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......

some pics would be nice
thanks lee

Yea some pics would be great, google draws a blank and I cant read the v3c.nl website!

i want to hear more about this 340 estate!

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 ( ) , got a linky to a thread if there is one?

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 ( ) , got a linky to a thread if there is one?

Snap I can usually only manage english at a push

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

Estate

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

Cabrio


Volvo Tundra, Bertone design of a Coupe version of the 343. Later they sold this design to Citroen, who based the BX on it!


This should have been a cross of 343 and 242->243

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.

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

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

Something like this:


Tom

Ronnie wrote:

ronnie you photoshop queen thats terrible

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

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:


Tom

that's an aftermarket re-fit of the trunk. Dont know the name of the manufacturer anymore