Uncle Jimmy Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Volvo seats are much more comfortable than this bastard I'm sitting on typing this in this hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panhard65 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 I really wish I had bought this when I was looking for a classic instead of going to Spain for the bloody hearse which has given me nothing but trouble. It is a lovely old thing and well worth the money someone must snap it up quick. Uncle Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Ooooh, now that is lovely. I definately need a ovloV in my life. GLWTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 God, I want that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 £2,750 isn't a lot when you consider how rotten a Granada would be for that money. Something different at a show that you could use daily. There's one not far from me that has sat on a drive for many years, looks a really tidy design for the age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 There's one even closer to me that has sat on a drive for many years. About 20 feet away in fact. HillmanImp, sierraman, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 I was using the 164 a fair bit a few years ago, the big trunk is useful, big enough to get a B&D workmate and a few power tools into on a few occasions when I was vanless.There's one even closer to me that has sat on a drive for many years. About 20 feet away in fact. Thread needed there I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 This thread needs fresh pics so I can stop refreshing and get on with the rest of my life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 I had a 164 about 25 years ago, that maroon colour they were all in (unless silver blue ) and I loved it, was a fabulous car. But even longer ago, I had a friend of a friend who was a retired butcher (and whose significant other was a vet!) and he was a serial Volvo botherer. He had a mint 164 that he rarely used and a 145dl that he used constantly. Can you see where this is going yet? Yes, I built him a 165! neither of the two cars he had were used (he needed the 145 to be mobile and refused point blank to destroy the 164 as it was too good - it was actually) so two new oones were sorced. Original plan was to shove the front of the 164 on the 145 complete with engine etc and then the interior. However, there were so many differences in the floor pan (amazingly) that it was easier to use the 164 and cut the back off the estate and make it fit, complete with boot floor on top of the original chassis legs. It all turned out really well - the hardest bit was getting the rear seat modified so it would fold down. It was a great car and he had it for years and years.... ntil I lost touch actually as he was still trundling around in it. That was a really fun project, took a while (about 2 months) and cost a lot more than he was charged but I enjoyed it. danthecapriman, spike60, forddeliveryboy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Twas a mistake on Volvos part not making a 165, or indeed a 184 or 185, a B40 would have been justifiable for the US market I think. A few 165s were made at an Australian dealership I believe, a lot of work! If you look at a 145 or 245 for that matter, you will see that the rear doors continue down as they would on a saloon, so Volvo didn't have to retool for different rear doors.Most of the surviving 164s in the UK are either that maroon or Alpine blue as mine is, there are only about 25 on the road in the UK but a lot about in the US, Australia and of course Scandinavia. danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Moar pics as promised privatewire, wuvvum, egg and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherpaMog Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 I have seen this when I bought a van from Mr Nibbler. Top fella and top car, it really is a nice thing. Someone get it bought before white room wankers Uncle Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 I have seen this when I bought a van from Mr Nibbler. Top fella and top car, it really is a nice thing. Someone get it bought before white room wankersCheers man, hope to see some pics of the T4 up here one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Spotted on eBay. All the best with sale Sorry I couldn't stretch to it in the end https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Volvo-164/142856783403 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 No worries, looks like it will make a reasonable price; I shall miss it very much, it's been....emotional Magnificent Rustbucket, flat4alfa, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Knott Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 This looks cleaner than lots of sub 10 year old Mazda/Nissan shite I maintain for family and friends. Lovely The red sump seems to be an Ovlov trait? I've spent all day under my 940 looking at a fire engine red sump so it's nice to see that it's a familiar/ongoing theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 Well the Volvo sold on the bay of E in the end for not far off what I was hoping for to an avid Volvo tinkerer, who drove it away yesterday, wherupon it faultlessly motored up the M5 to its new home in Malvern. So yes there are some good folks out there and selling on ebay isn't always a nightmare! egg, Fabergé Greggs, Kringle and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Someone got a really nice car there. Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 ...it faultlessly motored up the M5 to its new home in Malvern. I shall look out for it next time I visit the Ageing Parentals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 Hummmm, that's the same colour too. An early one with the cranked bumper. Joloke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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