Volvo Community Forum. The Forums of the Volvo Owners Club

Forum Rules Volvo Owners Club About VOC Volvo Gallery Links Volvo History Volvo Press
Go Back   Volvo Owners Club Forum > "Technical Topics" > 140/164 Series General

Notices

140/164 Series General Forum for the Volvo 140 and 164 cars

Information
  • VOC Members: There is no login facility using your VOC membership number or the details from page 3 of the club magazine. You need to register in the normal way
  • AOL Customers: Make sure you check the 'Remember me' check box otherwise the AOL system may log you out during the session. This is a known issue with AOL.
  • AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net users. Forum owners such as us are finding that AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net are blocking a lot of email generated from forums. This may mean your registration activation and other emails will not get to you, or they may appear in your spam mailbox

Thread Informations

Introducing my 142

Views : 1915

Replies : 18

Users Viewing This Thread :  

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old Jan 2nd, 2019, 12:15   #1
swedishandgerman
Premier Member
 
swedishandgerman's Avatar
 

Last Online: Oct 23rd, 2023 22:39
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: EXETER
Default Introducing my 142

I've just bought a RHD 142 originally from Finland.

I've spent many years with Amazons and more recently a P1800S. Earlier this year I bought a hulk of a 144 to harvest the lovely B20A for my Amazon Estate, then sold the rest of the wreck for parts. However, having never paid much attention to the 140 Series, I recognised its charm.

Earlier this year, over on a Facebook page, a guy showed a couple pictures of this lovely 142 in Safari Yellow saying that he'd bought imported it from Finland and about to embark on making it roadworthy. I commented on its appeal, then put it to the back of my mind, but to remind myself to keep check on its progress. It went silent, so I emailed him and he replied saying that he had done next to nothing seeing as he had too many other projects on the go and I persuaded him to sell it. I had it delivered by from Colchester to Devon last week.

The old car's been stood standing for a good while and the brakes are the first thing requiring attention along with a list of other things:
  • Both rear shocks are non-existent,
  • the exhaust is blowing and there are no rubber hangers left,
  • the heater hoses are perished,
  • there's a list of electrical faults including right indicators not working, left indicators hardly working, no horn, fuel gauge and temp gauge not working.

There are many other things, but those are the main things. Oh, and of course tyres. I'll set about all this work with my friend who has worked at Volvo in Exeter for 20 years and we're starting up together working on old Volvos at an extremely low rate. Do get in touch!

The bodywork is extremely good with little signs of previous work which includes one new spare wheel well, repairs to the OSF inner wing and a replaced NSF inner wing. However, there is now a hole under the driver's seat that needs repair.

The interior is impeccable only requiring new Pirelli webbing under the 2 front seat squabs.

First off is to get the thing registered and a V5 doc in hand. I feel nervous about this having had many dealings with the DVLA when I worked in the motor trade. As such, I'm not making any start with mechanical work until I have all paperwork in hand.
__________________
2006 XC70 D5 Manual
1968 Amazon Estate, B18A + Overdrive
2019 V60 D3 Momentum Pro Manual
1970 Amazon 2-Door
1970 142DL

Last edited by swedishandgerman; Jan 2nd, 2019 at 12:18.
swedishandgerman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Jan 2nd, 2019, 12:22   #2
swedishandgerman
Premier Member
 
swedishandgerman's Avatar
 

Last Online: Oct 23rd, 2023 22:39
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: EXETER
Default

169ECED6-0229-47EB-908B-269D2EBF57D8.jpg

A65FD93E-2629-4432-A7F1-43B07E68AACF.jpg
__________________
2006 XC70 D5 Manual
1968 Amazon Estate, B18A + Overdrive
2019 V60 D3 Momentum Pro Manual
1970 Amazon 2-Door
1970 142DL
swedishandgerman is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to swedishandgerman For This Useful Post:
Old Jan 2nd, 2019, 13:19   #3
Triple-S
How Old?
 

Last Online: May 31st, 2021 13:28
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: redhill
Default

That looks very nice, the same colour as my first one which I inherited after a good friend in Surrey died. Mine was a rare UK car all its life -just hope its still around.
Until you said Finland I thought you had bought the blue one I restored three years back, as I know the guy I sold it to wanted some money to continue financing his P1800 resto. Get it good and ready for the VOC stand at the NEC show next November - there wasn't a 140 there this year.

Paul
Triple-S is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Triple-S For This Useful Post:
Old Jan 2nd, 2019, 21:38   #4
eternal optimist
Master Member
 

Last Online: Today 08:55
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Reading
Default

That’s gorgeous.
eternal optimist is online now   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to eternal optimist For This Useful Post:
Old Jan 3rd, 2019, 19:17   #5
amazon69
Premier Member
 

Last Online: Mar 12th, 2024 15:59
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Falmouth
Default

God Damn
__________________
Falmouth, Cornwall.
1970 California white 131.
amazon69 is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to amazon69 For This Useful Post:
Old Jan 4th, 2019, 01:06   #6
srs4164
Junior Member
 

Last Online: Mar 12th, 2024 19:11
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: San Leandro, California
Default

That's the same color as the 1st '71 164 I owned way back when. I love that color and that car looks fabulous!
srs4164 is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to srs4164 For This Useful Post:
Old Jan 4th, 2019, 18:02   #7
johnjp
Master Member
 
johnjp's Avatar
 

Last Online: Jan 30th, 2019 23:56
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Heathfield, East Sussex
Default Yello!

I had a poo brown 144 in Australia but sold it to pay for a Valiant (Dodge) Charger 7.2litre!
After that had fallen pray to the rust devil I bought a 244 the same colour as this one - and that was a keeper despite almost being written off by a wayward 264 t-boning me!
I know it was a 264 because all that was left behind was the `chrome` grille!
johnjp is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to johnjp For This Useful Post:
Old Jan 12th, 2019, 00:04   #8
Laird Scooby
Premier Member
 
Laird Scooby's Avatar
 

Last Online: Today 02:08
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Lakenheath
Default

That brings back memories! Same or very similar colour to the facelift 72 144 auto i had, interior is the same colour seats as well.

Amazing how little needs doing, considering its age and it's sat around for a while doing very little.
When i had my 144 auto, my brother had a 68/G 142S with the B20B and M46 overdrive box.
I'd also previously owned a 145 on a K reg for a while but never drove it legally on the road.

The thing i always liked about the original 140 series is they had a general old world charm/appearance with some modern twists like the wrap-around front indicators, also the pre-facelift dash was more ergonomic than the facelift version, except maybe for the bargraph speedo - never been a fan of those. Difficult to fit anything except a bargraph speedo in that dash though so i'd accept it as part of a better overall design.

Lovely looking car - what are your general plans noce it's roadworthy?
__________________
Cheers
Dave

Next Door to Top-Gun with a Honda CR-V & S Type Jag Volvo gone but not forgotten........
Laird Scooby is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Feb 27th, 2019, 16:47   #9
photosupra
New Member
 

Last Online: Mar 1st, 2019 04:38
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Seattle
Default

The car looks great. Is it currently in this condition or has it been taken apart to restore? I'm looking for a 142 for a photoshoot and would love to chat with you about it!
photosupra is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Feb 27th, 2019, 17:49   #10
swedishandgerman
Premier Member
 
swedishandgerman's Avatar
 

Last Online: Oct 23rd, 2023 22:39
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: EXETER
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by photosupra View Post
The car looks great. Is it currently in this condition or has it been taken apart to restore? I'm looking for a 142 for a photoshoot and would love to chat with you about it!
Thanks!

No, the car is still as is. However, I see you're in Seattle!! That's not near me..
__________________
2006 XC70 D5 Manual
1968 Amazon Estate, B18A + Overdrive
2019 V60 D3 Momentum Pro Manual
1970 Amazon 2-Door
1970 142DL
swedishandgerman is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:54.


Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.