That's a bit scary, Randy. Mark, what a wonderful car. I hope you can get fully functioning without too much trouble.
That's a bit scary, Randy. Mark, what a wonderful car. I hope you can get fully functioning without too much trouble.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Hmmm, friend of mine just send me a newspaper clip, but this was the closest that I found online: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-and-substance
Mostly it was all about the mileage record....pretty amazing. Looks like a nice & sexy car.
Les
Peter, thanks for the kind words. Leszek, thanks for the link. My car will never be as nice as the ones shown, or be worth the fortunes people are willing to pay for them. I plan to drive mine when it's running again; 3 million miles is out of reach but I will have some fun! And she will provide a few 'patina' photographs with the 4x5... in the meantime here's an iPhone sunset beauty shot- note that it hasn't moved but the sun came out.
My 'which engine' question was driven from personal experience
1967 I saw a new white one on dealer floor with hood up, showing off a 289 Ford V8 engine dressed in chrome
and the beat goes on, as some are still upgrading, even last year
Volvo P1800 Cyan Racing review | Amazing restomod tested | Autocar
https://youtu.be/zcSmHQYd6Zw
Tin Can
I found this bullet in a wall inside my condo building
It was fired from 3rd floor window from across the alley through condo second floor glass brick and stopped in drywall behind an open door
Not a random shot as that house was used for many years for alley drug sales
The last straw for me and I soon sold my condo and moved rural
I saw many dead from aimed bullets over the 13 years I owned the condo
Tin Can
Hi Mark
Does the car have a single or two reverse gears ?
The Mk2 version of the 180 in Europe had 2 reverse gears - for when you drove up a forest track and found it blocked you might have to reverse 30~40 miles back to a road wide enough to turn around on.
Cheers
Martin
Martin- never heard of that, and my experience with old Volvos goes back to the late '70s (when the ones I and my cohort drove were cheap, rusty beaters). This car was sold new in San Diego, California, and has only one reverse gear. But Volvo ran a magazine ad back in the day that showed the 1800 splashing down a muddy track in the woods with the headline "Driving isn't bad for it".
She goes to the shop today for some repairs I can't do, so should be running soon- for the first time since 2008. Luckily my wife wants to see it operational and to drive it- and my 4x5 kit will fit in the trunk!
We went for a dog walk on the St. Norbert's campus today. I popped into a chapel for a quick phone photo:
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Peter, that's a cool perspective working with the resulting convergence.
Pali, the distances involved out in deep space cause a segment fault in my brain thinking about it all.
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