Not sure who remembers me but I've been a member since 2002 when I was a kid, now I got one of my own but I still kept my 1980 Volvo Bertone throughout the years. I stopped being loyal to the Volvo brand after driving my mom's S60 and have since become a big fan of the late 90's Lexus LS cars, but I always will remain loyal to the 200 series.

Originally I had planned to do a V8 conversion in the Bertone but I recently had the opportunity to buy a car that was very special to me. A good friend of mine and fellow Volvo enthusiast Gary Etie passed away a little over a year ago and his custom 245 wagon was left to his daughter. She was recently T-boned and at the insurance company totaled it out and I bought it from her. The passenger side is fine and all the wheels are good, still starts and moves on it's own with an odometer that stopped spinning somewhere around 334,000 miles so who know what she really has on her, plus she loaded with IPD goodies and a nice custom exhaust system.

Rather than the V8 swap, I'm going to take the guts out of the 245 and stick it in the Bertone and keep it all Volvo so I'm sure in the coming months you'll be seeing a lot more of me on here.

Just wanted to say hi to all the old Brick Boarders and introduce myself to the new ones. If anybody is in the Austin, TX area feel free to say hi or come help turn some wrenches and drink some beers!

-Gabo