hairnet Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Don't say Volvo ffs Kringle, Shep Shepherd, anonymous user and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Buy it. richardthestag, Junkman, Aston Martin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Volvo ffs! Looks like a 242 GT I'd assume it's a 2 door saloon as it's not go the odd roofline of the coupe as far as I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Aussie spec. NorfolkNWeigh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Obviously not Scottish spec. Aston Martin and blakey79 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Yup does look like it's 'Stralia' spec, mega rare 2 door GT saloon, they even did a facelift 242 Turbo, which was very popular as a rallycross car/battering ram due to them being tank like, and opponents were in cars mostly made from GRP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 It looks fucking lovely thats a fact DSdriver and bigstraight6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougiefourspeed Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 It’s cool, whatever it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 Aussie spec. We have a winner Apparently under he dust the side and rear windows are smoked - only Aussie he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 There is/was one of these floating around Birmingham between Edgbaston and Woodgate Valley. It's been a few years since I've seen it but I remember it being very clean. I think the owner had a very clean early 345DL as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Phwoar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 A three box profile never looked as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 It's a shame we never got the two door saloon shell in the UK as they do look bloody good. danthecapriman, AlabamaShrimp and ProgRocker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Lovely, definitely wood. I was always a fan of the 262. I frequently passed one with a black vinyl roof parked outside a pub in Waterfoot (Rossendale) in my youth and have lusted after them ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 I love the old Volvo 200 series, a 2 door model is off the scale tobyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 ?? I never knew these came in RHD anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 So the 2 door 240 in RHD was Australia only? Nice. I have seen a few of these around, most in GL spec. I will have to keep en eye out from now on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Oooof lovely. There's a bloke commutes to downtown Houston in one in a fantastic beige colour, never been able to catch him with the camera but it is a thing of beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldoubleyou Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Be this for sale? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Phwoarrr! GIB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Ooft that is a wonderful bit of history. Get it bought and love it forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warninglight Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 That's incredible! I need it for my obscure or not for the UK Volvo collection... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I remember spending time at the University of Rhode Island back in the summer of 1997 and it seemed like every other faculty member drove a battered 242. Had never encountered them before, fell completely in love... apparently the GT version is the one to have. Noice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Have you bought it yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Get it bought now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I think it's a Volvo Tumescence edition. Good grief that's a thing of beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Oooof lovely. There's a bloke commutes to downtown Houston in one in a fantastic beige colour, never been able to catch him with the camera but it is a thing of beauty. Spookily the only one I have ever seen was a beige one in Houston, I remember it was parked outside a petrol Gas station next to a dental place by the name of BUMGARDENER. That was 12 yrs ago when my parents were ex pats in Houston. Cant be the same car, can it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 There was a 242 on the 1985 RAC, presumably a turbo, this was in the Group B days , but me and my mates would wait on every stage( sometimes at 03.00 in the snow) until that Volvo and the Monza that was running at about the same time came through. Hairnet, did you check both sides? It could be a mythical 3 door Police car. Talbot, mercrocker, Datsuncog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Ever the anorak, when I was 8 years old I wrote a very precocious but earnest letter to Volvo AB in Goteborg asking if I could possibly have a brochure for my collection (we had no thumb-wheels or joysticks back then). Weeks later a package came with a very nice reply containing UK language brochures for the 164, 1800s and 144. To my complete joy (told you we had no computers) the recently-introduced 144 was accompanied by a 142 leaflet. I was smitten. Never got a 142 but I still have all the brochures! Talbot and MorrisItalSLX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 A 142 or 242 with redblock turbo power is pretty much my dream car right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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