[s-cars] Smoked by a Volvo 740 . . .

[Chris Covington]

That's just the coolest thing.. it's taking what's great about our cars
(minus quattro) and making it even more emphasized with a huge V8 and
ultra-sleeper looks.  I'd love to have one of those 740s.

Chris
'91 200q20v

On Thu, 30 May 2002, Raymond H. Tomlinson wrote:

> Actually, a mechanic of mine has a 740 turbo with a 350 V8 stuffed under
> the hood, twin 3" exhaust, and a posi rear end.  I just can't understand
> some people's fascination with their cars.  :`)
>
> http://www.jagsthatrun.com/Pages/Volvo_700_V-8.html
>
> or
>
> http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gilesij/Volvord/
>
>
> >>> "Lee Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com> 05/30/02 10:12AM >>>
>
> Paul writes:
> >
> > Morning all-
> >
> > 2nd:  As far as learning to drive, etc.  I was one of them poor
> bastards
> > relegated to a '79 Volvo 242, 4 spd in highschool.  Parents were
> smart, it
> > 100% saved my life.
>
> Hmmm. I think there's more than a few closet Volvophiles on this list.
> :)
>
> I learned to drive on a '69 145 wagon with 100K miles. Fiber timing
> gear
> went not long after, not my fault, as they say. :) Fiber? What were
> they
> thinking...and I'm not talking *carbon* fiber.
>
>
> > But then I replaced it with an '80 242GT, oh, the
> > screamer that it was (um, no).  What a way to learn, just as Taka
> > and others mentioned.
>
> Those were interesting cars. After I went through my P1800 phase ('66,
> '72
> coupes, '72 wagon), I ended up with two of the GTs, one at a time.
>
> > Benign handling, no power, safe as a brick house and heavy as
> > one too.  But that was short lived, IPD came along and offered all
> the
> > goodies, "Safety Sway Bars" (nice marketing, the f'n things were 1"
> thick
> > with poly bushings!), springs, bilsteins, Group 6 cam (barely
> streetable),
> > exhaust, etc.
>
> I didn't start doing ipd stuff until I got into turbo Volvos. Very
> well
> designed products.
>
> Lee
>
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