scarlson 

Excellent! Good you got the timing belt and breather box done. As a longtime P80 user/mechanic, sounds about right for troubles and service. I like to do my own CV joints, rehabbing the originals with GKN boots. That is the only option that doesn't fail after only a couple years, in my experience. It's unfortunate that it be like that. At some point your ABS/TRACS light will come on, and you can crack open the ABS module and reflow the solder on a couple pins to fix it for a time. Mine lasted a decade on its last reflow before the lights came on again. Also been battling the incessant evap fault codes. No idea where the leak is, and there are many different variants of evap system so nobody has much of an idea where the tubes all run. Most recently, the fuel filter rusted through. But the body's fine, which is nice. The A/C receiver/dryer also rusted through, so I bought an aftermarket aluminum one and have cold A/C again. There's always something on these old cars!

clubman 

[QUOTE=TiHabanero;22958327I found a near garage queen about 2 hours away from my wife and I. With 38,000 miles on the clock it was a no brainer to buy it, thus we did. [/QUOTE]

Like winning a lottery in my books.

ollo_ollo

That's a really nice Red Wagon Roger. Missed the original post due to health issues that Summer of 2020, so glad it was revived. Had a few SAAB's over the years, 1st was a 1970 99 sedan, last was an Aero Wagon. The Swede's really do wagons well. My present classic is an 82 300SD Turbodiesel, also simple mechanicals plus being diesel, it has high enough boost and torque to minimize lag. Don

Reynolds 531 

Curious about any special badging or anything "Cannondale" about the Volvo. Very cool car.

For example, the Ford Focus Kona had special side trim that looked like a MTB tire. The Saab Gary Fisher had special bumpers and other trim.

Roger M

This one doesn't have any Cannondale labeling on it, but I've seen a couple in my online searches that had a black Cannondale decal on the rear hatch. The original window sticker in the first post here shows what's included in the 'Cannondale' package. I recall someone mentioning that each of these also included a voucher for a free Cannondale bike of some sort(probably a mid range or lower bicycle).

Russ Roth

Sweet car, loved my 98 v70xc until the fuel pump decided to go. Bought it for 1k with an engine leaking oil into the coolant. Rebuilt the engine in my driveway and ran it for 5 years till that fuel pump. Regular v70 its a 10min job behind the rear wheel, XC its an hours long job since its in the gas tank. After 16 years of upstate NY winters there was so much corrosion that pulling it all apart to get to the pump would have meant replacing most of it and the suspension was shot as well, cheaper to let go and I'd gotten my 1k out of it over the course of 50k miles. Still not as fun as my 91 240 5sp with turbo conversion, that car could move and sounded sweet.

scarlson 

You don't have to drop the tank to change the pump, even on AWD cars! You can just cut a hole in the rear subfloor. Check out Matthew's Volvo Site for the details.

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/fo...194857#p194857
https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/fo...ic.php?t=86382

tiger1964 

Not that it would help for carrying bikes but I wonder if a front clip from a 164 would fit, aesthetically? To my eye I looks like it would bolt right up.

(Too many doors for me, the Volvo I'd want is a P1900, good luck with that!)