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Been way too busy last month to even touch the car, bumpers are stipped but not sure if I should paint them or leave them as-is (since the rest of the paint on the car is falling off..)
"New" plates on the car
Also need to clean the engine to try and find the source of the oil leak, although I suppose it is to be expected with 360,000 of wear and tear.
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Our 1966 INTERNATIONAL F210D
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Why is everything I want to buy on the other side of the country?
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New tail lights arrived from Germany:
Out with the old, in with the new sparkly replacements:
Done, big improvement:
Gave the car a quick clean, bumpers removed to be painted.
Forgot to take a photo of the engine bay, will try and remember this afternoon.
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Doesn't actually need a whole lot, everything still works as it should, drives and stops in a straight line etc.
- Tail lights, one side totally smashed and the other is cracked (someone glued another random bit of red lense where it had also been smashed.
- Rust, around boot door and below drivers door but nothing major.
- Tyres
- Oil leak, the entire bottom of the engine and gearbox was covered with thick oil.
We may have resolved the oil leak last night while changing the filters and oil, appears someone damaged the seal on the old filter when it was installed.
New tail lights arrived from Germany yesterday so that will be tomorrows job.
New tyres also ordered today.
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Fiat Stilo Abarth:
usually it looks more like this...
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Just picked up a Volvo 240 Wagon, 2.3L of raw Swedish fury, a car so good it outlived it successor in production.
The Soviet's being the fine connoisseurs they were, decided this was the model they must have for their embassy and so it was purchased, by them, new in 1988.
363,000 KM's later (the odometer stopped working shortly after) here it is:
First job is to get it road legal..
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The Piazza survived the pizza trip, although the exhaust cracked in half on the way back..
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I know someone who has a spare Piazza body needing an engine though
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Not too many around with paint that colour, not bad for paint job done in a dusty workshop
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10202135890134032&type=1&l=020cd755b5He bought it and got it done quicker than it took me to even start looking at mine...
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I have had one for about 3 years now.
I could best describe the car over this time as "exciting".
Pros:
- Classic 5 cylinder engine noise
- More then enough power for navigating Auckland
- Thick leather seats
- AMT is fun, almost perfect rev matched down shifts every time
- Never lost it in a carpark due to bright yellow paint.
Cons:
- AMT, dumps clutch, jerky changes in automatic mode, limited traction on slippery surfaces...
- Sticky dash
- Paint starting to peel (was not that well looked after in its previous life I suspect)
- Stereo is kinda rubbish just because of age, cannot swap out(easily) as it controls several dashboard functions..
- Classic Italian electronics, often shows errors for things that are fine (did not show an error when water pipe exploded on motorway)
- Clutches cost $$$$ to have replaced, dual mass flywheel etc (already done before my purchase)
Sounds pretty bad however it is a lot of fun, especially compared to the 2.4 Volvo S40 I borrowed while it was getting fixed.
Knowing what I know now I would still buy one, although would go for a manual if I had the option.
Ghost's 1988 Volvo 240 Wagon
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Been a bit slack this month, got some new plates for it and stuck them on.
Undecided if I should paint the bumpers or leave them as is, kinda suits having them the way they are?
Still need to get the missing trim pieces sorted (no one has parts for these locally?!), got a WOF on it so next weeks job is to get it registered with the new plates