General: 70: The P80/ C70 / S70 850 / V70 Wrongness Thread

[CNGBiFuel]

It seems peak hilarity has passed for this sort of thing; which is a shame.

Barryboys ran short on candidates:

http://www.barryboys.co.uk/

Cheap finance means it's ever rarer for those who'd otherwise get up to this sort of thing, to give us a chuckle.

Only they're not gone completely extinct, there's a few cars floating about near me that give me a smile, and eBay is the still 'the gift that keeps giving'. Please add yours.

I'll kick off. Here's what I've got...

[CNGBiFuel]

Not seen this lately - about a 12 month back - Barry had it running about near me:


Towel-rail anyone? Dent is a nice touch.

[CNGBiFuel]

This one's just left eBay.

What with eBay not keeping old listings with pix 'alive' for very long, best add images now:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-v70...p2047675.l2557

Barry says:

New takata steering wheel fitted. Bola 18” alloys fitted with 15mm spacers as wheels are wrong offset so wouldn’t fit otherwise.

Translation: Ex-plod, now a plod-magnet.

[CNGBiFuel]

Blue silicon adds POWARHHHH....

Same car. Washer-bottle hose next. See where to add blue silicon.

[CNGBiFuel]

Baz messes up the gauge fitment... thinks, as you do...

"There, I'll flock it"

Baz's mates fall about, they said something similar.

Buy anything that says 'Turbo' on the box.

[CosmicBike]

I'd forgotten all about barryboys, there are some top quality sheds on there. Growing up in the Max Power heights with Mk1 & 2 Escorts etc with dustbin exhausts was fun, I think modern cars don't allow the same level of individuality anymore. Which isn't always a bad thing...

[CNGBiFuel]

Originally Posted by CosmicBike

I'd forgotten all about barryboys, there are some top quality sheds on there. Growing up in the Max Power heights with Mk1 & 2 Escorts etc with dustbin exhausts was fun, I think modern cars don't allow the same level of individuality anymore. Which isn't always a bad thing...

It's a shame there's not more.. only careful Cosmic, "V70 Towel-rail" is a recent sighting (Luton area). He's a big bastard.

He with the 'white cheese-slicer bonnet', it's you isn't it?



Ok, Baz has it done, still can't quite imagine how to go about fitting a towel-rail on that? A bog-roll holder, you say? Leave me with it.

[CosmicBike]

Perhaps the dent is good reason for fitting it, otherwise the car might look terrible.
And mine's blue, and staying as a stock V70R. It may yet get silicone hoses but they will be black.
My Capri on the other hand, that may end up with a V8 and a Mad Max look about it, when I ever get time on it...

[rudi dudi]

Are you sure that's in the Luton area ???
I could have sworn that was Dickies...Maybe it helps the handling to go with the Map and red calipers.

[CNGBiFuel]

Luton? It was seen in Luton, can't say if Baz visits or lives. Go into Luton, it's a given. Baz is alive and kicking. Nearly a uniform in itself, most streets sport either a Black, or White (and it's usually White) Khantastic Range Rooney/Beemer/Merc. Body-kit et al. I shan't pretend to be 'up with' these things; only it's so common, you could go away with the idea drug-dealer/kiddy-fiddler 'kool' is something to strive for.

[Wash my mouth out with soap and water.]

Credit to Barryboys, this one's good. , Baz has seen Star Wars once too often. The force is strong, the bastard-child of a C70, a gold rattle-can, and Dareth Vader's helmet.