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I'm currently in the Netherlands for a study abroad semester through my university, and I want to take advantage of this chance to see if there are any useful or rare parts I could find on old European-spec 240s and somehow get back home. I was in Germany last fall and utterly missed the chance then.
I asked a Dutch guy I know if he knew the location of any junkyards nearby, and he said, "We're a civilized country--they don't let normal people wander around junkyards like a bunch of rednecks." Now, he's a bit opinionated and tends to give overly dramatic answers along this same theme, but I get the feeling he's more or less correct (though I plan on asking another Dutch person who will give a bit more factual answer).
For those of you in Europe or for those of you who are familiar with how the parts business works here, how might I go about acquiring rare 240 accessories that were only available for European cars? Even if there's nothing greater than a center armrest available, I'd still like to find out how I can "browse" the parts from junked Euro 240s.
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Welcome to EU.
Many guys have allready give advises to you. ( Hälsningar till NORGE) Maybe you were wrong time and wrong place. I think you find special parts easily, if you take contact the local VOLVO club, or Race drivers. Special parts are wanted also in Europe. Here in Finland is also difficult to find ex. 405 or 531 heads.We have forums ("Suomen VOLVO-kerho" and "VOLVOLANDIA") Many person speaks English there. Anyway you can find more easily ex. B 230 FB/FG engine`s, those have 531 head whith VX- cam. If you vist in Sweden, you can buy new parts reasonable prices.(those headlights and "blinkers"are not so expensive eaven here.)Near Göteborg are several special dealers ex STEFFANSSON AUTOMOTIVE (SAM) also near Stockholm is SPM-Motor (Sten Parner) TIMO`s Motor. ( TIMO KORMU) I use UNITEK ST, which is north in LULEA. They have all kind of special parts and knowhow printed in English. If you want new WEBER`s, they made them in Spain, But in England they can be eaven cheapier. Hope this helps you.
Yrs: A.M.O.Ylander/WEBERMAN.
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Sadly it has all become regulated in the UK. In the old days I remember freely browsing around cars in a scrapyard, taking the bits I wanted. One took these to a man in a shed and haggled over the price. He knew that some of the smaller bits were in my toolbox, or thrown over the fence to be retrieved later. I remebber clambering up piles of qrecks several cars high, swaying about pulling off suspension pieces etc.
Now it is nearly all regulated very closely. You aren't allowed past the desk, and the parts are brought to you off their shelves. There is however a computerised service linking all major scrapyards, called Findapart, which can locate items from anywhere in the country. There are also specialised scrapyards dealing just in Volvos.
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I visited a Volvo-only junk yard in Cambridgeshire, UK last year - lots of 240's and 740's....remember in the UK, they are called "Breakers", not junk yards/salvage yards.....
Jay
84 245 GLTI 231k
88 740 GLE 206-
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Hi
I'm in the neighbouring country: Belgium.
JY have become scarce since some EU regulations were implemented (they regulated the number of wrecks at a site, the visibility of the junk from the road...). Most have converted to second handparts stores: i.e. they immidiately strip a car from its parts and crush what's left. So it's hard to find a 'pick and pull'.
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'92 Volvo 240GL 6cyl. Diesel
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Is this all to make it harder to keep old cars on the road? Why is it of regional importance anyway?
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A smart bomb. The bomb teaches Shakespearean sonnets, ancient cuneiform, relativity, and the Tibetan language. It may know other things. It has no tolerance for rudeness, so ask nicely.
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I guess economical and environmental issues.
Getting older cars off the road faster => boosting new car sales, eliminating old engines which polute more, keeping soil from being tainted with debris and toxics coming from the wrecks (and thus keeping the economical value of the property high).
Only MHO
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'92 Volvo 240GL 6cyl. Diesel
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Because making more new cars is so environmentally friendly.
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A smart bomb. The bomb teaches Shakespearean sonnets, ancient cuneiform, relativity, and the Tibetan language. It may know other things. It has no tolerance for rudeness, so ask nicely.
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Hi;
In Norway and Sweden it is by all means possible to stroll around with your toolbox to pull any parts you might fancy. The best supply will not surprisingly be found in Sweden, and from the Netherlands there are not many hours to get to Malmö. A good yard is supposedly this one:
http://www.returbilen.se/
I notice that they have 12 240s in at the moment, pictures on their web site.
Many Swedish junkyards will also pull parts for sale, and they cooperate through this site where you can search for specific parts:
http://www.bildelsbasen.se/
Here is a listing of the actual junkyards (w/ names and phone numbers) advertising their parts through Bildelsbasen:
http://www.fbt.se/asp/project/default.asp?id=3&view=bildemo_sv
There is a similar cooperation in Norway:
http://www.nbfbildeler.no (searchable data base)
List of associated companies:
http://www.nbfbildeler.no/templates/companies.aspx
Hope this helps.
Erling, Norway.
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My 240 Page
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Hi Erling -
Thank you for the listings. I visited the first one -
http://www.returbilen.se/ - and found some interesting 240s. Since I am looking for the headlights, my not understanding the language was not a problem, except for further information.
Wondering if you could help me out. There is a 244-87, (item number?) 13118 with what looks to be a good headlight set. Even has driving lights.
What I want to know is the price for purchasing and shipping the lights and the things needed to install them into my 1988 244? I am not asking you to do all the work, just to point me in the direction of communicating with them in English.
Thanks for any help you can lend.
Regards,
Bob
:>)
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Hi Bob;
Returbilen has a pricelist on their site ("prislista") where they state that their prices for parts are fixed, and that it does not matter what car the part came from.
Their price for "headlamp, not round" is 250 SEK. Add to that "corner lamp, complete" 100 SEK, and you got 350 SEK. Times two is 700 SEK and you got a full set. Shipping should be around 800 SEK, so say around 1500 SEK shipped. That's roughly 220 USD. BUT: You need to bring your own tools and pull the parts yourself, so add a return flight ticket! You could of course try to ask for the favor of pulling them for you, being a customer from half way around the world.
As a comparison I just assisted in getting a fellow BB'er in touch with a private dealer in Sweden. Our friend has not received yet, but the seller claims that the lamps are 90-95 pct of new condition, and I believed the agreed price shipped was around 280 USD.
Hope this helps some.
Erling.
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My 240 Page
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posted by
someone claiming to be brickHead
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Sun Oct 22 20:10 CST 2006 [ RELATED]
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Take a ferry to Sweden!!
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Approximately 20 years ago I was in Britain. I went to several yards in the greater London area. Nearly all of them let me look around, gather emblems for my collection, and pull other more serious parts I happened across (twin Weber setups for Fiat 124s, among other things)
I recall seeing ads for large yards in France, somewhere in Normandy, just across the channel, but never made the trip to check them out.
More recently, I saw a couple of yards along motorways in Portugal a couple of years ago, but didn't stop for further investigation.
I suspect you will be able to find one that will let you look around, though it may take some doing. If you are looking at headlights, make sure to get them from a LHD car. The beam pattern is all wrong on those from an English/Irish market car (not that you are likely to find a lot of those in Holland.)
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I was just having a look at the specs for a Fiat 124, and wondering how it would go with twin webers.
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A smart bomb. The bomb teaches Shakespearean sonnets, ancient cuneiform, relativity, and the Tibetan language. It may know other things. It has no tolerance for rudeness, so ask nicely.
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posted by
someone claiming to be tjts1
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Sun Oct 22 14:38 CST 2006 [ RELATED]
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I went to a JY in the UK. It was an eye opening experience. Some of the unique parts you'll find on european 240s:
Ecode headlights and turn signals
Fender mounted side markers
convex glass driver side mirrors
Unique interior trim combinations
Carburator intakes, carbs, non CAT down pipees
B17, B19, B200 engines
M90 transmission in 93+ 940s
531 heads
K, V, VX, cams
Very rare alloy wheels which were never sold here.
Find a JY. Its worth the efford. If you happen to go to one, there are some parts you could pick up for me.
jtantare@gmail.com
Justin
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convex glass driver side mirrors
M90 transmission in 93+ 940s
531 heads
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All things that I wouldn't mind having.
We got 531 heads over here too, but only on Penta marine motors. And most of the ones you find have eaten up #4 exhaust ports.
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'63 PV544 rat rod, '93 Classic 245 + turbo
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posted by
someone claiming to be Cheesehead Marc
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Mon Oct 23 07:22 CST 2006 [ RELATED]
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You can still walk around and collect bits and pieces on Dutch junkyards, no problemo. Especially for cheaper smaller cars.
However Volvo and other more expensive brands tend to end up at specialised businesses. Names:
Scandcar, Moergestel voorbij Tilburg
Autorima, Druten bij Beneden Leeuwen
Nordicar, Heerhugowaard bij Alkmaar
Marans, Veldhoven bij Eindhoven
Estate Services, Obdam bij Alkmaar
Klein Zweden, Papekop bij Montfort
Kascar, Vijfhuizen
Opdam, Valkenburg
Toncar Berkel en Rodenrijs
Volvo Auto Demontage, Alphen a.d. Rijn
A 240 wreck is a rare sight anyhow, as most of them still drive around here or in Africa.
In the east (near Zwolle) they do banger races with 240's, you can buy all sorts of stuff. Look on Marktplaats.nl, an ad site.
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Thanks! You seem to know a lot about Dutch junkyards--do you know of any in the vicinity of Groningen?
A day trip to Leeuwarden wouldn't be tough, either, but I'm currently living in Groningen and could easily bike to any location near the city.
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posted by
someone claiming to be Cheesehead Marc
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Tue Oct 24 07:52 CST 2006 [ RELATED]
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I am not very familiar around Groningen, all the part shops I mentioned are in the west and south.
Look in the Yellow Pages, the word is "autodemontagebedrijf" or "autosloperij" or just "sloperij".
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