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Dec. 13, 2011 8:46 p.m. Maroon92 SuperDork
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Dec. 13, 2011 8:54 p.m. irish44j Dork
we had the same wagon in forest dark green color of some sort. It was a '79 or slightly older. Parents hauled us cross-country more than once in it (and an early-80s dirt-brown Audi), and then we took it to the Philippines where it handled some of the worst roads on the planet for 3 years with nary a problem other than running out of fuel with 1/2 a tank on a super-steep incline road (way steeper than you'd ever see in the US).
I'm betting it still drives in the Philippines someplace, but is probably adorned with hundreds of chrome do-dads as is the style there.....
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Dec. 13, 2011 8:58 p.m. Moving_Target New Reader
The Volvo in the link is a '73 (ugly turn signal lenses and first year for the shock absorber mounted bumpers) not a '76. The fenders and front clip was different by '75 though.
I know an itty bitty bit of Volvo trivia.
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Dec. 13, 2011 9:25 p.m. SVreX SuperDork
So the back of one of those is where little Liberals come from, right? I wonder if a "Free Tibet" bumper sticker is required?
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Dec. 13, 2011 9:28 p.m. frankenstangsghost New Reader
In reply to SVreX:
Best thing about them is it's easy to swap a gas guzzling American V-8 into!
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Dec. 13, 2011 9:34 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
Unlike my old Rodeo, they aren't long enough to properly berkeley in.
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Dec. 13, 2011 9:42 p.m. Maroon92 SuperDork
Curmudgeon wrote:
Unlike my old Rodeo, they aren't long enough to properly berkeley in.
Where there's a willy, there's a way.
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Dec. 13, 2011 9:42 p.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
Curmudgeon wrote:
Unlike my old Rodeo, they aren't long enough to properly berkeley in.
Any car is big enough to berkeley in if you are creative.
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Dec. 13, 2011 9:49 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
Among other vehicles, I got down to bidness in the passenger front seat of a 1968 Spitfire. While the top was up (it was pouring down rain). So yes I know about creative car berkeleyin'.
I'm talking PROPER berkeleying, where you have enough room to get REALLY creative.
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Dec. 14, 2011 9:19 a.m. Tom Heath Web Manager
Does anybody remember the "Volvo of Turin" image? How could Volvo not be the most Berkeley car ever?
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Dec. 14, 2011 11:13 a.m. Shaun HalfDork
Having lived in the Bay Area, and in spite of truly disliking the uber liberal Berkeley, I drove there quite a bit and the percentage of Volvo's on the road there is amazing. I would differ with the vote a bit in that I saw more 240 series cars than 140s. As long as Volvo's will last, 1974 (the last 140 model year) was a long time ago now.
Swappage ease: The 140s were double A arm up front and have a narrower engine bay than the 240s when Volvo went mac strut to accommodate V engines.
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Dec. 14, 2011 11:49 a.m. bravenrace SuperDork
Curmudgeon wrote:
Unlike my old Rodeo, they aren't long enough to properly berkeley in.
'75 AMC Hornet wagon and '78 Dodge Aspen wagons are.
