Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by workshopmanualman » 11 Sep 2010 12:47 pm

That's the one indeed. That black car seemed to have a wild cat living inside or underneath it, but the rims could easily be shot blasted and brought back to rude health. They are all pretty rotten having been parked on grass, and the Ardennes are known for their dry climate aren't they?? Those cars outside are knackered now, and well beyond redemption. But the 340 in the workshop looks good as a work in progress, as do the 240's in the showroom. He must have more than shown here [and there are indeed more 340's parked the other side of the petrol station], as the premises are pretty big and appear given over to storage only.
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by whiskeyonesix » 11 Sep 2010 02:12 pm

Wow. That's a real shame, all those just sitting there, maybe he's waiting for MK1 + 2's to fetch serious money then he can sell em all off as "barn-finds" etc, or maybe he's just using them all for parts... who knows?

I've never ever seen that horizontal wiper system on anything else , anyone have any more info?
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by volvodspec » 11 Sep 2010 03:04 pm

they've been standing outside like that for about 20 years..... the guy won't even sell a wheelnut, even the interior is far beyond decent restauration.

horizotal wipers was the way they were mounted on MY76 and MY77 cars, the blue 343 that's in the volvo museum @ goteburg has them in working order

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by kds19 » 11 Sep 2010 09:06 pm

i keep seeing a silver mk2 360 glt 5dr up by me completely standard
doesnt look in great nick but it gets driven all the time by a young guy and sometimes an old guy
seen it buzz past my house a few times
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by porky » 19 Sep 2010 07:00 pm

Bit of volvo camwhoring. Enjoy.

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by volvosneverdie » 19 Sep 2010 07:30 pm

wow. whos is the UNP one?
Thats a great colour.
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by porky » 19 Sep 2010 08:47 pm

volvosneverdie wrote:wow. whos is the UNP one?
Thats a great colour.
A mate of mine, hes not on here. He had another one before but he crashed it so got that one, we went up to oxfordshire way to get it if i remember right about 300 mile round trip, but was worth it.

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by volvosneverdie » 19 Sep 2010 09:10 pm

porky wrote:
volvosneverdie wrote:wow. whos is the UNP one?
Thats a great colour.
A mate of mine, hes not on here. He had another one before but he crashed it so got that one, we went up to oxfordshire way to get it if i remember right about 300 mile round trip, but was worth it.

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by Sonia » 26 Sep 2010 10:39 pm

I was just looking through the thread here and spotted my car!
It's the one taken by mickt on the bottom of page 8, parked by the grand union canal in MK! He looks pretty good there :D

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by Speedy88 » 11 Oct 2010 08:24 pm

Over on RR

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by volvosneverdie » 11 Oct 2010 08:44 pm

^ i'll take the rear clusters!
Id even brave the stingers.
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by Speedy88 » 15 Oct 2010 01:05 pm

Spotted today at Bournemouth hospital after getting some metal removed from my eye :oops:

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360 steering wheel and 75k on the clock. Daily Mail on the passenger seat :lol:
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by volvosneverdie » 15 Oct 2010 01:06 pm

Speedy88 wrote:Spotted today at Bournemouth hospital after getting some metal removed from my eye :oops:

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360 steering wheel and 75k on the clock. Daily Mail on the passenger seat :lol:
He parks like me. :lol:
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by trabitom99 » 15 Oct 2010 01:22 pm

That pic has avatar potential ;-)

"Metal" and "in eye" sounds pretty painful! Hope you get better soon ...

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by Chris_C » 15 Oct 2010 01:25 pm

Tell me you were wearing goggles whilst grinding dude... I've seen a horrific trend in people not recently. On the plus side, I know a couple of the doctors in Bournmouth, you'll be ok ;)

I reckon that's a late GL spec, GLE seats, leccy windows and mirrors per chance?
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