bottle.

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So many lovely things...................

Hang on. Ive always wanted one of those...................

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OH

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MY

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EFFING

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GOD!

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BOOP! YOU ARE WINNER.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201094061848? ... 1497.l2649
Hooray!

I own a Volvo flavoured Turbo car with many redeeming features:

New battery and altenator! (intermittent electrical fault expected then)

New Exhaust!

Towbar!

Cloth!

Many pedals!

Minor triffles:

No glove box lid.

It lacks the amount of clutch required to enable rapid forward motion.

Insurance cost.

Managed to sort one of the three above already.

Tomorrow morning, I shall be collecting Liam and heading south with the intention of attempting to limp it home 150 million miles.

Do toot if you see us on the A19.

Updates to follow tomorrow.


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"They never listen"





I know its not a 300, but at least its a Volvo. After having actual car sex with an XJ40, Nissan Sunny, Mazda 323f GT, 309, a Yaris and a K11, I've finally made it back into the Volvo fold.

Are 300s cheap again yet?


Hows everyone?


I see the board still doesnt resize. Is Chris's turbo conversion finished yet?
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Re: Not a 300. T5 content.

Post by Joris » 27 May 2014 10:24 pm

Hahaha :lol: Great buy!

Looking forward to seeing more of the car!

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Post by macplaxton » 28 May 2014 01:00 am

VNDs ALIVE!!!

We last heard about the Yaris. Tell us more about life's low-point of the K11. Deary, deary me. :lol:
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Post by Chris_C » 28 May 2014 10:41 am

Good to see you back bud! Trip should be hilarious, looking forward to the updates.
volvosneverdie wrote:Is Chris's turbo conversion finished yet?
I weighed the shell in, struggling to deal with a million projects. I do have a plan and have kept the conversion parts though...

I bought a push bike to remove the sadness though:
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=15570
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

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Post by volvosneverdie » 28 May 2014 07:39 pm

Thats a shame Chris. Nice bike mind!

I CBA to retype updates, but the full T5 collection thread is available on Autoshite:
http://autoshite.com/topic/17013-220ish ... he-result/

Rich, theres Pics of the K11 on AS too:
http://autoshite.com/topic/15084-can-i- ... 13-fucked/

Its tins of peas now though. It was NOT a happy story.
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Post by macplaxton » 28 May 2014 08:28 pm

Ta for the link. I'll have a proper look later after the watching Scotland friendly.

Must say GREEN cars are unlucky dontchay'know. (Well yes, you do now)
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Post by bogbasic » 29 May 2014 11:14 am

Awesome post brother. Man, its like Hitchcock!
1988 340 1.4 GL, 218k, 5 door (Grey Bess). Gone to CBA.
1991 340 1.7 GL, 64k, 5 door, petrol blue (Deep Blue).
1988 360 2.0 GLE, 140k, 5 door, ocean blue metallic (Blue Bess).
1989 340 1.7 GL, 108k, 3 door (Red Ness).
More info here!

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Post by SteveP » 29 May 2014 09:51 pm

Get out! :lol:

Saw your amusing collection thread on AS. Welcome back ;)
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Post by classicswede » 29 May 2014 10:04 pm

The post whore returns :lol:

Good to see you back here and in a Volvo even if the steering is at the wrong end of the car :lol:
Dai

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Post by bogbasic » 30 May 2014 03:52 pm

Get out! :lol:
Man, it was psycho-logical...

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1988 340 1.4 GL, 218k, 5 door (Grey Bess). Gone to CBA.
1991 340 1.7 GL, 64k, 5 door, petrol blue (Deep Blue).
1988 360 2.0 GLE, 140k, 5 door, ocean blue metallic (Blue Bess).
1989 340 1.7 GL, 108k, 3 door (Red Ness).
More info here!

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Post by volvosneverdie » 01 Jun 2014 06:56 am

classicswede wrote:The post whore returns :lol:

Good to see you back here and in a Volvo even if the steering is at the wrong end of the car :lol:

Well it didnt last long.
After trying and failling to fing an affordable clutch, I instigated the greatest Tombola ever, and gave it away for £15:
http://autoshite.com/topic/17045-volvo- ... 514/page-1

Someone sell me a cheap 300 please. Any going spare?
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Post by Chris_C » 01 Jun 2014 04:14 pm

Just read the thread, stunning!
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

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Post by classicswede » 01 Jun 2014 08:19 pm

Great idea and good way to sell the car!
Dai

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http://www.classicswede.com

phone/text 07824887160

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