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Milwaukee craigslist: 79 Volvo 242 - $1500 (Yes, a 1979 242 GT) 200

posted by  Rhys on  Thu Apr 19 14:17 CST 2012
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I am with you 100%! I loved that car. Bit of a story though. I bought a new red 242DL ( Canadian model with a single SU) in April of '79. Red outside, red velour inside, flathood, chrome mirrors, four speed. Thought it was great. Six months later I went to the dealership I bought it from, and the salesman let me take a '79 GT for a spin. I traded the DL on the spot - I got what I paid for it on the trade. What could I do? Drove the hell out of it - made 118mph after about three minutes at full power.
Of course about three weeks after I bought the '79, the black Halifax Edition '80 242GT's came out, and the dealer had one of them...I should have waited....
All my photos from that time are on Kodachrome and I need to get them digitized and post them here. Folks won't believe it otherwise.
Powell also had a 122S, which was my first car.
And how did you know my nickname? I was called that in university, about thirty five years ago....You must be psychic, as well as having good taste in cars!
Rhys






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