Hi All, been that busy having fun in the daf 44 in the snow (no diff) that i forgot to put these pics on. the little daf has been pissing all over front wheel drive cars and the like with its skinny tyres and no diff so full time 2 wheel drive with 50/50 weight distribution is all good fun. the looks on the faces of other stuck drivers lol!

anyways a few pictures from when the 340s were new on a forcourt in alfreton in the 80's, my dad had a 144gl at the time (they had mint one plus amazons which you can see in the pictures) and we used to go there for parts regulary, they were expensive but the staff there would bend over backwards to help even when i had my first daf 66 they would cross match numbers and sort out a part for you. now sadly gone and a new job center occupies the site all to the thanks of tescopoly.











see you all soon

Paul

ps did anyone on ere win the 340 auto on ebay? would have likes that

Great stuff! Thanks for posting those!

Not much traffic in those days

Tom

Those photos have their plus points and their minus points.

Plus- Manta Berlinetta,even if it is a hatch and not a coupe.

Minus -Maestro

Nice photos-capture the times well.
I like b/w photos

This is a fine picture from 1991 I have seen on VOC forum




cheers mickt

These old photos are great, they show time when cars did look better and life was simple enough to understand

May I also draw attention to an old post of mine here

http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... 12&p=74848

Not that old, 1999 IIRC ...

Cheers

Tom

Awesome pics mate

Manta, mk3 RSi, 2dr Nova saloon and of course all the old Volvos. Love pics like that I have a similar one of a car park from '84 I'll add.

Windows search FTW

Great pics! Got a couple to add when I get home

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Who parked that gold Granada!?

lol ray Charles. mk1/2 Escorts pls

Aslo WTF is the white thing in the middle on the back row? Looks like a mk2 MR2

Someone had a higher res version on Retro Rides a while back but I can't find it. There's a couple of 300s in the mix.

Took some graft to find this:

MASSIVE PIC WARNING
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8165854@N0 ... 4/sizes/o/

White thing on the top row is an SD1, parked near a 343/5, though I guess it could have been a 340 as the pic is from 1985.
Nice mk1 rocco on the bottom row!

I count 3 300s, possibly a fourth in the top left under the mini van, hiding behind a dog bone escort.