VAN VERSION

Post by **shimon340** » 13 Dec 2005 08:31 pm

thank guys!

hope this works

volvo 340 estate

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volvo 340 van

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volvo 363 CS V6

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Post by **shimon340** » 13 Dec 2005 08:32 pm

volvo 363 Cs second try

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/ ... 82fab9.jpg

Website · Post by **antiekeradio** » 13 Dec 2005 08:37 pm

Shimon - by email wrote:I just saw your picture of a volvo 340 estate on your website. Im very interested in finding out about this vehicle. Was it built by volvo or a private individual? I first thought it had the same type of estate as the 440 ACT cars from belgium but it looks like a real estate version...

where is it from?
look forward to hearing from you

Hello Shimon,

it's a official prototype, stored in the basement of Volvo netherlands headquarters in Beesd.
They also have a cabriolet version there.

The picture was taken at the 'Volvo klassieker beurs' wich was held last september. Volvo
lent this car to the 300 club to display it on this fair. This was a VERY exceptional arrangement!!

We hope to be able to get the cabriolet there too sometime in the future, would be quite a premiére..

Website · Post by **antiekeradio** » 13 Dec 2005 08:40 pm

oh and; its not a 340; started life as a 360 GLS sedan (4 door) in 1983.

at 100.000 km and 3 years it was converted to this prototype, with some MKIII exterior detailing, rims, etc.

hasn't driven a mile since then

(not even a km)

PPS the guy you see at the outer left of the picture made it possible to have this car on our club stand at the Volvo fair. cheers Thijs!

Post by **shimon340** » 13 Dec 2005 08:44 pm

hi there!

when i emailed i didnt realise you were on volvo300mania!

so volvo took a 360 saloon ( not a new one ) and built this prototype?

thats interesting because when I was about 7 or 8 years old ( 1988 or 1989 ) the dealership in london told my dad that volvo had a prototype 340.

Do you know if they were considering building it?

when does the dutch 340 club have meetings? maybe if they were posted here some uk guys could come over ( via Ryanair and cheap fairs! )

thanks for your info

do you have any close up pics of the 340 estate... it looks cool!

shimon

Post by **SteveP** » 13 Dec 2005 08:45 pm

antiekeradio wrote: hasn't driven a mile since then (not even a km)!

Would you drive it?

Very interesting though. A 300 estate would be good, if it didnt look like a different bodystyle thats been converted. The rear doors would need to change in order for it to look right imo.

Post by **Chris_C** » 13 Dec 2005 08:52 pm

You can talk about looking like different body styles

Just imagine at the dealers. "Would you like the optional box with your hatchback Sir?"

Post by **SteveP** » 13 Dec 2005 08:53 pm

Ah yes, but the saloon is a saloon.. the estate is a errm.. a thing. (ie a saloon with a box ontop of it and some 240 hinges). The hatch/saloon transition is less obvious, though the roofline is a bit nasty

Post by **Chris_C** » 13 Dec 2005 08:56 pm

Ahhh, so it would be....

""Would you like the optional box with your hatchback Sir? How about the expansion box as well"

Ahem... back to topic

Website · Post by **antiekeradio** » 13 Dec 2005 09:23 pm

similar remarks&jokes were made in dutch

ofcourse it still looks like cr#p, its a first, rough proto.

that they did not use a new shell for the project indicates it was a relatively 'low budget' affair.

It would be great to have some of you over at one of our meetings. I understand François Aben has visited some of the V3M meetings?
A while ago I had Aymat on the phone, he proposed a joint meeting, V3C and V3M. perhaps that would be a great opportunity for some UK V3M people to come over as well???

Greetings Wouter

Post by **fidgad** » 13 Dec 2005 09:38 pm

I dunno. The estate looked ok to me! The van though -ugh. It's car with the guts ripped out.

Post by **RandomHero** » 13 Dec 2005 10:01 pm

Does the estate look OK from this angle??

Post by **classicswede** » 13 Dec 2005 10:06 pm

It just needs the join from the door to the rear window sorting and it would look ok.

Post by **Ronnie** » 13 Dec 2005 10:15 pm

I can see why they never ran with it - what's the point if you can have a 240 estate instead?

Post by **classicswede** » 13 Dec 2005 10:48 pm

A 360 is much simpler to park -
oproach space pull handbrake = JD