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Hey guys,
Long story short, I needed a car, as my current (96 Volvo 850 Turbo) was becoming far to expensive to maintain... I'm going back to school in September, so I had to find something quickly and on the cheap...
Saw her on Kijiji- Single elderly owner, ~250,000km, manual, loaded apart from fog lights, kept indoors and rustchecked all its life, and brand new tires. He (the grandson of the owner) was asking $1199...
Shitty pictures... I'll get some good ones later, It's dark and raining out right now...
It has some rust bubbles under the filler cap door, and some other surface rust popping up in various places, but overall the body is extremely solid (especially considering they salt the roads here...).
The maintenance book has been filled from 1989 to 1999 (when they ran out of space...)
There was no free play in the clutch at all when I brought it home; easy fix. Stereo only works intermittently, seems to need to warm up for a half an hour, then only the front right speaker works. Wait a little longer, and a rear speaker works. No clue what's wrong; any help would be appreciated. Hopefully it's just the headunit and not a wiring issue... No A/C either. Unsure why.
Takin' her on a 300km trip tomorrow, and another 300km Sunday. Hopefully all goes well.
The heat shield on the exhaust manifold is held on with a piece of wire and rattles... is it advisable to leave this on, or can I just take it off and not worry about it?
Also; I tried searching, but what's the best solution for mounting foglights in the stock position?
More pictures to come.
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