NSW 850 turbo

BigEd · 2018-09-08T11:41:36+00:00

@Roastyleg is selling a decent looking 850R manual around the Sydney area

egg

I put my white factory manual 855r up for 15k then revoked it upon realisation I'd never find another....

Ex850R

egg
I put my white factory manual 855r up for 15k then revoked it upon realisation I'd never find another....

I moved on to various V70s , T and T5 , one exceptional S70T5 that was SO fast even my Volvo shop mechanic commented yet i sold it for a wagon....

A V70R i was rescuing with a big effort ended up scrapped and the V70R i had that ran had been badly treated i gave up and sold it. Moved on to V60T6 which is so much fun id never go back.

The AWD P80 would be the only way to go even the P80 Cross Country , make it what you want with other parts and mods.

242GT

There's a reccesion going on folks, banks are paying less than 2% interest, an old bloke that I spoke to last week that's into classic cars, gave me an education, in these times people are buying gold, future tech shares and classic cars, especially future classic cars..... hence the T5R & Rs values are going up.

I searched Japan & Hong Kong imports, prices here are very cheap compared to them for 850Rs & T5s...

Take the time to Google search

242GT

https://carfromjapan.com/cheap-used-volvo-others-1996-for-sale-5d84f947b33350f2cae053d0

Have a look at the prices here, then convert to Aus$ plus import & compliance, rego etc

egg

You used to be able to pick Holden vl's for peanuts...now a complete car is over 20k...series 7 rx7 10 years ago 25k now minimum 60k....might have to look at another car if you can't stretch your budget...

egg

Also your probably looking at a pool of maybe 100 850r sedan and wagons, manual and auto, nation wide...

242GT

How many 850Rs & T5R's came to Australia, anyone know.

A clean 240 is bringing good money now and is a very good car

egg

Iv read on this forum 80 wagons.. A total guess would be 150 sedans, being more popular?

Of 850rs that is...

Jamest5r_

There is an official Volvo worldwide list somewhere, can't remember where though ?

egg

Ex850R
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/180847#Comment_180847
I moved on to various V70s , T and T5 , one exceptional S70T5 that was SO fast even my Volvo shop mechanic commented yet i sold it for a wagon....
A V70R i was rescuing with a big effort ended up scrapped and the V70R i had that ran had been badly treated i gave up and sold it. Moved on to V60T6 which is so much fun id never go back.
The AWD P80 would be the only way to go even the P80 Cross Country , make it what you want with other parts and mods.

You guys gonna kill me.... The most fun iv had in a car is my turbo swift gti... 270hp atw, 800 kilo car...

Ex850R

When i was looking for my manual R wagon , the 855R , i fpund that list , less than 80 had been imported

242GT

https://garagedreams.net/buyers-guide/volvo-850-t-5-t-5r-and-850r-buyers-guide-2020

BigEd

actually to clarify, happy to look at increasing the budget especially with the current times.

Forgot i had some ballpark amount in my original post.

Ex850R

egg
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/180856#Comment_180856
You guys gonna kill me.... The most fun iv had in a car is my turbo swift gti... 270hp atw, 800 kilo car...

I nearly bought a Swift !

Most fun ive had was a gutless and rusty AlfaSud! Exeptional handling and brakes in need of power, i considered putting a 12A Mazda in it....

Renault 12 epic fun in wet .

855R a pain in the arse in wet......

242GT

https://www.volvoclub.org.uk/vin_850.shtml

egg

Just out of curiosity big Ed, youv had this thread going a couple years. In the last 12 months iv seen several decent 850r and 855r pop up for sale. What's stopped you from jumping on them?

rado

had a rough calculation last night , 5k to buy my 855R and roughly 11k spend so far and on going . Will be worth it as still enjoying the car ..

BigEd

my work circumstances gave me a car so didn't have room for another vehicle. Changing jobs so theres room for a fun car i guess..... hence the delayed/prolonged buy

but yeah back then think i was unrealistic with the price.... well more wasn't sure what the value of the cars were...

hamsandwich

Just like stevo, my rough calcs for my 1996 855R

2800 car sight unseen

900 Transport to nsw

4879 total spent at Fcp euro in 2 yrs

400 manual swap from wreck

Approx 800 misc wrecking yards

That got it to a stage 0 and nsw registered car.

All work done by me so zero in labor.

I absolutely love my manual 850R, but it is a lot of work.

egg

How man hours you reckon youv put in roughly and pay yourself 120 an hour

hamsandwich

egg
How man hours you reckon youv put in roughly and pay yourself 120 an hour

Hahah sooooo many hours. Engine in and out, subframe in and out, most parts in the entire car needed some work.

Bought car jan 2017, constantly worked on until regod in July 2020.

Hours spent researching online are massive too.

It's all worth it tho.

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