There you have it, not quite so difficult then. Sell the 340 GL 1983 and everything's perfect

No tax after 25 years I didn't know the Netherlands had such cool classic car rules. In Germany we pay "only" 190 Euros after 30 years, if the car is in a good original condition. But a 340 Diesel on a regular (ie non-historic) plate costs 620 Euros a year

Tom

^^ @ the diesel cost.

imo france has the best policy, u pay 1 time tax then never again so it was like 200euros for the 340 1.7 maybe less i think. and even better..if you have a classic u only need to mot it once then never again! but.. you have to stay in your department(area)/and surounding area's. if you want to go out of it you need a passport type thing stamped.

also if the police find something wrong you must fix it with in a certain time. ie a light bulb not working.

The UK ought to bring back the 25 year-old rolling tax waiver. At it stands, only cars made in 1972 and earlier are exempt. Bastards.

Luckily my latest prospective purchase will be in that category...

cheers

James

^^do tell

Greetings from Romania!
My car is a 360 GLE `84, 5 doors, 2 litres engine-116 BHP.

Welcome to V3M alf,

Nice saloon. looks in good condition

alf wrote:Greetings from Romania!
My car is a 360 GLE `84, 5 doors, 2 litres engine-116 BHP.

Welcome!!

It's funny because I will visit someone tomorrow with exactly the same car... Blue '84 GLE saloon injection!!! Th world is small. I hope not falling in love with the car, I have no space to store it

If you say that, you'll probably buy it. Seems like a nice car!

that`s a great car (also i own a Citroen Axel, but there`s no way to compare them). try to make some room for it...

Will - it's a 164.

I can't log in to my hosting to upload a pic of the actual car right at the moment, but if you're not familiar with what a 164 looks like, here's a link to one...which is rather nicer than mine!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... vo_164.jpg

My Dad borrowed the car for a couple of weeks in 1991 when I was 7, and I fell in love with it. I was angry with him for several weeks when he decided not to buy it...until he bought the silver 360, and all was forgiven...

I now have the opportunity to buy the very same car for very little £. It's a bit struffy - needs door skins, windscreen surround, 'buttcheeks' (spare wheel wells) and a few other little bits, but it's all there, drives nicely, and being tax exempt is a big bonus.

I'm still mulling it over...

cheers

James

164 on LPG FTW... but I fear it'd be cheaper to buy a nice example from the outset than having to do all that bodywork...

That said... there's no price on sentimental attachments!

Saw a mint red at the shopping centre, judging by the pink bag and seat covers owned by a young girl, unfortunately I'd be more partial to the car even though both would sound nice!!

pistonpen paultje wrote:If you say that, you'll probably buy it. Seems like a nice car!

alf wrote:try to make some room for it...

Well, I bought it... There is a very very temporary place for it. Now the question is: for parts or do I keep it and restore it? It has some rust on the rear wheel arche. It's a 85 model, not 84 as I said before. Alf has the B19, I have the B200.

































Little question to you Alf: is it light blue on your car (code 218) or is it the blue grey used until 1984? In first instance, I didn't realized that small difference.

On this picture, the 218 blue is on the background.

Theres a new 340 in Toon.

and some of my previous non volvos. before I was converted !


















Started in the 50's with a 1958 Morris Oxford.
Then on to the 70's with a 1970 Reliant Scimitar,
Then Settled in the 80's with My 85 340 GL

Happyest ive ever been.

A guy at work has an Oxford which looks very much like that one.

cheers

James