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Unbelievable. Woke up to find my door glass smashed and the drivers seat gone out of my '88 240 wagon... Must have been the work of a 'Volvo Expert' cause they knew not to bother with the factory radio! Also pilfered the rear seat back release handle, fire extinguisher and a tiny rubber trim from drivers door rainsheild. What next? - AMM's and ECU's from under the bonnet! At least they left my spare relays and fuses in the glovebox...
My friendly local dismantler, who has very kindly lent me an old seat out of an '82 244 til he can find a match for mine tells me that if and when he finds me the release handle for the rear seat back it is something of a PITA to instal. Anyone have experience with this on the '88 wagon? Apparently the design had changed over the years.
On the bright side the seat foam was shot of course so the perpetrator is up for that. Wish they hadn't of cracked the handbrake console in the process. I should be thankful they left the map pockets (guess I'll be sleeping in the back tonight with a nice piece of hardwood - if I can get the back seat down!)
Oh well that's life I suppose if we insist on owning such 'classic' cars. Nice 240's need garages nowadays. Pity though, I can remember when people laughed at them and they were invisible to thieves...
Sorry for the rant - any tips on the rear seat back handle would be appreciated thanks.
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Mike's 'Indobrick' : '88 245 250,000kms; RIP: '84 360GLT 200,000kms.
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