1998 V70R auto with head gasket issues $2400 ONO

Hard to tell if clear coat is ok but seats are shot as is steering wheel.

I'm gonna say it....he paid way too much......

Is it AWD or removed driveshaft and only FWD.

Head gasket repair, all parts and extras needed at the shop is about half the asking price iirc.

I wish him luck , I had the exact car as my project with a dead engine and shot interior too. Lovely colour.

I went and looked at it a few weeks if anyone wants any more info, I might have taken a few pics. I've just forwarded the ad to someone who stopped in asking I had one a few days ago.

5 years ago, I would have definitely agreed with you @Ex850R , but P80 'R cars' are becoming desirable, even rough ones.

All the 'R stuff' is becoming harder to get or is NLA - wheels, dash trims, dash top, seats front and rear bumpers, even the roof spoiler brackets are hard to get hold of.

I like the Garnet Red but Garnet Red/Beige seems to be a fairly unpopular R colour combination and someone has swapped over the Comets for Canistos.

If you're set on a P80 V70R, the price might be fine, but you'll have a project on your hands. Even to do a FULL beige to charcoal interior swap is a heap of work and you'll likely be sourcing parts from multiple cars to put together a reasonable interior. Even then, you'll be spending some $$ with a motor trimmer.

Looks like a viable project worth doing , weather you've got the coln to throw at it or sit on it for a while and do bit by bit . Nice color ?

Agreed.

For the price of it, I'd have taken it on if it was on offer when I was looking for one. There's probably not much more work in it than there has been with the one I've got.

AshDVS

5 years ago, I would have definitely agreed with you @Ex850R , but P80 'R cars' are becoming desirable, even rough ones.

All the 'R stuff' is becoming harder to get or is NLA - wheels, dash trims, dash top, seats front and rear bumpers, even the roof spoiler brackets are hard to get hold of.

I like the Garnet Red but Garnet Red/Beige seems to be a fairly unpopular R colour combination and someone has swapped over the Comets for Canistos.

If you're set on a P80 V70R, the price might be fine, but you'll have a project on your hands. Even to do a FULL beige to charcoal interior swap is a heap of work and you'll likely be sourcing parts from multiple cars to put together a reasonable interior. Even then, you'll be spending some $$ with a motor trimmer.

I had mine sat in driveway for a year or more doing full interior our replace with painted black or black plastic, strengthened dash etc etc. I didn't have the heart to finish it when we moved house so that car and two others went to make refrigerators in Asia .....

I'm not doing projects anymore....

eh seems like a decent price considering what good ones are going for

aturner45654

eh seems like a decent price considering what good ones are going for

AshDVS

5 years ago, I would have definitely agreed with you @Ex850R , but P80 'R cars' are becoming desirable, even rough ones.

All the 'R stuff' is becoming harder to get or is NLA - wheels, dash trims, dash top, seats front and rear bumpers, even the roof spoiler brackets are hard to get hold of.

I like the Garnet Red but Garnet Red/Beige seems to be a fairly unpopular R colour combination and someone has swapped over the Comets for Canistos.

If you're set on a P80 V70R, the price might be fine, but you'll have a project on your hands. Even to do a FULL beige to charcoal interior swap is a heap of work and you'll likely be sourcing parts from multiple cars to put together a reasonable interior. Even then, you'll be spending some $$ with a motor trimmer.

Trouble is you need to BUY another car for parts , i know , ive been there and had about 5 wagons worth of parts and still needed to paint plastic ( if it hadnt crumbled...)

The interiors are made to be recycled in 10 years from manufacture , the car isnt great , i stand by the fact that to fix this (and the one i had) it is uneconomical at even $1000.

Ex850R

https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/204951#Comment_204951

https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/204907#Comment_204907

Trouble is you need to BUY another car for parts , i know , ive been there and had about 5 wagons worth of parts and still needed to paint plastic ( if it hadnt crumbled...)

The interiors are made to be recycled in 10 years from manufacture , the car isnt great , i stand by the fact that to fix this (and the one i had) it is uneconomical at even $1000.

The thing is though, when does economics come into it . If we all thought that we wouldn't buy older cars etc or any hobby actually tbh .