Okay, I guess I'm keeping my old 245....

I picked up this '81 DL Wagon a few months ago for $200. It had been sitting
for a few years beside this guy's house after it developed an intermittent
starting problem.

I got it running, and was having fun with it until the aforementioned problem
cropped up again. Dang. It wasn't getting an ignition signal for some reason.
I took the ICU to a reputable Volvo shop to see what they could tell me. They
said they had never seen one of those go bad, that the problem was probably in
the distributor. So I replaced the pickup coil. Didn't fix it.

I finally bit the bullet and purchased a new Mallory ignition system and
bypassed the Volvo ignition, also fabricating a relay setup to run the fuel
pumps when the key is in the "run" position. Presto, it works great. Now I'm
having fun driving the thing, foiling my original plans to sell it and make a
few bucks.

It rides nice, has comfy seats, and enough room in back for the Hindenburg.
Dang. It's a little lacking in power, but it's kind of fun driving like I'm in
a race whilst never breaking the law.

It's gonna need a clutch, and I have a rebuilt A/C compressor to install next
spring when it gets warm again. I don't need this car, but I like it. I never
thought this would happen to me.

I'll have to counter the Volvo stigma with my proposed bumper-stickers:

OLD VOLVOS NEVER DIE.
THEY JUST IMPEDE TRAFFIC.

OLD VOLVO OWNERS DO IT AT FULL THROTTLE
AND STILL GET THERE LATE.

I'M NO LEFT-WING WACKO.
I JUST GOT A DEAL ON THIS VOLVO.

VOLVO. #1 CHOICE OF NERDS, GEEKS AND PhDs.

OLD VOLVOS ARE VERY SLOW.
DON'T GET BEHIND ONE. OOPS.

VOLVOS ARE VERY SAFE--
ONLY IF YOU'RE IN ONE.

CIGAR-SMOKING REPUBLICAN
TOO CHEAP TO BUY AN SUV

LESBIANS FOR BUSH IN '04

Okay, that last one was tacky.

KennyH

Horsepower is cheaper than therapy.

 

i would vote for this one >>

" horsepower is cheaper than therapy "

 

i would vote for this one >>

How about this:

Horsepower is Cheaper than Therapy
Driving This Volvo is NOT Therapy.
KennyH

Horsepower is cheaper than therapy.

 

Well I hope to God it's not the one off a street near Folkway/Sawmill
Valley dr in Mississauga (Erin Mills) I've been after a guy with a
rusted body for his parts for last 2.5 years now? I think it was a baby
blue coloured 81 245. Seats were mint and I would have been happy to
just get those.

No I loved it keep going.
Dan H.