Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by bogbasic » 06 Sep 2014 09:59 pm

Yeah, another look at 'ow many left shows its about 600 340's and about 200 360's and you're right I haven't seen one for a very long time now except in a few hotspots that I know about.... took that car from Hull out today - seems to be going OK after its brake issues were resolved.
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by thododd » 29 Sep 2014 07:03 pm

F reg blue 360 GLE 5dr hatch hooning up eastern avenue, Gloucester last night.

i had thought about picking the missus up in the glt but opted to take the frugal saxo instead.... i might have got his attention in the ovlov but the citroen got completely blanked when i pulled along side :lol:

me and 360beast were just discussing the fact theres only 200 or so licensed 360's left, then within a few hours i found one in the wild :D clearly not that rare

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by 360beast » 29 Sep 2014 08:09 pm

Found where another Ocean Blue Metallic 5 door 360 GL is when I was driving home yesterday Thododd :lol: now that's weird how we both saw one after saying few are left!

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by thododd » 29 Sep 2014 09:14 pm

bex has seen another today, E reg slate blue (possibly?) 340 also in gloucester and there used to be a 3dr on banded steels just round the corner from her mothers in Abbeydale but i havent seen that for a while

i think the GLE i followed was ocean blue.

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by 360beast » 07 Oct 2014 05:28 pm

My old 360 is up for sale!

https://touch.trademe.co.nz/r/listing/view/789825982

Doesn't mention the massive dent in the drivers door, runs on three cylinders when cold and leaks oil out of the selector shaft seal :roll: also the odometer stopped in 2008 and actual mileage is circa half a million kms.

The spoiler is from my brothers pug 309 GTi, I sold the 360 to my brother for $200 he then decided he didn't want it after two days and sold it to him for $200... That's a bit of a profit he will make. Honestly this is a horrible example of a 300 series it is truly knackered.

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by Hell Driver » 10 Nov 2014 12:15 am

I remember seeing this years ago, found it at last!

Sketch, starts at 10.00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEvDtDV-hY

I like the wat the 343 looks untouched but the fiesta is crumpled!
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by S10NPH » 10 Nov 2014 02:41 pm

That's a terrific spot Andy! Looks like the 343 is a MY79. It loses its driver wing mirror by the time it hits the Fiesta for some reason, and is already missing its passenger one and wing badge in the first shot. I'm also not quite convinced that the Fiesta actually suffers all that damage in the crash, given the overhead view. But extremely fun nevertheless!
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1981 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 ECR 312W
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by trabitom99 » 12 Nov 2014 10:06 am

Well done for spotting that Andy! Having owned both cars, I know why I passed the Mk1 Fiesta on after 10 months :-)

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by MCHUDD » 12 Nov 2014 11:16 am

Hi all.
Yeh we had one of those Feistas years ago. Nothing ever went wrong with it
but would not have fancied it in a smash.
Cheers Mark.
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by S10NPH » 12 Nov 2014 11:24 am

I do have a soft spot for mk1 Fiestas, I would quite like one but they are now subject to the 'blue oval tax'. My grandmother had one in the 1990s, it was an A reg Popular in hearing-aid beige with vinyl seats, no headrests, no rear seat belts, no radio, and a mechanical foot-pump for the windscreen washers. I hated it at the time, but would love to have it now.

Speaking of spotted 300s on youtube videos - there's a rather unlucky 300 in this Russian Dash Cam video, at 1:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQO90MGCidk
1977 Volvo 343 DL 1.4 Vario TUJ 247R
1980 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 PGH 590V
1981 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 ECR 312W
1985 Volvo 340 DL 1.4 Vario B168 DTU
1982 Volvo 245 GLT 2.3 Auto VKN 137X
1997 Saab 900 Convertible P290 DDF and 2018 VW Tiguan S10 NPH

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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by trabitom99 » 12 Nov 2014 11:40 am

I owned a 1983 1.0 40 horsepower model, one of the last Mk1s. It was good for learning how to keep momentum, one of the slowest cars I've ever owned. Even a Trabant accelerates faster - in town anyway.

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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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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by macplaxton » 12 Nov 2014 11:55 am

trabitom99 wrote:I owned a 1983 1.0 40 horsepower model, one of the last Mk1s. It was good for learning how to keep momentum, one of the slowest cars I've ever owned.
My mate had a light minty metallic green 1.1 Ghia, engine was shagged though, so ended up with a 950 engine out of a Popular. Had a feckin' annoying gear lever rattle in 4th as well.

Can't see the attraction, even now.
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by alf » 12 Nov 2014 12:03 pm

the early bird gets the worm
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by Hell Driver » 12 Nov 2014 12:15 pm

S10NPH wrote: Speaking of spotted 300s on youtube videos - there's a rather unlucky 300 in this Russian Dash Cam video, at 1:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQO90MGCidk
One of the 40%

"Now you see, there was no need for that to happen"

Poor car indeed, what an idiot driver!
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Re: Official V3M 300 Spotted Thread.

Post by S10NPH » 08 Jan 2015 02:37 pm

Spotted in Home Bargains in Llangefni, Anglesey on 23rd Decembver when I was visiting my parents over Christmas:

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A proper one still 'in the wild' - I even spotted the elderly lady owner as I was driving away, complete with rain hat!
1977 Volvo 343 DL 1.4 Vario TUJ 247R
1980 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 PGH 590V
1981 Volvo 345 DL 1.4 ECR 312W
1985 Volvo 340 DL 1.4 Vario B168 DTU
1982 Volvo 245 GLT 2.3 Auto VKN 137X
1997 Saab 900 Convertible P290 DDF and 2018 VW Tiguan S10 NPH

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