Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 09:41:57 -0700
Reply-To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Volvo reliability , Bah Humbug
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Yah the 544 was a pretty cool looking car. Classic in its' own way.
I would have liked a 122S, but both those models, due to age, and body
design, were really prone to rust. Can't imagine trying to find new
body parts for them. Especially the 544....
Neil.
On 9/8/07, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
> I owned three Volvos, the latter two being a 40 sedan, the other being a
> 145 Station wagon. I really like that wagon. Performed well, hauled the
> family, made lots of good trips in it. but the best of the three, the
> one I simply loved, was the first one I ever bought - that was a 544. It
> had the look of a late thirties/early forties Ford - sort of a potato
> beetle shape. Manual tranny with a big stick right up out of the floor.
> Had the sweetest B18 4-banger engine up front with dual carbs. The only
> description I could ever come up with to describe that ride was a quote
> from Jackie Gleason - "How sweet it is!"
>
> All this was long before I ever even knew a single thing about Loafs and
> Vanagons.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
>
>
> neil N wrote:
> > The following is "said" with a PhriDaye kinda "bent".
> >
> > Ok. I'm not trying to start some kind of Swedish War here, ;) (Oh
> > yes. I am part Swede) but IMHO, almost any $1600 car bought offa CL,
> > is likely going to cost the owner muchos $$ whilst doing a long,
> > heated, trip. And.,.....
> >
> > ..... being a former Volvo 140 series owner, but I'd have to say that
> > the Volvo 140 (and liekly the 240 series from what I've heard) had
> > solidly built/designed engines. They were also quite comfortable.
> > Plus, that wagon-o-mine was a great little hauler. At one time I
> > thought I'd "have it made" if I could keep my collection of Life-Gear
> > small enough to fit in that green wagon. Cha. Right! And I have truly
> > digressed.......
> >
> > I miss my old 145S wagon. It didn't have the electric OD, but it was a
> > good vehicle. I beat that thing silly, running it low on coolant,
> > revving it too high etc. and it finally developed a REALLY LOUD
> > intermittent "whack" in the engine. It actually ran fine. It just
> > whacked a little now and then. (eh..... I'll leave that one alone ;)
> >
> > Not trying to start a Volvo flame, but I guess I did rekindle an "old
> > flame" Volvo memory.
> >
> > Neil. The PartSwede.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/7/07, Pensioner <al_knoll@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >
> >> If one googles "The Frugal Road Trip New York Times" you can learn how to
> >> spend gobs of cash herding a decrepit OvLov across the fruited plain. Fun
> >> to read. Keep me away from vintage OvLovs. Rather have a Vanagon. Wonder
> >> if Chris Dixon knows this guy?
> >>
> >> Vanagons rule most of the time.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
> > "Jaco" (Bustorius)
> >
> > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> >
> > Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at:
> > musomuso1963@hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco" (Bustorius)
http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at:
musomuso1963@hotmail.com
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