Anyone seen my old 360

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swordfish210
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Anyone seen my old 360

Post by swordfish210 » 01 Dec 2008 10:50 pm

Hi all, long time no speak. some of you may remember me for owning this:

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I also did this:

http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... sc&start=0

But since selling the car i have no idea what happened to it and i became curious this evening as to where it has ended up...the great scrapyard in the sky, tucked away in someones garage, or still chundering around as a daily driver :lol:

can anyone enlighten me. Thanks. mark
Proud owner of a Crummy Volvo and a Ratty old 205

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Post by trabitom99 » 01 Dec 2008 11:01 pm

Is that Solamanda's old car? I thought pettaw bought that, could be wrong of course ...

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Post by redline » 02 Dec 2008 12:37 am

according to this it should still be on the road as its taxed til June 2009

The enquiry is complete

The vehicle details for B150 AMD are:

Date of Liability 01 06 2009
Date of First Registration 01 08 1984
Year of Manufacture 1984
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1986CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour GREEN
Vehicle Type Approval null
The information contained on this page is correct at the time of enquiry.
Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate £101.75
12 Months Rate £185.00
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Post by Jason B » 02 Dec 2008 02:03 am

if it's solmanda's car (the one pettaw bought - with chris's persuasion I might add) then I know exactly where it is - on a driveway about a mile away... :D
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Post by swordfish210 » 02 Dec 2008 05:50 pm

hows he getting on with it then?
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Post by volvosneverdie » 02 Dec 2008 08:00 pm

Cant believe you let it go swordfish.
i dont know anyone thats sold a 300 series and not grown to remenise and regret it.

Er, im not sue ive spelled remenise right there mind.............
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Regrets, I've had a few.

Post by workshopmanualman » 02 Dec 2008 09:18 pm

Regret selling a 300 series? I sold one of mine to scrap and never looked back. Holes in the sills, doors and wings. Hand painted Hammerite one summer day by moi - and then drove it away wet so it looked like a furry seed bank. Leaking petrol tank - I could only put 15 litres in it maximum otherwise I may as well have put the rest down the drain. Different brand tyre on each corner and the carb was leaking like a sieve - a 1.4 Renault unit eventually down to 14mpg. Ran it like that for ages [er, a year....] but when the heater blew in the middle of the winter, that was it, I killed the car. I mean, a 300 without a heater? That's their main attraction!! Actually that still took me a month to do as I waited for the MOT / tax to run out - had to drive in more thermal layers than if I'd been standing outside in the cold such were the drafts. I did offer it to the 300 community, but for some reason nobody took it on. Wimps.

To be honest, I think you'd have to be fairly down in the dumps to be forced to sell a 300 to raise cash. Is that what you mean by regret?

Sorry got to go - Kerrang are playing Paranoid by Black Sabbath for the 97th time today, so I'm going to take a hammer to the radio.
I blame the Volvo 66 estate I had......

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Post by volvosneverdie » 02 Dec 2008 09:26 pm

and yet you still wax so lyrical about it workshop............................
i bet you still sigh a little and look diagonally ip at the sky and smile when you remember those days.......................................

if it dies, bury it.
if it runs, run it.
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Waxing

Post by workshopmanualman » 02 Dec 2008 09:34 pm

...carry a photograph of it around with me at all times. Had the registration number tatooed on my forehead, and carry a vial of its oil around my neck.

Now my old 66, give you, I wax about that man! Oops, kleenex moment.
I blame the Volvo 66 estate I had......

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Post by volvosneverdie » 02 Dec 2008 10:21 pm

:shock:
I hope you want a kleenex because your crying man.
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Post by MJ » 02 Dec 2008 11:56 pm

Wasn't it sold fairly recently? I remember seeing a similar car for sale/bought recently with a familiar reg - I thought it was that one...
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Post by swordfish210 » 03 Dec 2008 09:51 pm

volvosneverdie wrote:Cant believe you let it go swordfish.
i dont know anyone thats sold a 300 series and not grown to remenise and regret it.
Nah i dont regret selling it, mind you driving my stripped out 205 in the cold of winter is leaving me with frozen nuts every morning :lol:

As far as Mk2's go, my one was quite a tidy one and it ran pretty well...albeit, dog slow :lol:
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