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No questions, just a realization that I think I’m going nuts!
I spent this and a few other afternoons removing all the parts from my ’72 144.
I’ve had this car since 1993, bought it for $300 and put about 120,000 miles on it. Taking all the parts off is strange to me, kind of like doing surgery on a friend. I have found myself taking time the remove parts and still avoid unnecessary damage to the parts of the car that will be thrown away anyway.
It’s a neat learning experience seeing how the car must have been put together at the factory. I would have liked to see how the wiring harness was installed on the assembly line. At least I got it out in one piece. It had to be one of the first things installed, though after the heater core and wipers, but before the dashboard, etc.
Anyway, my intention is to either have a junkyard pick up the shell when I’m done or if that costs too much, I’ll cut up the shell and try to get some cash for the steel.
Definitely something wrong with me if I’m putting this much thought into it.
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Tom - '60 544, '68 220S, '70 145S, '86 745T, '06 Mazda MPV
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I do not know where you are located in CT, but I stripped a 142 parts car here in RI last summer, called a place in North Stonington, CT that advertises in the paper, offered them the car, and went to work, it was gone when I came home, I am sure they expected to find more than a shell on blocks, but nevertheless they get the money for the steel, check in you local newspaper.
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I think some would call it "obsessive-compulsive disorder".
I suspect a lot of us have it - some suffer from it and others manage
to enjoy it.
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George Downs Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!
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I was thinking the same thoughts,and feeling the same
way,when I took the steering box and resigned myself
to cutting up the 69-145...
OEM Calipers,old hard metal rotors,all those beautiful
grade 5 bolts,interior,nice lift gate,one door,bumpers,grill...
I was thinking about the team of 6 men who were
responsible for putting the whole car together....
Not just a car rolling down the line,but something
hand built,by dedicated craftsmen....
Ely came from Sacremento,and got some clean sheet
metal for his custom 70-143 wagon project,and some bits.
I bought his doors for the 72-145-E.
The BW-35 is a special early one.
Shaved fenders,early windshield.
B_4 ford needs a hinge...
So it goes around...
Ken
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69-145-S ; 71-145-S ; 72-145-E ; 72-1800-ES ; 87-245-DL
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I don't know who RJ is, but he can send me an e-mail.
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Tom - '60 544, '68 220S, '70 145S, '86 745T, '06 Mazda MPV
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posted by
someone claiming to be 66-estate
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Fri Apr 6 12:41 CST 2007 [ RELATED]
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even though it sucks to cut an old car up, its fun to see how it all went together. nothing a case of beer and a saws all cant take apart, at least once you get all the important items out. here's some shots of the 66 wagon that came with my driver.
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All I can say is...
My wife would NEVER forgive me if I did that! She would give me about, oh, 20 minutes max to "clean up that damn driveway before the neighbours complain!"
Neat pics, by the way.
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someone claiming to be 66-estate
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Sat Apr 7 17:49 CST 2007 [ RELATED]
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i was luck enough to have a friend that lived on a street where that was cool with everyone. the neighbours were lighting up the old jap bike with no exhaust and doing burnouts up and down the street, hahahaha. was a great dead end street, too bad they still don't live there.
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someone claiming to be 66-estate
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Fri Apr 6 17:27 CST 2007 [ RELATED]
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i had a hard time chopping it up. where i grew up 122's especially a wagon were real scarce, ontario gets alot of salt in the winter. all i can say is i saved everything posible that could be used, the only thing holding the front of the car to the firewall was alot of fiber glass and some 1/2 wire mesh. it was toast,the only thing that went to the wrecker was the roof & what was left of the unibody. i even kept the door pillars and rockers, hell i might find a use for them some day. i'm going to patch the rear floor pans and put them in the 66 i'm driving once next winter hits. i can't see pitching anything away.
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Yep no criticism from me - you did everything possible to keep the value of that car. It's just that the second photo is a bit of a startle moment.
I've sent more than a few Volvos to the crusher, and I have the basement parts collection to prove it!
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Sat Apr 7 17:54 CST 2007 [ RELATED]
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yeah, pic #2 is a bit shocking. cutting the roof off was such a visual thing, one moment there's still a recognisable shell and the next it doesn't look like a 220 anymore. thats the first car i really cut up like that, too bad the structure was so far gone. mechanically it was in real good condition.
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Maintain that culch heap!!
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George Downs Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!
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Hi Tom,
Naw, yur not goin' nuts.
I remember when I was in college, (1978) and was doing the same thing to my '68 122 which I stupidly had crashed. I kept boxes and boxes of parts for years in my parents garage. I also removed the entire front crossmember with the suspension, brakes, and steering intact as well as the entire rear suspension, axle, etc. and put them under my parents deck, (they wouldn't fit in the gagrage). I used many of the parts in my follow up cars, a 144, 145, 1800, another 144, and another 122.
I wish I had those parts now!
The front and rears were still under the deck when my parents moved in 1998 and are probably still there now. I wonder if I go back and explain to the new property owners I want to retrieve them, LOL. We still joke about my famous last words, " I may need those parts one day!
hmmmmm. the springs, cross member, diff. and trailing links may still be good!
....hey maybe even the steering box, A-arms, ....hmmmmmm
CU
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Fri Apr 6 16:14 CST 2007 [ RELATED]
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Sawsall part goes fast,especially with the new
wider blades for metal.'The Axe' ect.
Stay away from the double wall sections
that grab the blades.
Usually it has to be a roller for them to take it.
{steering box in}
Good luck
Ken
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69-145-S ; 71-145-S ; 72-145-E ; 72-1800-ES ; 87-245-DL
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Tom,
Not at all, not at all.
I haven't had to carve one of my own -yet- but I'm still only a couple of years into this.
But, Redwood Chair's long-dormant '69 145s "Rambo" has been my learing experience. It too is at the cutting stage. Everything salvageable, not necessarily valuable, is being saved.
One really builds an appreciation for these things when you get them down to just the the pressed body sections balanced on jack stands.
I'm also doing a pair of Citroen D series for the same reason, experience (and a part or two. heh.)
the '72 was done in by rust, no? Well, it will live on.
I have Ken's wrecked '70 145 in a couple of places on my '70
Some of a rusty short-lived parts '73 145 in my '74 142
And the engine poised to go in my '66
As well as hosts of parts from other BB'ers, which although I haven't met personally I like knowing where they came from.
Something special about the parts when you know their story...
If the Vintage Volvo population is indeed dwindling, there's a decent amount of reconstitution slowing down the attrition rate.
Cheers, -Sean
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1966 122s, 1970 142s, 1974 142e... Blue is Beautiful
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