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Hi from Denmark, Wood&Pickett/JANSPEED and VOLVO AMAZON.
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bob2



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How times change eehh!!
an original S engine thrown into a skip!!!!!!!!!! Crying or Very sad
You could be sentenced to death for doing it nowadays!! Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bob2 wrote:
How times change eehh!!
an original S engine thrown into a skip!!!!!!!!!! Crying or Very sad
You could be sentenced to death for doing it nowadays!! Laughing


no problem I would have carried out the death sentence myself Rolling Eyes but it was probably for the best? imagine if I had the money back then? have bought the car, and then known 10/15 years later that I threw out the original engine myself? and now when its SO hard to find a original S with its engine in place Confused I would NEWER have forgiven myself.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

well a friend of mine had the same sort of problem!!
His father has a 1071S which he has had from the early 70s, its not original and was not original when he got it either.
As it happens the engine got replaced and the original 1071S put into a corner and dismantled for a rebore, new pistons, rings etc but this never materialised and it just gathered dust for a number of years untill his brothers where clearing the garage to tidy it up a bit. By this time there were a number of engines thrown near this 1071 block, mostly 850s and these were deemed as rubbish and a skip was ordered and the lot thrown awat including the 1071 block!!
He got to now about it only a couple of years later whilst looking for it!!
Needless to say he's still crying his heart out!!! Sad
However they have now got a 1275 S engine as a replacement but it'll never be the same thing as before!!
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeaa the things that people did in the past Embarassed we once cleaned out the garage at my fathers place, and I took a trailer full of old parts to the garbage place, on that trailer was 4 seats from different minis me, and my brother had had our fingers in Smile these seats were not just any seats, they were all RACE/BUCKET type Crying or Very sad dont have a clue what make they were? but they were all different types.
So now when all people want old SpeedWell/SheelAlpine/Recaros/etc it hurts to know WHY they are so rare--I helped them getting rare Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ohhh I wouldnt mind a couple of those seats myself!!
Actually got 2 old knackered bucket seats for the surf blue mini but no idea of the make and they need some work (a lot of work)!!!
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bob2 wrote:
ohhh I wouldnt mind a couple of those seats myself!!
Actually got 2 old knackered bucket seats for the surf blue mini but no idea of the make and they need some work (a lot of work)!!!


Yeaa but if you have the seat you can get it fixed up with new cloth etc.

I have one seat in my collection, I think its a SheelAlpine? not shure, but its for a mini anyway. I can take a picture one day Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yes even I but have to get them from the loft first!!
Even mine are for a mini, the subframes fit in the original brackets and they should tilt forward like the standard seats!!
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bob2 wrote:
yes even I but have to get them from the loft first!!
Even mine are for a mini, the subframes fit in the original brackets and they should tilt forward like the standard seats!!

sounds like the real McCoy you got there Cool there is also those cowers for original seat we spoke of erlier Wink the guy with the 1071 S from 1964, got a couple of those Shocked
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah the karobes isnt it!!
I like those too, real period stuff!!
Wouldn't mind a pair for my birthday (today Wink ) or for xmas but the missus doesnt approve much!!!

However there's no need to tell her, she doesn't ride much in my classics!! Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yea org Xtras are nice Very Happy did you see this one ?? very very rare org parcel shelf for Volvo 120/Amazon Cool

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=250372269133
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

no didnt see it but I am keeping clear off ebay in the not much successful hope of spending less!! Sad
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi all, I put the White Volvo up for sale, last week, just to see if anybody was interested?? and now she is sold Confused dont know if that was good or not?? 1st guy who saw it bought it.
He didnt want the GT steering wheel, so thats up for sale now.
hope all Volvos come out in the good weather now Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How is it u sold it?

Did u buy an S btw?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brian M wrote:
Welcome Jens

Nice to have another Amazon owner on the forum.

My Amazon is also a very late one (chassis no 351642) - so who has the newest Amazon?


sorry to say but I have sold my California white 1970 Sad I put it up for sale just to see what would happen?? and 1st caller bought it Confused I then had to find the papers, and there was the org Volvo data card with chassi no 355387, its built less than 2 months from production stop(april) and registred june 1970, still wearing its org set of plates. In DK the plates are taken off, if a car is taken out of registre for more than 3 weeks, and then you need to buy new BIG horrible aluminium plates Rolling Eyes not nice
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bob2 wrote:
How is it u sold it?

Did u buy an S btw?



Hi Very Happy I just put it on the internet, and it was gone, 1st guy took it, he could see what it was, and how original it was, still with its org inner wings at the front, and org wheel arches at the back, we did one little hole in the floor before MOT, so if one took this car apart, and did a FULL resto it will win 1st price, becourse its so org in all its body, also the seats are original, all B20 models suffer from poor qualety vinyl, so most cars left outside is burned out, like a Califonia car. I also maneged to find the missing hose clips, and all parts in engine bay are with correct date stamping in them.
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