Another early 145 on ebay!

[WPR678B]

I noticed another early 145 has popped up on ebay in West Sussex. Looks well worth investigating! (Nothing to do with me by the way!)

Link :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-145-...QAAOSwxp9W6uIi

[Billy Smalls]

Hi mate

Very similar condition to mine!! ha ha - looks to be a good buy for that money, though the company selling it appears to deal in 'too good for the crusher' write-offs....I can't see any obvious crash damage???

I know you're tempted!! go on!!!

Originally Posted by WPR678B

I noticed another early 145 has popped up on ebay in West Sussex. Looks well worth investigating! (Nothing to do with me by the way!)

Link :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-145-...QAAOSwxp9W6uIi

[WPR678B]

Originally Posted by Billy Smalls

Hi mate

Very similar condition to mine!! ha ha - looks to be a good buy for that money, though the company selling it appears to deal in 'too good for the crusher' write-offs....I can't see any obvious crash damage???

I know you're tempted!! go on!!!

I already have one that colour so don't want to be greedy

I see its "no longer available" anyway so presume its sold straight away?

[Billy Smalls]

Originally Posted by WPR678B

I already have one that colour so don't want to be greedy

I see its "no longer available" anyway so presume its sold straight away?

ah, I knew about the green 2nd grille one of yours - is your mustard one a recent addition???

[WPR678B]

Originally Posted by Billy Smalls

ah, I knew about the green 2nd grille one of yours - is your mustard one a recent addition???

Yes, saved back in December. I really have no need for it, just couldn't bear to see it go around the track being an early salvageable model so gave it refuge for now!

[adrdyebawtru]

very well done for saving! Looks like some work there but love the colour and there cant be many left now! Look forward to some updates.

[Billy Smalls]

Originally Posted by WPR678B

Yes, saved back in December. I really have no need for it, just couldn't bear to see it go around the track being an early salvageable model so gave it refuge for now!

The whole banger racer thing - it's quite nice to know that they see 45 year old cars as being hard enough to use.....there must be plenty of post-W123 Mercs about to use instead?? and bog standard Sierras can't be fetching that much?? though I know the Ford market is crazy....

on another note - how do people get round the whole old style door / rot / replacement issue. I recently managed to find an early front door in California (in California White too!!) but still got the other side to get and that could be years at this rate.

I know Brookhouse do the repair panels but they are only the inner skin bottom??

Cheers and well done for saving mustard

[chris s]

Billy,
Sorry to hijack the thread, but you mentioned sourcing a door from California.
I've often been tempted to go that route for panels for my 144 and my old Ford, how did you get on with the whole shipping business?
I've always found that by the time I factor in shipping and customs charges things end up costing twice as much!

Cheers,
Chris.

[Billy Smalls]

Hi Chris

Well I haven't received it yet but I am getting regular updates and I know it's now in UK as it went into and out of international customs without problem.

The door itself was roughly £55 and the sending charges included import duty. The whole bill came to £97.00

I ordered it about 2 weeks ago and it's due any day.

The door is the older type without the hole for the 2nd generation flush door handles, so they are rare, especially with very little rust. If I'd seen it at an auto-jumble in UK I'd have snapped it up in a second for £100, so I dived in with this one.

It was my first ebay purchase too!!

Originally Posted by chris s

Billy,
Sorry to hijack the thread, but you mentioned sourcing a door from California.
I've often been tempted to go that route for panels for my 144 and my old Ford, how did you get on with the whole shipping business?
I've always found that by the time I factor in shipping and customs charges things end up costing twice as much!

Cheers,
Chris.

[becg]

Wish I'd have seen this one, love that mustard colour