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Originally Posted by heckflosse
Ah yes, the infamous 504.
Or P Jo, as the Africans call them.
My dad had a curious attraction to the beastly things, inflicting on us kids the smelly cheap French vinyl seats that were purgatory on hot days, plus the small piles of rust they left everywhere when slamming a door.the night before my O levels was spent doing a head gasket on one!
They did have a huge load area. and a usefully high roof, though thankfully we never tested the mediocre crash protection of this French/African icon.
Of course, they are practically extinct now, and justly unloved.
The 145S, however, is different.
Dad also had one, a 1970 LHD American spec(pre smog junk), white with blue seats and tinted glass.
Went like the clappers, on Five star just as it was becoming extinct,and I remember collecting an Allen Scythe in it with ease.
He sold it to an ex pat Iranian antique dealer in Brighton, about 1978.
I know which I'd prefer now!
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Ouch! Many Francophiles would vehemently disagree with you-
Can't comment on the smell of the vinyl but they were very comfortable and the fuel inj versions were quite brisk. Plus they made diesels, shame Volvo didn't as Im sure it would have been done well.