111011 miles

best start taking your camera in readyness for 100 miles time then!

Rory recently passed 88888. I was going to take a snap, but we were going up the M1 at the time. My better half would not be happy about me taking photographs whilst driving

I got to watch Kar going over 100,000 which was amusing, now won't be long before I see Fake going over 200,000

Chris_C wrote:I got to watch Kar going over 100,000 which was amusing, now won't be long before I see Fake going over 200,000

That's pretty impressive

There's only one 300 in the VOC's official High Mileage Club (228,843), plus another nine above 200k in the unofficial listings.

I posted Fake on the website one when it was still sat on the drive (read had been gutted for parts for Kar...) but havn't updated since, and had never entered the official one as I didn't have an in date MOT. Might actually do that now! 12,000miles in 10 months isn't bad for a spare parts car really

Harry is just about to hit 97,000 (miles) about 200 miles off I think!

Whats the running total now then??

Grey 340 1.7 144,000 miles
red 360 GLT 307,000 km's
latest has just clocked 300,000 engine replaced with B230 FB nothing wrong with the old one but so much more fun now

hello all on the forum!

this is my first post on here and i would like to say hi


i have just bought a mint 343 and i love it! pics will be up soon but i am cleaning her up first as its a bit tatty.
the old lady i bought it off was great and it has full service history from 1979 buut its not been cleaned much

im the 3rd owner and it has 41000 miles on the clock

Welcome to the forum! Glad that Mk1 went to a good home. Look forward to some pics once you've given it a wash

Tom

thank you for the welcome

i will add some pics very soon! but the ones i have are of the maiden voyage and its still a bit of a dirty girl.

i spent about 4 hours yesterday painting the wheels and the front bumper.
wheels are a pain to paint!

when i do a trip at the weekend i will post them up too

thing is this mk1 is perfect - the body work needs a polish and there is a dent onm the front wing but other than that its perfect

167,000 miles.

got 360gls c- plate 44000

360gle e- plate 29400

360gle e-plate 42000+ bodykit

My GLi just passed the 300,000 km mark



I took this as a good excuse to get the bills folder out which I got from the previous owner. A couple of surprises there, it's on its first wheel bearings and clutch, even after all this time ...

The exhaust really is a terrible piece of design. The previous owner replaced the back box with an original Volvo item 4 times in 12 years! I've so far replaced it twice with a part from Bosal, which would mean Bosal 360 exhausts are pretty much as good (or bad) as the Volvo ones, I'd always thought otherwise ...

Anyway, here's a list of the bits (other than service items) which have been replaced in the past 20 years, maybe it's of interest to someone:

1st engine / gearbox / diff (obviously )
1st clutch
1st wheel bearings

2nd steering rack (260,000 kms - damn' expensive)

2nd thermostat (30,000 kms)
2nd water pump (100,000 kms)
2nd radiator (200,000 kms)

2nd front discs (200,000 kms)

2nd exhaust downpipe
2nd exhaust middle section
2nd Renix (220,000 kms)

3rd alternator
3rd front pads
3nd rear wheel cylinders

6th set of tyres
6th exhaust back box (!)

9999th bit of welding

Tom

3rd set of pads and 6th set of tyres!?!?! If only!!! I've gone through lots more than that in my 70,000m I've done in 300's!