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Wow--I guess looks can be deceiving. Thanks, guys! Still... 200

posted by  someone claiming to be Skip on  Fri May 6 05:49 CST 2005 [RELATED]

John,

Thanks for asking. First, no Volvo has the cashe of a matching numbers Corvette or similar collectable car. The community that is enthusiastic about Volvos can be found here and on other boards like Turbobricks. Trust me, there are fewer of us than the Corvette Ownwers Assn or similar. The good thing about that is that almost all Volvo's can, and should, be driven regularly. About the only exception to this might be a P1900, of which there were less than 20 made.
The Flathood (GroupA, Homoligation Special) is a truly collectable 240. Along with the GT's, they're probably the only collectable ones. It probably brings a higher price than a conventional 240t but only to a Volvo enthuiast. I'm partial to the Flathood but that's just me. I've had 2 and my current one is a nice Florida car (currently living in PA) with 43,000 verifiable miles on it. Despite being low mileage and in nice shape, I doubt it is worth over $6K. Maybe not even that. It only cost me $3,500 2 years ago. That's why I have chosen to modify it for performance and appearance (coilovers, 3" exhaust, cf hood, Volans, big brakes, etc). I've kept all the original parts just in case.
BTW, mechanically, the Flathood is identical to any other 240TI. Only the ones brought back to Sweden and turned into true race cars had the special parts. The aluminum hoods and rear wings of the original race cars are the stuff unban legends are made of.

Skip
'93 850GLT
'83 242TI Flathood






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