WTB: P80 V70T5
If it needs a clear coat may as well do a recolour? Tack a new roof panel over the top to be rid of a dangerous sunroof?
Well , maybe not.
I was happy when I got mine , two owner , 68,000K or so , near perfect manual R , it was RED and I never wanted a RED car! Hahahah.
So yours will be a really nice car to start with!
Followed a V70T6 P3 through Willi this eve , boy do they look good , id have it over the V60 I reckon , the missus S80 is so much more comfortable....
I'll probably really keep the black. I dont have the bodywork contacts that I used to (otherwise I would have more seriously considered buying my old V70 back).
I did wonder how hard it'd really be to do a real carbon roof though. lol.
I have some contacts now doing carbon panels and smaller parts for speedway cars, so it had crossed my mind to ask them.
That is likely getting ahead of myself a little bit and I'll start off by going to have a proper look at it on Saturday if we can get that to work.
I like P3 V70T6 cars too but I just have this soft spot (and a heap of parts) for a P80 so I'm keen just to build one for myself and hang onto it.
I got some 850R Volans a few weeks back so there's another wheel option for the next project.
Well, keep going , in a year or two build one from parts! Haha!
Id be looking for a great body and adapting all into it nowadays .
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Black. :(
With a sunroof. :(
But, it sounds promising - I like its history. Current owner since it was under 2 years old. Just on 200k and completely stock.
It's amazing how hard they're becoming to come across now.
Gotta ask , why the sad face with the sunroof ? Is it a strength issue ?
Just a couple of silly things really -
I like the look of the roof without it - visually cleanerI've seen a couple of sunroof rust issues now too (admittedly not many)That said, my daily is a Skoda Octavia RS wagon and it has the panoramic glass roof.
"That said, my daily is a Skoda Octavia RS wagon and it has the panoramic glass roof."
Years ago was quite heavily into anything VAG , had many mk2 golfs then mk3s , audi quarttros and corrado even persuaded the Mrs to give up the alpha gtv for a tt . My point , at meetings we all give this guy a ribbing about selling his mk2 golf rallye infavor for a Skoda RS ..... Once he took us out in it we kinda understood .
radoYears ago was quite heavily into anything VAG , had many mk2 golfs then mk3s , audi quarttros and corrado even persuaded the Mrs to give up the alpha gtv for a tt . My point , at meetings we all give this guy a ribbing about selling his mk2 golf rallye infavor for a Skoda RS ..... Once he took us out in it we kinda understood .
I like it because it's essentially a Mk7 Golf GTI wagon and its manual.
I've had it for about 2 years and it was this or an I30N. I've done very little to it, except for fitting a bigger rear swaybar and the factory option 19" wheels.
It's going to get a set of Eibachs and Bilstein B8s but other than that I'll largely leave it stock and simply drive it until it has a heap of kms on it.
I didnt get to go and have a look at the V70 over the weekend but we have rescheduled to this coming weekend.
Hopefully I'll be able to report back with some pics.
I went and had a look at the V70T5 last weekend and will pick up tomorrow.
Big thanks to @iceton1975 for connecting me with the owners, who have owned it a long time and will have ongoing visitation rights.
Nice, looks like a great starting point. Do you already have something organised for getting it painted?
Not yet. Roof and bonnet both need painting. Not sure about the rest but I'll have a look once I've washed it.
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All good, if you need someone to paint it I can sort it out, I had a 760 booked in for a respray in a few weeks time but that has been pushed back and I don't have anything else to go into the paint booth at the moment.
Good to know. I'll chase up with you again once I get my teeth stuck into it.
Created a new thread for the new toy.
See - https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/13729/dvs-superrattyt5-2-the-sequel-1997-v70t5/p1?new=1
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