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Göteborg? 200

posted by  daveshan on  Sat Feb 22 01:23 CST 2003
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last visit: Sun Oct 19 07:03 CST 2014
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Yep, As Phil says Southern California is a good place to look but don't assume that just because the car has been here all its life it will be rust free. After finding a bit of rust in my turbo I made sure to check a few random cars at times in the local PNPs. It seems there is a 1" plug in the firewall that either falls out with great regularity or Volvo forgot to install in a bunch of cars from '81-85 this leads to water getting into the interior and rust forming behind the drivers seat, even here in good old hot, sunny, and too dry San Diego.

He is also right that smog laws and charity donations are taking a huge toll on the older bricks. I've been searching for a good rebuildable 245T for months only to see very nice ones turning up in salvage yards that never showed up in Auto Trader or the local paper. They are literally worth more as a tax write off than as a cash sale.
Dave Shannon
Spring Valley, California (San Diego area)
'84-245 200K+
'85-244Ti 200K+
'86-740 230K+
'88-240 180K+
www.volvo2.homestead.com (Opens new window)






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