by "DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully" (danceswithrotors)
Published 09/26/2017 at 15:57
by "DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully" (danceswithrotors)
Published 09/26/2017 at 15:57
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STARS: 20
I can get used to this.
"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
09/26/2017 at 16:01, STARS: 0
Nice!!! I wish I was you
"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
09/26/2017 at 16:03, STARS: 0
an old volvo?.... dont have those headlights over here in europeland i think
but other than that 240s aint exactly rare... here at least
is it a special volvo?
"fintail" (fintail)
09/26/2017 at 16:05, STARS: 2
262C Bertone, unusual late 70s car.
"fintail" (fintail)
09/26/2017 at 16:05, STARS: 0
Nice plate, too.
"DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully" (danceswithrotors)
09/26/2017 at 16:05, STARS: 5
It’s a 262C Bertone. So, a lot more special than a run of the mill 240.
"Tapas" (tapas)
09/26/2017 at 16:05, STARS: 1
Sweet!
Count the number of Bertone badges for us lol
"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
09/26/2017 at 16:07, STARS: 1
ooo...welp i stand corrected...... have the old volvo song for your trouble
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"DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully" (danceswithrotors)
09/26/2017 at 16:09, STARS: 0
Two, which would normally go on the bottom of the front fenders. Mine are in a little plastic baggie that’s sealed from Volvo, since new old stock to replace the ones that went missing years ago.
Two crown emblems on the C-pillars as well, and if mine had the original steering wheel, it’d have one there, too. However, mine has a 240 Turbo wheel swapped in, to go with the intercooled 240 Turbo drivetrain under the hood.
"punkgoose17" (punkgoose17)
09/26/2017 at 16:11, STARS: 0
Awesome, very cool.
"Tapas" (tapas)
09/26/2017 at 16:13, STARS: 0
Cool :)
Is it better in any measurable way from the regular Volvo?
"Wagonlife740" (wagonlife740)
09/26/2017 at 16:15, STARS: 0
Nice.....
"razorbeamteam" (razorbeamteam)
09/26/2017 at 16:15, STARS: 0
Hella jelly. I used to own a regular old 240 years ago. Great car, never once broke down and if it did you can fix it with a toothpick.
"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
09/26/2017 at 16:16, STARS: 0
yeah.. i got schooled a comment ago :) sorry for misunderestimating your volvo
i feel bad for calling it a mere 240
"DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully" (danceswithrotors)
09/26/2017 at 16:27, STARS: 2
Other than looking way cooler than my 244 or my cousin’s 242? Let’s see, the interior is way better. Leather everywhere. Leather covering the A, B and C pillars, leather covering the door panels, leather seats, leather side panels in the back, leather covering the E-brake cover... So much leather, and they added extra cigarette lighters because Italy.
Also, the sunvisor is way more effective on the 262C than on a standard 240, because it’s the same part, but they chopped four inches off the roof, so it can block your view of everything.
It had one major disadvantage from the factory, with the B28, but that was fixed about three or four owners back with a BAR-approved intercooled B21FT swap. So, it’s the best of both, really.
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
09/26/2017 at 16:32, STARS: 0
As I recall, they lowered the roof, put vinyl on it, luxed it up a bit, and added badges. Oh, and licensed the Bertone name. Driven a 264 of the era - nice cars.
"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
09/26/2017 at 16:34, STARS: 1
Ha! Such a cheeky word, misunderestimating.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
09/26/2017 at 16:40, STARS: 0
Very nice! Last time I saw one, it was in a junkyard.
"DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully" (danceswithrotors)
09/26/2017 at 16:46, STARS: 1
It actually wasn’t licensed. Volvo shipped standard 242 bodies to Italy, where the folks at Bertone chopped the roof, added luxury and slapped a “made in Italy” plate on it.
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
09/26/2017 at 16:58, STARS: 0
Well, that’s the way to do it. Imagine Bertone weeping at the task before him ...
"BritishLeyland™" (leylandcars)
09/26/2017 at 17:03, STARS: 0
In the true spirit of this clash of sensible familiy sedan and personal luxury car AKA pimpmobile, I ran the name of the Swedish primeminister of the 70s (Olof Palme) trough a pimp name generator:
Cap Popin Olof Palme Freak Nasty
"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
09/26/2017 at 17:10, STARS: 0
San Diego Volvo has a never sold, delivery miles only one of these that they put out for show every now and again. I almost hyperventilated the first time I saw it.
"Roundbadge" (Roundbadge)
09/26/2017 at 18:23, STARS: 0
A guy who worked at one of my company’s locations was selling his a little over 10 years ago...when I didn’t have the cash. I wish I had that opportunity today.
Congrats!
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
09/26/2017 at 19:00, STARS: 0
Nice! 242 Bertones are such old ball cars
"Tapas" (tapas)
09/27/2017 at 00:34, STARS: 0
Mmm leather intercoolers. Noice :D
"NojustNo" (front24200)
09/27/2017 at 12:57, STARS: 0
Looks very clean! What color is that? Brown black or blue? How many miles?