strange happenings at the car wreckers

Post by **baz** » 03 Dec 2007 06:57 am

spent today searching for rear brake shoes for the 360
no aftermarket firm has produced them for our market and genuine volvo ones are close to $400.00 so that wasnt an option either
I found myself at the wreckers hoping to get some old shoes that i could send away to be re-lined but got more than i bargained for as i was enquiring about shoes a white glt pulled up outside the owner was attempting to sell it to the wrecking yard who it appears didnt want it.
As i was leaving the owner of the terminally rusty thing approached me and offered it to me. will be ok for parts at least and it's mechanically sound and has only 155,000 ks on the speedo thats half what my daily car has
and he drove it here which was even better will spend the next weeks stripping the mechanicals . Ill be ok for spares now with one of everything except panels

Post by **Ricatron** » 03 Dec 2007 10:18 am

i have dreams about that happening! no joke i dream about turning up to a scrappy and someone just turning up randomly and giving me a car destined for the yard.

your a lucky man.

Post by **SteveP** » 03 Dec 2007 10:38 am

Brilliant story... can't get much luckier than that!

Post by **baz** » 04 Dec 2007 04:51 am

theres a complete 360 glt mk2 at the same yard looking for a new owner too apparently they have more of them than they can cope with at the moment the manager was saying hed rather see cars be put back on the road than wreck them http://www.berrymotorgroup.com.au/invento.php some interesting volvos there though the 360 isnt listed its for sale not that tidy but complete and running

Post by **trabitom99** » 04 Dec 2007 10:40 am

baz wrote:and he drove it here which was even better will spend the next weeks stripping the mechanicals. Ill be ok for spares now with one of everything except panels

You're a lucky man! Grab all the parts you can, they'll be more than useful in the future when 300 parts start getting rarer ...

Tom

Post by **Ricatron** » 05 Dec 2007 12:38 pm

i was looking at the link thinking "where is this magical place also known as volvo heaven" but from the looks of the website and the price its in America!?!

gutted.

Post by **setsunakaede** » 05 Dec 2007 02:09 pm

Down under i'd guess... .com.AU usually means aussies.

Post by **dalahare** » 05 Dec 2007 02:43 pm

Yeah it's in melbourne.

How much did they want for the other 360 Baz? and is it red? i really need a bonnet and front guards in red, my paint has moisture bubbles in it from a dodgy paint job in the past, basically looks like the car has pimples.

Post by **baz** » 06 Dec 2007 12:25 am

white cars mine and the other at berrys might be the red paint as mines similar in the paint i'd thought it was from not preparing the body properly before painting

Post by **foggyjames** » 06 Dec 2007 02:01 am

"Smithy" from Berry's is registered on this site. Nice chap...he has a 360 with a tweaked B23E in it, if I remember correctly

cheers

James

strange happenings at the car wreckers

strange happenings at the car wreckers

update

Re: strange happenings at the car wreckers

sadly not red