Speaking of Volvos...

[Philpug]

This has to be the coolest Volvo I have ever seen...

 

[Scruffy]

Ah...a lifted brick; it was only a matter of time

 

[scott43]

The camber on the red car must be special...

 

[François Pugh]

The camber on the red car must be special...

He needs it for swerving around speed bumps in parking lots.

 

[slowrider]

Don't forget that "White Volvo" crowd. Trucker joke...

 

[cantunamunch]

Oh you tease you.

An Alfa AND a 3.0 in the lot and THOSE are the pics you post?

 

[Philpug]

Oh you tease you.

An Alfa AND a 3.0 in the lot and THOSE are the pics you post?

I think that is a 633...either way, they are pretty common...but a jacked 245? Oh my. I bet it's pretty good in the snow too.

 

[James]

The Volvo looks tilted. Some Classic Range Rovers had that issue.
It is a pretty cool Volvo. I have seen much higher Volvo’s of the next gen, but none that practical.
So, “good in snow”, meaning the running gear and motor is not Volvo.

 

[Tony S]

Oh you tease you.

An Alfa AND a 3.0 in the lot and THOSE are the pics you post?

Is the Alfa missing the front bumper? Or does it just have a receding chin? Anyway, it caught my eye too. The red thing is just ... too much makeup.

 

[scott43]

The Volvo looks tilted. Some Classic Range Rovers had that issue.
It is a pretty cool Volvo. I have seen much higher Volvo’s of the next gen, but none that practical.
So, “good in snow”, meaning the running gear and motor is not Volvo.

Panhard Rod..

 

[cantunamunch]

Is the Alfa missing the front bumper? Or does it just have a receding chin?

There are a number of things that bother me about that car. The wheels and the missing "folded arms" wipers shout "someone fancied it as a race car". So the lack of bumper is to some extent valid. But the antenna eyesore isn't.

Those receding chin designs always looked their best with the split two-piece Euro bumpers. IMO and YMMV but I'm not budging. The double-plus-sign -+-+- US bumpers were simply ridiculous. Given any excuse I'd remove them too.

 

[Tom K.]

If you squint a little, that reminds me of the older Jeep Cherokee (which a friend of mine is STILL driving).

 

[cantunamunch]

If you squint a little, that reminds me of the older Jeep Cherokee (which a friend of mine is STILL driving).

The XJ? Good point.

 

[Tony S]

I think that is a 633...either way, they are pretty common...but a jacked 245? Oh my. I bet it's pretty good in the snow too.

245 is the old RWD one, right? I have driven one in the snow - obviously not lifted with serious tires - and it was truly one of the worst handling snow cars I've been in.

 

[Philpug]

245 is the old RWD one, right? I have driven one in the snow - obviously not lifted with serious tires - and it was truly one of the worst handling snow cars I've been in.

240 series + 5 door = 245. I have driven these and other RWD Volvos and IMHO opinion their Scandinavian heritage comes out when they have 4 winter tires on them, I found that they are some of the better RWDs of the era.

 

[Tony S]

240 series + 5 door = 245. I have driven these and other RWD Volvos and IMHO opinion their Scandinavian heritage comes out when they have 4 winter tires on them, I found that they are some of the better RWDs of the era.

Someone must have removed the winter-regulation ten cases of aquavit from the cargo area of the one I drove.

 

[James]

Does the Volvo have enough power for donuts?

 

[Philpug]

Does the Volvo have enough power for donuts?

The 240 had 114 if the meanest Shetland Ponies you would ever want to meet.

 

[Ogg]

The 240 had 114 if the meanest Shetland Ponies you would ever want to meet.

Even the Turbo was a whopping 155hp. My father had a '85 with a few mods that was probably ~180hp. It was considered quick in the mid to late '80s.

 

[James]

Saab Turbo with Darth Vader wheels. Those early Saab turbos had a distinctive burbling sound. Huge lag though.
I guess they’re called Inca wheels-