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posted by
someone claiming to be dougdoug@sasktel.net
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Wed Aug 22 17:50 CST 2007 [ RELATED]
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Sorry to hear about your wreck.
Not to seem like an opportunistic vulture hanging around the carrion; however, if you intend to get the car back from ICBC and strip the good parts to retrofit on your other 142 shell, I might be interested in any parts that you may have left over (particularlu interior parts). I am doing a restoration on a 1971 142E (looks to be the same color as yours). Let me know if you have any interest.
By the way. If you plan to move your B20E engine in to a non E body, you have to (amongst other things) transplant the fuel tank. The E fuel tank, relative to the S versions, has extra fittings (fuel return line)and extra internal baffling. You mentioned that your tank was leaking (in the photo it looks like it got pushed in). Definitely pull it out and see if a repair shop can fix it up. The alternatives are not cheap. There are no repro tanks on the market. I found a 'good' used tank from a Dutch supplier which would have been about $450 by the time it arrived in North America. If the used tank has any rust you have a problem because I haven't found a tank repair shop that will coat a tank with internal baffles. A custom fabricated tank would have been about $1100.
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What type of interior parts do you need?
I stripped my '72 144 daily driver last spring and saved nearly everything.
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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 dougdoug@sasktel.net
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Sat Aug 25 16:03 CST 2007 [ RELATED]
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Drivers interior door panel and interior panel on passenger's side (black). Since yours is a 144, it a no-go.
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thanks for the info on the tank, its pretty beat up but its not as mangled as the rest of the rear end. the seam split and the gas ate through the undercoating,we'll see once i start the switch over.(who knows when that will be)i only wanted one project and thats my 220, now i have another. i'll be keeping most of the interior if not all of it, the shell i have is just that. i need to find 2 nice front fenders down the line as well as new rear signal lenses, as they didn't come with the shell. no interior except for a cracked dash and dash parts, so it will be a total swap. anything your looking for in particular?
ICBC went as to be expected, they low balled me and i backed up my claim. got them to re-evaluate and it worked out better, with a bit of a more fair offer on their part. was able to re-coup 90% of what i put into it plus walk away with the car, i'm ok with that. would have been nice to get more but my vehicle was not mint in regards to the body and paint.
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posted by
someone claiming to be dougdoug@sasktel.net
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Sat Aug 25 16:23 CST 2007 [ RELATED]
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I was looking for a driver's side interior door panel and a passenger side rear interior panel (guess I am still looking).
If you haven't tried them already scandcar.com is a Dutch vendor with a good web site with lots of hard to find parts for all older Volvos (including the all important weather stripping and other rubber bits). If you are desperate, I think that I saw new front fenders on their web page if you don't mind the nose-bleed shipping costs! Genuine Classic Parts GCP.se is a swedish vendor who manufactures parts for classic Volvos. Excellent thing about their web page is you can down-load the original Volvo parts manual for the 140 gratis. Makes finding parts easier on the web when you can search by the part number. Also, pictures in parts manual are of use for people like me who are doing a complete body strip and can't remember exactly what went where 2 years later.
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yeah, sorry to disapoint but you're still looking. mine are near mint and i'm hanging on to em.
i think what i hate most with all this is looking for a new daily driver, looked at a 67 122s that was suposed to be in great shape and a 240T 2dr thats a bit to beat up inside, a 240Ti that is real clean but its an auto. man this sucks...
anyone from the Canadian west coast know of a nice 2dr 122 or a real clean 240T for sale? prefer a 2dr stick, something without alot of rust would be nice. it doesn't have to be a show car, just well cared for and nothing newer than 84.
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posted by
someone claiming to be Devil's Advocate
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Sun Aug 12 05:28 CST 2007 [ RELATED]
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If you've only had the car 6 months, seems to me the insurance folks have pretty much all the data they need... I can't imagine them offering much more (or less) than what you just paid for it.
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A useful bit of information might be that only about 2500 of this year and model were produced, and that it was a special edition with many unique features not found on other 140 series cars, therefore ONLY 71 Es are valid for pricing comparison. You are correct that it is (by far) the most desirable 140. (though I am also partial to 72 E wagons) I had one and it was a wonderful car. I paid $495 for it over 20 years ago, restored it, put over 100K additional miles on it, and sold it for $1500 after having owned it for six or seven years.
I definitely agree that you should buy it back as salvage. In fact, if the doors still open and shut properly, and it goes straight down the road, it is most likely repairable. A friend of mine has a restoration/race prep shop, and has rehabilitated shunted race cars that looked almost as bad. He is familiar with the 140 series, having a road car almost identical to yours, and a couple of IT racers. He is located in eastern West Virginia though, which might be a bit far for you.
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"I definitely agree that you should buy it back as salvage. In fact, if the doors still open and shut properly, and it goes straight down the road, it is most likely repairable."
actually the trunk opens and closes still, i put new bulbs in the tail lights and have signals as well as brake lights. the rear fender doesn't even have a ripple in it. the corner sheet metal wrapped itself around the gas cap, it still drives and brakes straight no shudder. i'll keep it, i have a shell from a 69 142 waiting to get used.
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Agreed.
From what I can gather about my '70 142, it was bought in Southern California, pseudo rally-prepped and then spent some years in europe getting hammered in rallys or something before returning.
apparently everything past the quarter windows was replaced with another rear clip, along with it came an interior. can be done!
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64 544 - 66 122 - 70 142 - Blue is broken is beautiful
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That's a real shame about that fine car. Great model, great year, great options. On the other hand it did what Volvo intended it to do - save your life by giving up its own.
I live on the Island, and I have dealt with ICBC before. Be polite, be firm, be reasonable, and you'll do OK. Don't be a "Volvo zealot" and don't get angry. They see those kinds of people all day, and it gets tiresome. Bring any bills or records of money spent recently.
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What a crappy ending.
Although it's the same old story...look how well a 36 year old car held up with that hit. Damn, these are tough cars!
Hey, it looks like the license plate cover made it through!
Hated to get rid of my '72 144 last spring. It had too much rust though to be safe. Still miss it.
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Tom - '60 544, '68 220S, '70 145S, '86 745T, '06 Mazda MPV
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looking at the damage made me glad i drive volvos yet again, not only did the plate cover survive but the turn signals and brake lights worked with some new bulbs. started leaking gas though, the horizontal seam split good. it will live on down the road in the shell i'm holding on to, i'm not ready to let go yet. all the good stuff in it is still working, hell i just got it under 6 months ago...
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that. sucks.
good you're OK though. what was the speed of the impact?
the three 71's i've observed for sale in CA since I've been paying attention have gone for about $1500 USD in good condition.
not enough in my opinion.
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64 544 - 66 122 - 70 142 - Blue is broken is beautiful
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hard to say with the speed, i was going 20kms maybe. he hit me going 40-60kms i'd guess. after i got the car home and got into trunk. which by the way still opens and locks,i saw the inner seams at the rear wheel wells are split as well. glad i wasn't at a full stop, when i got back in the car the drivers seat was almost totaly reclined from the force of the impact.
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