Damn shame I didn't spot this earlier:

there are some lovely old 300's for sale here, I believe it's the original founder of V3C who's now giving up his hobby:

http://link.marktplaats.nl/200983525
http://stallingverhuur.nl/Volvo.pdf

That '82 345 GLS 2.0 5-speed - the next best thing to an R-Sport IMHO ...

Tom

5 of those are sold already, including the 345GLS blueline and the 360GLT with aircon.
He has a lot more cars, this is only the non-unique part of the collection

trabitom99 wrote: That '82 345 GLS 2.0 5-speed - the next best thing to an R-Sport IMHO ...

Jack has found the same car in exchange, in mint condition I've heard... And it was in YOUR country Tom! There was an ad on Mobile.de for a long time.

Haha that GLT saloon (tinted lights) is a car that Hugh took over and swapped with his LHD jobbie

Duvel78 wrote:Jack has found the same car in exchange, in mint condition I've heard... And it was in YOUR country Tom! There was an ad on Mobile.de for a long time.

Yeah, I've been a bit lazy with looking there recently. At the moment I'm trying to reduce the amount of cars and parts I have, and fix up the ones I do have - a third 300 would be nice but only if it literally falls into my lap

Jos360 wrote:5 of those are sold already, including the 345GLS blueline and the 360GLT with aircon.
He has a lot more cars, this is only the non-unique part of the collection

That shows how bad my comprehension of Dutch is. I was assuming from his posts he was giving up his hobby - looks like I was mistaken!

345 GLS 2.0 5-speed - the nicest non-R-Sport with a B19 and old-style dash ... Correct me if I'm wrong!

The Austrian brochure I have doesn't actually call it "Blueline":




Tom

trabitom99 wrote:345 GLS 2.0 5-speed - the nicest non-R-Sport with a B19 and old-style dash ... Correct me if I'm wrong!

I'll correct myself How about this beauty: the 345 GLS "VIP". And it's a Mk1! Only a 4-speed 'box though ...

Check out the rear headrests, the GT steering wheel, the decals, the "Lucluc" alloys ...




Tom

trabitom99 wrote:

Very funny, I don't see holes in the front valance for foglights... Early versions of the 345 GLS mk2 don't have them?

trabitom99 wrote:How about this beauty: the 345 GLS "VIP".

That's a beauty!!!!! Never seen before. Must be very very rare, rarer than a Black Beauty!

Duvel78 wrote:Very funny, I don't see holes in the front valance for foglights... Early versions of the 345 GLS mk2 don't have them?

No, they introduced those when they renamed it the 360 ...

Tom

That is indeed Hugh's former car. I remember him saying Jack had an amazing collection...

cheers

James

Hi,
I think the 345 GLS was sold in my neighbourhood, 5 min. from my house. But Jack must have been really fast, otherwise I would have bought the car for 300,- (to keep it for myself). A week later the car was on marktplaats.nl for 1200,-.
Due to the environment laws in Germany, I guess, there will be several good 340ies for sale nest year. Hopefully some GLS.
Regards
Thomas

Ouch, you must've been disappointed at that ... However, I guess it's still better than the car going for 300 Euros to some random person who's just after a cheap set of wheels.

Those "environment laws" really get my blood boiling. All they are aimed at doing, is getting people to buy new cars. Pollution levels have not dropped significantly anywhere since those confounded new "Umwelt Zones" have come into place.

BTW, have you seen the '81 GLS for sale in France? I requested some pics, but they're much worse than the one's in the Ebay ad. It's been standing for a while, and all the door handles are missing.

Tom

Hi Tom,
yes, less then 24h on the website and already sold. Astaunishing.
Doesn`t matter anyway, my main interest is in Mk I models. I think there still are some of them sleeping in garages, they will come to light the next years.
The french one may be ok (Zustand 4), but France is far and I am patient to find a car nearby.

Thomas

Ive bought my '77 343 DL special of Jack. And also my mint '80 343 is one of his old cars(didnt buy that directly from him)...

Seen his complete collection too. Verrrry nice! He figured: better 8 beautiful cars that get restored and everything, then 16 reasonably nice cars...So he sold some of them.

MK1 GLS/DLS'es: There still for sale in Sweden, sometimes. Look at www.blocket.se ... Its a long drive from here. And I got everything to make a DLS, so maybe I will...some day.

pistonpen paultje wrote:Seen his complete collection too. Verrrry nice! He figured: better 8 beautiful cars that get restored and everything, then 16 reasonably nice cars...So he sold some of them.

That's my opinion too. But on a different scale

pistonpen paultje wrote:MK1 GLS/DLS'es: There still for sale in Sweden, sometimes. Look at www.blocket.se ... Its a long drive from here. And I got everything to make a DLS, so maybe I will...some day.

Sweden hmmm ... A long drive and ferry or toll costs too ...

Tom