"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213)
01/10/2014 at 16:32 • Filed to: NPOCP, Mustang, Volvo, wagon, brown
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"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213)
01/10/2014 at 16:32 • Filed to: NPOCP, Mustang, Volvo, wagon, brown | 0
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What many see as an ugly, boring, old person car, I see as an awesome vehicle. Todays NPOCP Volvo 960 is case in point, but is $3,000 too much?
I love the Swedes. Saabs, Volvos, Koenigseggs, and Spykers are all awesome to me. But, with Saab going bust and the other two out of my budget (as of now), Volvo is my last hope. Sure, I already have a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and am living with it for about 33 more months, but why not keep looking for a project?
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As well as the Swede love, I love wagons. The combo is like peanut butter and jelly; which is to say perfect. Sadly, in my area, Volvos are hard to find. Volvo wagons are even harder. So, when this 960 showed up I was intrigued.
The ad is quite vague, which scares me. There are no interior pics. I don't know if its an auto or manual. All I know is that "it runs great" which in Craigslist terms can mean anything. There is an odometer pic, which claims it has 173,000 miles on it. Thats nothing for a Volvo, right?
BUT WAIT! There's more! This particular Volvo packs a punch. A big American punch, produced by a 5.0 Ford V8!
You weren't expecting that huh?
Here's the bad news. The ad doesn't say anything about this engine. I don't know where it is from (other than a Mustang). I don't know what the mileage is on it. I don't know when the swap or done or by who. The last fun bit, its at a pawn shop. And what that tells me is that the owner wasn't the wealthiest man out there. That means the maintence may be a bit sketchy. Do you think Ford would work on it? It is a Volvo after all, which Ford did own for a bit.
The sad part is that my dad won't let me have two cars. First, anyone have a garage in the Sarasota area that I can keep it? If not, I planned this out. I can offer my lease on one of those take over sights so I get rid of the Civic. Then, I can have this instead. Please stop me and tell me its a bad idea.
But, for $3,000, is a 1996 Volvo wagon with an unknown engine and history at a pawn shop a good deal?
NPOCP: Volvo 960 with a Mustang Engine
Anyone want me to write a NPOCP on a car you found? Comment below!
505Turbeaux
> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
01/10/2014 at 16:33 |
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if it was a genuine Converse conversion I would be all over it. Undocumented that thing is smoking the rock
Jagvar
> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
01/10/2014 at 16:35 |
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I like it, but have to vote CP. I've seen S90's with lower mileage go for as low as $500.
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> 505Turbeaux
01/10/2014 at 16:35 |
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My thought exactly... Paul Newman's was done by them right?
There are too many unknowns but I want it so badly!
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505Turbeaux
> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
01/10/2014 at 16:37 |
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yeah that was who did Newmans. Right up here in Maine. They really do a good job with it. The 960 itself kind of rips along fine also
Pockets
> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
01/10/2014 at 16:39 |
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"The sad part is that my dad won't let me have two cars."
So buy it and move out. A 960 is big enough that you can live in it. :p
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> Pockets
01/10/2014 at 16:43 |
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That is true... they are freaking huge in the back!
Brian, The Life of
> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
01/10/2014 at 16:48 |
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I'm too blinded by the awesome of a V8lvo wagon to think rationally right now.
NP!!!
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> Brian, The Life of
01/10/2014 at 17:05 |
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Thats my problem!!!!!!!!
WhereAreMyPants
> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
01/10/2014 at 18:35 |
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So much want right here, but this is so much CP.
This is a $1000 car, tops.
Brougham
> Jagvar
01/10/2014 at 19:20 |
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What a really nice price. $500 for Volvo S90
In my country, they are worth $6500 minimum, a good one, will be around $9000.
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turbo1168
> 505Turbeaux
01/23/2014 at 00:24 |
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I can't believe I missed this NPOCP, I bought this car last week. I purchased it after seeing it on Craigslist while looking for a RWD Volvo to convert myself. Buying one complete and running made more sense with what little free time I have. About the car, it looks like it was a professional swap, but has been neglected for a while. I don't know whose kit it is or if someone machined the mount blocks to perch the engine on. From what little info I can gather from paperwork and such in the car, it has been a V-8 Volvo since at least 2004. The engine is from an '89 Stang and is backed up by an AOD. Runs pretty strong but I haven't pushed it hard yet. I have it back at the shop now and after a fair amount of elbow grease, the body has shined up quite nicely. Someone loved that car for most of it's life, the body is almost perfect aside from the peeling plastic bumpers and light lenses that are starting to disintegrate. The interior wasn't so lucky, the leather is cracked and faded. I think most of the abuse came from the owner who sold it to the pawnshop, the title transfer shows it last sold in 2012.
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505Turbeaux
> turbo1168
01/23/2014 at 08:25 |
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wow cool, good luck with that. something to consider is beefing that AOD up a bit if you are going to get after it in that thing. Had enough of them to know. Interior should be easy, find a 960 that blew the timing belt. Thats what I have done in the past