Hi -

Post by **swordfish210** » 03 Nov 2007 05:26 pm

Hey i just joined so i thought i'd say hello. My names Mark and i'm a student/bum studying Motorsport Engineering. I'v just bought myself an '84 360 GLS as a runaround for a few months whilst my 205 is off the road having a bit of surgery. Heres a few pics of my 360

Unfourtanatly i bought it with this damage to the tailgate

And i know that it's unessacary but heres a pic of my 205

Post by **Jason B** » 03 Nov 2007 05:31 pm

I wonder why that car looks familiar, lol good to see it has returned home to v3m

Post by **SteveP** » 03 Nov 2007 05:37 pm

Welcome... tis a nice car that GLS, good to see someone into cars has bought it

Post by **Bilbo** » 03 Nov 2007 06:30 pm

hello
another road rally boy by the looks of it!?

Post by **swordfish210** » 03 Nov 2007 06:35 pm

Road Rally? no no

that was just a trip to Scotland that a few mates from college and myself went on. The 205 is being done up for Sprinting and Curcuit racing although judging by the way that it handled the scotish B roads it might be pretty good in a spot of road rallying

Post by **Ronnie** » 03 Nov 2007 08:09 pm

David'd green beastie lives on! Welcome to the team

Post by **ronald** » 03 Nov 2007 08:18 pm

nice volvo

i had a 205xt its pretty fast
2weber carbs an 80bhp
they are very rare here

i didnot like it and had it for about 2 monds
and bought a volvo again
sold it to my brother

welcome

Post by **trabitom99** » 03 Nov 2007 08:31 pm

Good to see the car's sticking around, welcome to V3M!

Tom

Post by **swordfish210** » 03 Nov 2007 08:41 pm

thanks for the welcome guys

Post by **SoLaMaNdA** » 03 Nov 2007 08:42 pm

Good to see you got home ok Mark. Hope you are pleased with the car! The lot on here will know this car well

I suspect you will be keeping it longer than you expect.

David

Post by **classicswede** » 05 Nov 2007 01:51 pm

Hi and welcome.

If you ned up with a compleet tailgate to replace the damaged one I would be interested in the old glass.

Post by **swordfish210** » 05 Nov 2007 05:39 pm

sure thing, all of the heating elements work apart from 1 so it's pretty good

Post by **swordfish210** » 05 Nov 2007 05:48 pm

I forgot to say i took the car out today for the first time (after i taxed it) The drive exposed a few problems, namely the horribly innaccurate speedo and the rather wobbley handling

But it's quite comfy and it does ride the bumps well (either that or i'm just used to my 205's rock hard ride

)

Post by **SoLaMaNdA** » 05 Nov 2007 07:53 pm

Interesting, speedo reading too fast? I think you'll find that's a trait of all volvos

Post by **swordfish210** » 05 Nov 2007 09:24 pm

really, ah well i'm going to go for a drive with the sat-nav on and work out what speed is what