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volvo prototypes moved to Sweden

Post by shimon340 » 18 Nov 2007 07:31 pm

Hi there

I originally posted this in the NEC Classic car show thread but thought I'd copy it here for more people to see

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:43 am Post subject:


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N E W S F L A S H!

Volvo Heritage has recently moved the following models from the storage facility at Nedcar (the Volvo factory in Born) to Goteborg for restoration ahead of display in the Volvo museum

340 Estate (volvo300club.nl displayed this recently)

340 Coupe ("Volvo in Holland" book published when Nedcar closed gives the history of Volvo in Holland and shows prototypes, project cars and has a sketch of a 340 coupe. it didnt mention one was built!

340 cabriolet

440 estate

480 cabrio - red prototype, the second of two built. First one is blue/purple and was displayed at the Paris Motor Show.

These cabriolets are Volvo built unlike the EBS conversions available in Belgium - such conversions dont have roll over bar.

Maybe others but they may still be too secret eg the V30 based on first generation S40/V40, the S40R developed by TWR, Volvos city car (like an Audi A2, Smart car)

I originally heard 10 cars were moved......
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Post by bennett » 19 Nov 2007 09:07 am

some pics would be nice
thanks lee
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Post by garethreece » 19 Nov 2007 11:35 am

Yea some pics would be great, google draws a blank and I cant read the v3c.nl website!
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And only 2 of them are on the road :(

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Post by kaos » 19 Nov 2007 04:01 pm

i want to hear more about this 340 estate!
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Post by Chris_C » 19 Nov 2007 04:06 pm

You really don't, it looks shocking ;) There are some pictures on the forum, have a search. Shimon, I had a quick look on V3C, but my dutch sucks ( :lol:) , got a linky to a thread if there is one?
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Post by garethreece » 19 Nov 2007 05:18 pm

Chris_C wrote:You really don't, it looks shocking ;)


Na still wanna see it!
Chris_C wrote: I had a quick look on V3C, but my dutch sucks ( :lol:) , got a linky to a thread if there is one?
Snap I can usually only manage english at a push :wink:
B980EAV '85 340 GL
SMO58Y '83 360 GLS
VK06FKP '06 Suzuki Swift 1.5 5dr
N62NTG '96 Ford Mondeo 1.8TD



And only 2 of them are on the road :(

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Post by redline » 19 Nov 2007 06:16 pm

there were pictures of the estate on here somewhere ,

I actually quite like it its quirky and as someone else said it would look a lot better with decent alloys
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Post by Ronnie » 19 Nov 2007 06:46 pm

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'85 360GLT Mk2 3 Door B19E - SOLD
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Post by pistonpen paultje » 19 Nov 2007 07:42 pm

Estate
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http://forum.volvo300club.nl/attachment ... 1190930302

Cabrio
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Volvo Tundra, Bertone design of a Coupe version of the 343. Later they sold this design to Citroen, who based the BX on it!
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This should have been a cross of 343 and 242->243
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Post by Tourinki » 19 Nov 2007 09:12 pm

yes that estate is erm.. different. I wonder if it would have been a flop or success if it they would have put it in production.
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Post by griffo20022 » 19 Nov 2007 09:25 pm

That cabrio looks the f*cking mutts if i'm honest! I really do love it!

Can't say the same for the estate unfortunately lol
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Post by trabitom99 » 19 Nov 2007 09:52 pm

Weird stuff! I recently saw a 400 estate for sale in Germany recently - was surprisingly cheap and looked not too bad ...

Something like this:
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Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988

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Post by redline » 19 Nov 2007 10:22 pm

Ronnie wrote:Image
ronnie you photoshop queen thats terrible :lol:
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Post by redline » 19 Nov 2007 10:25 pm

the cabrio is nice but a bit like a chevette saloon and the yellow one looks like a talbot horizon with a marina front end
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Post by pistonpen paultje » 19 Nov 2007 10:59 pm

trabitom99 wrote:Weird stuff! I recently saw a 400 estate for sale in Germany recently - was surprisingly cheap and looked not too bad ...

Something like this:
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Tom
that's an aftermarket re-fit of the trunk. Dont know the name of the manufacturer anymore

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