Mk1 spotted....Pics added 9th Jan 2009

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Mk1 spotted....Pics added 9th Jan 2009

Post by Ian Mac » 15 Dec 2009 10:43 pm

On my way home this evening I spotted what seems to be a Mk1 340 on a drive just a couple of streets from where I live. Its a 1979 on a V plate and has the separate nose cone and squared-off bonnet etc. It doesn't look like its moved in a while and I'm guessing the owner is a Volvo enthusiast as there is a 440 parked next to it.

I'll try and get some photos and if anyone wants me to make some enquiries to see if its for sale I'm happy to do so.
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Re: Mk1 spotted....

Post by SteveP » 15 Dec 2009 11:18 pm

Is it brown?? I used to see a Mk1 345 quite regularly around Birmingham, where abouts is it?
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Re: Mk1 spotted....

Post by Ian Mac » 16 Dec 2009 09:55 am

I couldn't make out the colour and from what I could see its a 343 although the 440 was parked fairly close so I'm not totally certain. I'll have a better look in the daylight over the weekend.

Its in Brierley Hill by the way, not far from the Merry Hell Centre.
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Re: Mk1 spotted....

Post by trabitom99 » 16 Dec 2009 10:02 am

Hey, another Trabi-based avatar :-)

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Re: Mk1 spotted....

Post by volvosneverdie » 16 Dec 2009 10:47 am

trabitom99 wrote:Hey, another Trabi-based avatar :-)

Tom
looks rather poorly though.
What happened there Ian?
Hope it's not yours man.
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Re: Mk1 spotted....

Post by Ian Mac » 16 Dec 2009 11:13 am

The Trabi WAS mine. I was house sitting whilst my mother was on holiday a couple of years ago. She lives on a hill and some mindless useless walking waste of skin and bone broke into a Transit truck parked further up the hill at 3am and released the handbrake. The truck rolled down the hill, hit the kirb just before the drop-down, took off and literally landed on the back of the Trabi. The rest as they say, is history..... :cry:
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Re: Mk1 spotted....

Post by volvosneverdie » 16 Dec 2009 11:36 am

Oh dear.
Looked in good order too.

You have my sympathy mate.
Messing with a mans automobile should indeed be a capital offence.
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Re: Mk1 spotted....

Post by mat 91 » 16 Dec 2009 11:46 am

now that did make a mess
cant belive how much damage it did
sorry feller
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Re: Mk1 spotted....

Post by trabitom99 » 16 Dec 2009 12:57 pm

Jeeeeesus :-(

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Re: Mk1 spotted....

Post by Hell Driver » 16 Dec 2009 10:03 pm

That's really unlucky. :evil: Looks like my old transit, 2.25 tonnes @ 20mph+ vs less than 3/4 tonne (??) Looks like the only thing that stopped it was the garage wall. In the words of Douglas Adams "death's too good for them"
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Re: Mk1 spotted....Pics added 9th Jan

Post by Ian Mac » 09 Jan 2010 10:17 pm

I managed to get a couple of pics of the Mk1 340 on my way from the newsagent this morning. I used my mobile phone so the quality isn't brilliant but it's fairly apparent that the car is beyond redemption.

Unless you're extremely brave..... :?:
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Re: Mk1 spotted....Pics added 9th Jan

Post by volvosneverdie » 09 Jan 2010 10:27 pm

might be of use to helldriver for parts?
It doesnt tok THAT bad. :roll:
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Re: Mk1 spotted....Pics added 9th Jan

Post by Chris_C » 09 Jan 2010 10:52 pm

On a V plate... I'd almost be stupid enough to give it a punt

Nosecone... A pillars.... most likely sills, inner wings.

NO

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Re: Mk1 spotted....Pics added 9th Jan

Post by volvosneverdie » 09 Jan 2010 10:55 pm

Chris_C wrote: NO
bad Chris
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Mk1 spotted....Pics added 9th Jan

Post by Hell Driver » 10 Jan 2010 02:08 am

Looks just like mine :D only worse, the drivers door has probably dropped on it's hinges too by the look of it. If it hasn't had new sills at some time in the last ten years it's almost certainly needing them by the look of the rest of it. A piller looks nasty :shock:
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