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Chris Wilson

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Good enough for what exactly? Narrow decent winter tyres and they'll be as good as any car is my guess.

 

JUst generic, getting to work/shops etc with a bit of snow on the ground.

 

Last year i found the supra un-drivable a couple of days and had to get the train to work lol. (Toyo's on the rear was the main reason)

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360GLT isn't one of my favourites at all, but the two door Bertone 200 series were nice, with squashy leather interiors and the vinyl roof.. Ever seen a 2 door 7 series, the Bertone 780? They are quite pretty things, in a brick like way ;). I also love 1800ES models. Lynx copied them when they made the Eventer, IMO.

 

http://www.volvobertone.com/18enstory.html

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I am liking that a lot, wouldn't take much to get me building something retro like that. I wonder what the chances of a totally rust free shell are? I think it would have to be a 2 door one though... Ohm hang on, I have 3 other unfinished jobs to do this witer.... :(

 

Defo have 2 be a 2 door Chris..nice clean lines, even suit a retro/modern make over

 

http://www.chaosmotorsports.com/5d/volvo/volvo142_h.jpg

 

though the retro race look is defo old skool kool

 

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Get a V70 T5 - one of the ex traffic cop ones. You can pick them up for £1500, they've been well maintained and you can suspiciously pull out behind the bastard in the A3 that's been tailgaiting everyone and make him need a new pair of pants, thinking he's about to be pulled. :eyebrows::innocent:

And before you mention the V70R AWD those AWD systems are very well known for failing and cost thousands to fix!! By the time they got to this stage volvo's were getting just a tad too complicated. The old school ones can be hugely tinkered with and don't cost alot either. When I went round Zaandvoort track there was a guy there with a 960 sedan with a t61 turbo on it and that was pretty damn rapid.

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I would say 740/940 Turbo Fun cars. i had 3 of them :)

 

In sweden many build on volvos. Mainly 7/900 series with 850 turbo engines, the sound of these 5cyl engines when tuned is awesome.

 

Like this one =)

 

Or a mates 740 with 960 2,5L engine stroked to 2,8L GT37 turbo.

 

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I was looking at some 850r motors yesterday as a possible daily motor :D

 

Best mate had a black manual one (like finding unicorn poo) but I was utterly un-impressed with it. Straight line it was quicker than my NA supe but in corners and from a standstill I ate it alive. My TT supe just destroyed it as did my 1JZ mk3. You had to have the stickiest tyres in the world to get any real grip out of it and like Chris said torque steery to the unpleasant. FWIW IMO the vaux omega 3.2 MV6 estate is a much better package. Summat like this http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2039106.htm

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