The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Touring a room full of old Volvs, and a possible 142 purchase 140-160

posted by  montysano on  Mon Feb 23 03:51 CST 2009
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Thu May 29 16:46 CST 2014
[RELATED]

Hi all,

Last Saturday, I got a long-awaited tour of a local Volvo nut's storage room. It contained 8 cars: a Porsche 911T, 3 Volvo 1800s, 1 240, 1 544, and 2 140s (plus the guy has 6 more at his house!). The owner is looking to find a "good home" for a couple of the cars.

I was eyeballing a '74 142 w/manual tranny and mechanical fuel injection. Stored inside for years, dead straight and rust-free body, all trim and lenses present, serviceable interior. "Ran great and was a joy to drive" says the owner. $500.00.

His only caveat: "May need a fuel pump". I notice that neither IPD or FCP Groton lists a pump for this car.

For the price, I should probably just go for it. But what warning signs should I look for? If the injection system is problematic, can it be converted to a Weber?

I've owned 5 240s and know them well, but have no experience with 140s. Any thoughts/advice are appreciated.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.