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hello, i'm new

Post by filthyjohn » 12 Sep 2006 09:12 pm

hello there to all volvo 300 owners/admirers. i purchased an '89 360 glt a little while ago, and i'm loving it so far. just thought i'd say hi since i'll be using this forum quite regularly from now on.
cheers.

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Post by foggyjames » 12 Sep 2006 09:36 pm

Howdy!

With a name like Filthyjohn, I think you'll get one well with Mr 'Redline' sm56 sm56

cheers

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'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
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Post by petavius » 12 Sep 2006 09:38 pm

....and several others on here! Hello and welcome sm15
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Post by petefarrell360 » 12 Sep 2006 10:40 pm

Hi and welcome. From the avatar pic it looks like an interesting car. Is that a GT R badge in the grille? Nice touch! And is it a non metallic dark blue, or is it the light and it's actually black? Enjoy your car and the resources and help that can be found on here at V3M.
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Post by SteveP » 12 Sep 2006 10:44 pm

Look like a black GLT to me.. more pics ;)
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Post by redline » 12 Sep 2006 10:45 pm

foggyjames wrote:Howdy!

With a name like Filthyjohn, I think you'll get one well with Mr 'Redline' sm56 sm56

cheers

James


Oi , I'm deeply hurt none of my mates ever call me Mr !!!!!!!!!!!!

your very welcome here John , me and dirty Mac need all the help we can get with these young studenty types ( I thought he was another of these porno types at first )lol
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Post by 340GLT » 13 Sep 2006 12:18 am

Welcome to the forum mate!!
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Post by GeordieRanger » 13 Sep 2006 05:45 pm

Welcome to the forum nice to get some more northern lads on: 340pw :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Post by filthyjohn » 14 Sep 2006 04:53 pm

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there she is folks, you may recognise her from a thread on here when she was on ebay. i'd been driving a big '93 audi estate to work and when i saw how much the MOT was gonna cost i just scrapped it and hit ebay. i'd had a 1.6 440li for a bit a while ago, and i really fancied a cheap RWD beastie. she's not in the best condition, a few scrapes and paint fade here and there, but i've not been let down yet, thanks to that legendary reliability. she is indeed a GLT, however i'm mystified as to how you can tell from that tiny picture! The GTR badge was meant as an ironic statement about the performance, but i've since been really rather impressed, considering it's a 1989 8valver!
Thanks for the welcome, i think i'll be on here quite a bit, might even try to put up some drift videos if it rains soon :D

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Post by SteveP » 14 Sep 2006 05:18 pm

Ooh I remember that car! Guessing it was a GLT was easy, no other model came in black with colour coded bumpers ;)
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Post by foggyjames » 14 Sep 2006 08:42 pm

There weren't many models with black-surrounded grilles either.

If they're not rusty, there's not much else to go wrong with them. :)

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'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...

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Post by filthyjohn » 14 Sep 2006 10:52 pm

yeah she's got a few rust spots but nothing structural, and nowhere near as bad as some earlier 300s i've seen! starts every time, squeaky rear suspension etc, but absolutely great fun and really individual, you certainly don't see many about.
when i sort out somewhere to host pictures, i'll chuck some more detailed ones up illustrating the bits that are a tad rough.
cheers again for being friendly guys :)

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Re: hello, i'm new

Post by petefarrell360 » 15 Sep 2006 09:49 pm

filthyjohn wrote:hello there to all volvo 300 owners/admirers. i purchased an '89 360 glt a little while ago
This gave the game away for me that it was a GLT! LOL, no guessing required, but then we are all sad enough, sorry, educated enough to spot these things that have been pointed out already, such as the grille surround and colour coded bumpers!

Yeah, you'll find it's a friendly place here at V3M. Being individual or different owning a 300 is great! Enjoy V3M, hope you find it useful.

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Post by sven360 » 15 Sep 2006 09:53 pm

Welcome.

ps Keane's only there for the money-Sir Bobby is king :lol:

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Post by Bilbo » 15 Sep 2006 10:42 pm

i 2nd that :wink:

lo :D
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