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5lab wrote:
i just wanna stick something heavy in the back of the boot of that, and have alot of fun on corners
For fun on corners you just need some cheap old worn tyres
Seriously, I just discovered what a difference a tyre can make. The car came with retreaded (remould) tyres that were worn to zero and they were slipping in the dry with normal driving. Now with new "real" tyres, it can be driven quite dynamically even in the wet with confidence. The old tyres also made a sound of failing wheel bearings
Maybe if it is one of the very last, but mine was registered in November 88 (made early 88), and got no special treatment...maybe all the extras were dealer options? I notice that despite being a saloon it doesn't have rear head restraints!
foggyjames wrote:I notice that despite being a saloon it doesn't have rear head restraints!
Yes, and also no rear seatbelts!!! It must be a market-specific thing, because other cars of that period also didn't have them ('87 VW Golf, for example). However I will install rear seatbelts & head restraints, because I don't feel comfortable carrying people with no seatbelts. But one would expect them to be installed already, after all it's a Volvo!?
No rear seatbelts in my 340 DL when the car was bought (but ok it was in 84...) There is a 340 saloon in a scrap yard here, with beautiful seatbelts, a little bit green, very beautiful, I never saw that before...
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
Lot of donors cars and parts... V3M for life!
It's odd that volvos were ever made without belts, at that age anyway! Volvo are renounded for their safety, i dont think they were cost saving, i think the countries rules told volvo not too fit them!
Cheers
Volvo 340 B14 - '90, 300 Series Winner at VOC Show 2004
Volvo 360 GL B200K - '86 CRUSHED (sad)
Volvo 360 GLT B200E - '89 CRUSHED
Volvo 850 GLT B5252S - '96 SOLD
Volvo S60 T5 SE - 2002 '52 reg
'81 Volvo 345 CVT, 200.000km , waiting for a new life,
'86 Volvo 480 ES, 210.000km, donor for
'90 Volvo 480 Turbo, 230.000km, as fast as the bullet..
bbf, http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/v37/bbfbbf/345/
it's originaly installed, and a bitch to repair... actualy i had two 345 CVT, both with sunroof, but the other was engine-less donor.
'81 Volvo 345 CVT, 200.000km , waiting for a new life,
'86 Volvo 480 ES, 210.000km, donor for
'90 Volvo 480 Turbo, 230.000km, as fast as the bullet..
bbf, http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/v37/bbfbbf/345/
no, they are som RCracing aloys, don't know their origin (seen a yugo with similar, i think it was florida), that's what came with the car. don't wory, have a set of original one's waiting to sandgrind them and repaint!
'81 Volvo 345 CVT, 200.000km , waiting for a new life,
'86 Volvo 480 ES, 210.000km, donor for
'90 Volvo 480 Turbo, 230.000km, as fast as the bullet..
bbf, http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/v37/bbfbbf/345/
Firstly you need to find somewhere to host the pictures. Your ISP probably gives you some webspace which you could use.
Secondly, you need to 'img' button above to insert the image into a post. Push once to 'start' the code, enter the URL of the image, then push again to finish. You should end up with this (without spaces)...
