240 General: New (to me) 1980 Volvo 244

[loki_the_glt]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Sorry but that punishment just isn't severe enough - how about a Reliant Regal with a permanently duff plug? Three wheels, only capable of running on 3 cylinders (at best), no reverse...................

Unfortunately - no. The Regal's light enough to be manhandled, but a Reliant Kitten might fit the bill. Or a Moskvitch, which had drum brakes all round, though most were oval...

Further suggestions welcomed.

[Clifford Pope]

My first 240 was a 1981 GL estate in metalic green. It had a vinyl roof in very dark green, almost black in some lights.

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Clifford Pope

My first 240 was a 1981 GL estate in metalic green. It had a vinyl roof in very dark green, almost black in some lights.

Thank you for that Clifford, I trust the combination of metallic green paint/dark green vinyl roof worked well?

The RB is Cyprus metallic green - I'm thinking a black vinyl roof would go pretty well with it.

Alan

[Othen]

Originally Posted by loki_the_glt

If you WERE to do that then I would seek to have you certified as "unfit to own a Volvo" and be forced to drive a Morris Marina 1.3 for life!

Fortunately for all of us Loki, I strongly agree with you and have no intention of reverting to the shark's fin!

Alan

[john.wigley]

Originally Posted by loki_the_glt

Unfortunately - no. The Regal's light enough to be manhandled, but a Reliant Kitten might fit the bill. Or a Moskvitch, which had drum brakes all round, though most were oval...

Further suggestions welcomed.

The Moskvitch was actually not that bad a car, 'loki' (I had one(!)). True, on the original Russian cross-ply tyres, it had the directional stability of a three-legged camel in wet sand, but a switch to half decent radials made a massive difference.

No, knowing Alan's love of two wheels, I would sentence him to riding a 25cc Cyclemaster for a year. Now THAT would be a much greater punishment!

Regards, John.

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Sorry but that punishment just isn't severe enough - how about a Reliant Regal with a permanently duff plug? Three wheels, only capable of running on 3 cylinders (at best), no reverse...................

See above Dave: I'd even agree with that! I sometimes wonder what the PO was thinking of.

Alan

[Othen]

Originally Posted by loki_the_glt

Unfortunately - no. The Regal's light enough to be manhandled, but a Reliant Kitten might fit the bill. Or a Moskvitch, which had drum brakes all round, though most were oval...

Further suggestions welcomed.

... also see above Loki - I can see I will have to take some penance for even mentioning the shark's fin spoiler :-)

[Othen]

Originally Posted by john.wigley

The Moskvitch was actually not that bad a car, 'loki' (I had one(!)). True, on the original Russian cross-ply tyres, it had the directional stability of a three-legged camel in wet sand, but a switch to half decent radials made a massive difference.

No, knowing Alan's love of two wheels, I would sentence him to riding a 25cc Cyclemaster for a year. Now THAT would be a much greater punishment!

Regards, John.

... also see above John. This is quite a punishment for even daring to mention the shark's fin on this Volvo forum :-)

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by john.wigley

No, knowing Alan's love of two wheels, I would sentence him to riding a 25cc Cyclemaster for a year. Now THAT would be a much greater punishment!

Regards, John.

Sorry John, i couldn't possibly condone this. We all know that Bob the dog likes traveling in the RB for walkies so any replacement as punishment must be capable of carrying Bob in reasonable comfort - he is after all the innocent puppy in all of this!

As for a 3-legged camel in wet sand - that's a debatable one as some sand goes harder when wet because of the cohesion. A more stable base would therefore give the tripod dromedary a more stable stance.
Maybe a pregnant elephant on roller skates instead?

[john.wigley]

A sidecar?? J.