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 .

    Ex850R

    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 .

    That's exactly right.

    Finding a T5 is actually quite difficult now but I have been whittling away weird parts that I really like.

    AshDVS

    https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/184845#Comment_184845

    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 .

      rado

      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 .

      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.

      8 days later

      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.

      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

      This thread is now closed.