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Posted by: mcdermd on 2012-11-15 23:05:40
That's just the 2xx and 7xx series, though. Granted – that covers 19 years, but ..
How about the old M40 trans with the "long throw" shift? They felt like you were driving a bus 😉
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Posted by: fairchild on 2012-11-16 00:46:09
if you want to see the most amazing practical volvo, search volvo 164 Cereal Marshmallows on youtube, your jaw will drop.
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Posted by: mcdermd on 2012-11-16 00:59:26
My late uncle had one in the same color with a landau top. He did a Ford 302 conversion on it. Very fast.
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Posted by: volvo242gt on 2012-11-16 03:28:42
^ And the 900 series. In Europe, Volvo used the M47 until 1998. Re: the 140 series, luckily, the oldest 140 I've owned was a blue '72 142E, not unlike the one you sold to Sean, then went to Ben @ RSI. Just still stock, engine-wise. Used a stiffer spring to prevent the shifter from accidentally going into reverse.
-J
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Posted by: mcdermd on 2012-11-16 08:30:13
I had no idea that the 900 series was available in a manual shift. Goes to show how USA-centric I am, I guess. I should have known it would have been available as a 5-speed in Europe.
I had a 5-speed 850 which isn't all that common. The downside is that it was a '93 GLT and normally aspirated. A pretty gutless car, all in all.
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Posted by: volvo242gt on 2012-11-16 11:53:28
Supposedly, the 940 Turbo was available in '91 with the M47 as a special order option here in the states. Never saw one, though. Yeah, friend of mine has a '96 base 850 wagon with the 5-speed...
-J
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Posted by: insaneboy on 2012-11-16 18:16:26
I like the pull up ring for reverse, my Saab had that.
Nearly bought a 960 wagon a few years ago, had all the maintenance records(timing belt done on time) but oh, mega smoker car, worst I'd ever experienced. BARF! had to pass on that one.
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Posted by: volvo242gt on 2012-11-16 22:26:45
Yeah, my mother's car is one where you want to hold your breath before you climb into it if you have to.
-J
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Posted by: insaneboy on 2012-11-17 14:35:42
A truck I had(actually that I bought instead of that 960) was a former smokers car too, but I could live with it, light smell on hot days, no biggie... That 960 was eye watering intense, never experienced anything that bad.
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Posted by: uniserver on 2012-11-17 15:18:18
dont you love it when you flip the heat on in a smokers car, and stinky cig ash comes out of the vents and sticks in your eyeballs 🙂
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Posted by: volvo242gt on 2012-11-17 22:00:29
Luckily, never suffered that fate. Ewww.
-J
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