US Market, and most GT models had at essence a mild rally setup.

The front springs were like the Turbo 240. Rear springs were like that on a sedan. Perch was a little lower.

Two items....

The rear stabilizer bar is is larger in diameter than the front. Rally.
My 1979 242 GT with moon roof and M46 (an SRO?) had a 23 mm rear diameter wire bar and a front 21 mm. 1980 US market has a 22 rear / 21 mm front. 23 mm rear was restored in the 1981 model year?

On late 70s sedan and wagon, the factory stock DL bars were 21mm front and rear was either 17 or later 19?

242 GT tended to over steer on wet greasy pavement gravel / unimproved roads, if pushed.

Also had the GT strut mount plate for below the inner fender sheet metal yet above the strut mount. Plate steel.

242 GT came with Koni Yellow adjustable or the orange de Carbon mono-tube high pressure dampers front and rear.

White is the California market model. With the beige cloth seats and the wild orange stripes.

Mine was a bucket of rust. Gaps between the plate steel floor pan and the outer rocker panel So bequeathed in 2001. It came from Holland.

I kept my 1989 factory yet cranked up the Koni dampers to max. Sort of owld by 1989! SPEEDO/ODO was metric. Had the GT instruments cluster. Sold a few years ago. Still have the front UK-code front corner light assemblies.

Another Volvo bequeathed at Taylor's Junkyard on St. Charles Rock Road in St. Louis County.

Got the driver seat allslow! Rather have the GT in fine fettle.
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