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Is this the end of my 850? 850 1996

posted by  someone claiming to be Hugh on  Tue Jul 19 11:45 CST 2022 [RELATED]

Hello All,

I want to share what I did in the end with regard to my rusted 850. I found a donor Volvo, a 1999 V70 wagon that was rust free. It was a parts car that belonged to the garage that services my 4 Volvos. The owner let me have the necessary parts off of it for free. The auto body shop was less than 5 miles away and sent a flatbed down to pick up the donor Volvo and later returned it (after harvesting the necessary parts). The autobody shop charged my $1,371.82 to weld in place the portions harvested from the donor Volvo. After paying to have the engine rebuilt on this Volvo, together with the rust repairs, I hope I do not invest any more significant money into this Volvo (other than routine maintenance) for the next 4 to 5 years.

Thank you to all who responded.

Hugh






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