http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... sc&start=0
From reading the thread it seemed pretty mint.
Went to look at it and it had a knackered rusty passenger wing and surface rust in various places, but it wasnt too bad, and the owner assured us it was mint barring what you can see.
Wrong! lol.
Ive just been over it with a fine tooth comb (and my finest MOT testing big rust jabbing screwdriver, lol) and its more rust than metal, frankly.
Both front wings on the rear halves are non existant, just a pile of rust and dust on the floor.
Inner drivers one has a hole you can put your fist through.
Under the passenger carpet i found newspapers, hmmm.
Then i found out why, a hole at the front about 2.5inches round that you can see the inner wing through, and to top it off 4 bits of metal that had been fibreglassed over more rust holes! (rust not even sorted, just bodged over).
Both sills look like theyve been firbreglassed almost their whole length so i wasnt expecting good news, but they seem solid, suprisingly.
Rear arches were made mostly from fibreglass and wire mesh, but not as bad as the rear sections of the front wings.
Chassis rail on front passenger side has been badly repaired from some previous rust and has now rusted through again.
Probably more but not found it yet.
Oh joy
(i wont mention the badly leaking transmission that pisses oil all over the rear bodywork...)
Certainly looked alright from the pics
Need to check the end plate bolts
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