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



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

Spare parts car??? 200 1976

posted by  someone claiming to be Bishop on  Thu Nov 8 17:19 CST 2001 [RELATED]



I've got quite a few bits and peices I need for old Betty (my 76 volvo), and the other night after browsing through the paper I came up with what I thought was a prity good idea.

There were a few volvo 200's with dead engines in the paper, all around $200 or so (australian $), so I figure what would be handy would be to buy one and strip it down of all the running gear and interior and get the frame hauled away, and then I'm left with a nice collection of spares.

Now I realise that the parts won't be top notch stuff, but for future projects like when I need to do the front brake rebuild, it will make life easier, cause I'll just be able to rebuild the spares and just do swap overs on Betty.

Even down to if I want to put a new set of springs or shocks in, I just rebuild the spare struts and swap over, meaning it will allways leave me with a car on the road.

Betty only cost me $1000 and I've only spend like $500 on her in parts so far, so I figure this is a good way to go for me.

So do you think it's a good idea???

I'm thinking it may save me a chunk of money in the long run.





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.