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5lab
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Post by 5lab » 05 Apr 2005 08:07 pm

sexy lookin car there.. really like it :)

whats on the inside of the doors? a speaker?
Siddy-'87 360 Glt lhd convertible
Swapsea-'89 360GLT-swapped!
Leah-'84 340GL-sold! Maisie-'85 340GL-sold!
Snowy-'88 360GLE-killed by a truck! Dougle-'89 360GLT-dead&stolen!
Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!

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Post by daffodil » 05 Apr 2005 09:14 pm

ah somebody has made my pics large..many thanks for that iv got square eyes at the moment
as you can see it has some interesting extras
these include
the rear window blind
stripes down the side
sun roof
mudflaps
tow bar
spot and fog lights
and look close at the door panel...it has electric windows
the motor fits over where the window winder handle was and does the driving from there
hope you all like it

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Post by Duvel78 » 05 Apr 2005 09:43 pm

daffodil wrote:ah somebody has made my pics large..many thanks for that iv got square eyes at the moment
I did :wink:

Nice to see old 343s still on the road!
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
Lot of donors cars and parts...
V3M for life!

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Post by MJ » 07 Apr 2005 01:17 am

So are you from Cornwall daffodil?

There are severall of us down in the South West, seems like we need a local meet sometime

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Post by foggyjames » 07 Apr 2005 01:23 am

Nah, he drove it 300 miles *from* Cornwall. Wales rings a bell...am I warm?

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James
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'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...

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Post by MJ » 07 Apr 2005 01:44 am

300 miles, sorry I'm skim reading, it's late *blury eyes* :?

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Post by daffodil » 07 Apr 2005 08:14 am

no all wrong...i live in hertfordshire. so does that mean i have to go back 300 miles to see some more old volvo's

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Post by foggyjames » 07 Apr 2005 11:18 am

Not far from Milton Keynes then ;)

I think all of the Devon 300s are mk3s, so not that old!

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James
VOC 300-series Register Keeper
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...

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Post by 5lab » 07 Apr 2005 12:01 pm

do you?
Siddy-'87 360 Glt lhd convertible
Swapsea-'89 360GLT-swapped!
Leah-'84 340GL-sold! Maisie-'85 340GL-sold!
Snowy-'88 360GLE-killed by a truck! Dougle-'89 360GLT-dead&stolen!
Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!

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Post by foggyjames » 07 Apr 2005 01:09 pm

Yeah, but you're in Brighton at the moment :-P

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James
VOC 300-series Register Keeper
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...

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Post by daffodil » 07 Apr 2005 04:51 pm

is there enough of us to have a meet at billing aquadrome....i could even tow the caravan with the 345 :roll:
is there a list of where you guys live so i know where eveybody is
who's nearest to me....i am in hitchin herts...A1M..junction10

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Post by foggyjames » 07 Apr 2005 05:08 pm

In a word, no, but I have evil plans for the future....one day maybe :)

I think the nearest V3Mmer are the Milton Keynes guys (WJP and Redline) and Pete Farrell (near Aylesbury).

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James
VOC 300-series Register Keeper
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...

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Post by Chris_C » 08 Apr 2005 12:51 am

Would have been me, I lived in Watford 18months ago, and still am around there occasionally (like next week ;)) Try to make it to MK if your free.
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

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Tom
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Post by Tom » 09 Apr 2005 12:25 am

Ha ha...a couple more pics from last years bonfire!

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F983 OHD '88 340DL - Gone but not forgotten
C299 LGF '86 340DL - Variomatic jerkiness

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Post by SteveP » 09 Apr 2005 01:21 am

Skinny little tyres on your 340 Tom.. cough alloys cough...
1989 - Volvo 360 GLT
1985 - Volvo 360 GLS
2008 - Volvo S60 SE Lux

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