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1981 Volvo 242 240 Two Door Coupe Many Upgrades Nr on 2040-cars

Year:1981 Mileage:186000
Location:

Denville, New Jersey, United States

Denville, New Jersey, United States
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Hello and thank you for checking out my listing. This is my first eBay listing as a seller. Don't be thrown by my lack of feedback. You can bid with confidence, and if you have any questions contact me at 551 six five five 4063. Please call. No texts. This car is real, and so am I. You are welcome to come see/drive the car before you bid.

Up for sale is my 1981 Volvo 242 with a manual 4 speed transmission with push button over drive. Car has approximately 186,000 miles on it. This has been my weekend car for the past couple years. I have put a lot of time, money, and energy into building this beloved car into what I would consider a great "driver". This car runs great, and I think that it sounds amazing with the aggressive cam, however the exhaust is refined enough to not be bothersome on long drives.  The handling is tight and responsive. The car offers plenty of road feel, and is really enjoyable when you throw it around the corners. I truly love this car but I am looking to pursue other life interests.

Listed below are the parts and services that have been performed

Maintenance

-Timing belt and water pump and fluid changed about 6,000 miles ago.

-Flywheel Resurfaced

-Clutch Replaced


Extras

-Rebuilt R-Sport cluster with Custom Surround

-IPD Front and Rear Sway Bars (25mm)

-GT Firewall Braces

-Rear Torque Rods with Polly Bushings

-Custom Machined Brass Shifter Bushings

-Lowered on Cut Springs

-YoshiFab RX7 Brake Adapter Bracket Kit

-RX7 Caliper Conversion

-Volvo 960 Front Rotors

-PTFE Brake Hoses

-RSI N/A Cam

-MSD Street Fire Ignition

-Custom Taylor Made Spark Plug Wires (8mm)

-3 Inch Aluminum Intake Piping

-Huge K&N Air Filter

-Summit Oil Filter relocation Kit

-Custom Hockey Puck Motor Mounts

-Deatschwerks DW300 In tank Fuel Pump

-2.5 Inch Volvo Turbo Exhaust Fully Welded with Mandrel Bends

-MSW Aluminum Wheels (15")

-Goodyear Eagle GT Tires   (handle exceptionally well in dry and wet conditions)

-Volvo Turbo Steering Wheel

-1/8 inch Aux Cord for iPod hook up wired to factory AM/FM Radio (an awesome retro sound with modern music!)

-Custom Dash Switches that control; Ignition, Fuel Pump, and Reverse Lights

-Push Button Start

-Power Steering removed for greater road feel


Not So Good

-Rust Hole on Passenger Rocker panel

-Damage and rust on driver’s side lower rear quarter panel

-Some rust holes on spare tire wells

-Miscellaneous rust and shopping cart injuries

-Minor cracks in dash

-SEE PHOTOS

All work was professionally done.  This car is been my pride and joy. I will be sad to see it go and I can only wish that it finds a great home.


This car is being sold AS IS. There are no warranties or guarantees expressed or implied.

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Volvo prices revamped 2014 lineup

Thu, 01 Aug 2013

Volvo has made quite a few changes to its US lineup for the 2014 model year. The C30 hatchback and C70 convertible are gone; the S60, S80, XC60 and XC70 have all been reschnozzed; and in a few months, Volvo will bring its V60 wagon across the pond for Stateside consumption. Only the range-topping XC90 carries on unchanged, though a brand new version is expected to launch sometime next year.
The S60 starts as low as $32,400 for the entry level T5 model, and reaches as high as $45,700 for the T6 R-Design Platinum trim. The larger S80 sedan starts at $39,900, with its range-topping T6 Platinum version commanding $48,150. XC70 pricing ranges anywhere from $34,500 for the 3.2 FWD to $45,650 for the T6 Platinum, XC60 numbers span from $34,850 to $49,800, and XC90 prices start as low as $39,700 and as high as $45,400. None of these prices include $895 for destination, and pricing for the swoopy V60 wagon has not been released just yet.
While the majority of Volvo's 2014 model year enhancements are visual, some neat updates have been made mechanically, as well. There's a new Advanced Quick Shift mode for the six-speed automatic transmission that's paired with the turbocharged six-cylinder engine, and Volvo says that the S60 R-Design will now scoot to 60 miles per hour two-tenths of a second quicker (5.3 versus 5.5). In the XC60 R-Design, AQS improves 0-60 acceleration by four-tenths of a second, down to 6.2 from 6.6 seconds.

Volvo C30 Polestar Concept hits the 'Ring

Mon, 05 Aug 2013

It's been over three years since the Volvo C30 Polestar Concept was unveiled, driven by journalists and, as it turns out, lapped around the Nürburgring with Scandinavian Touring Car Championship driver Robert Dahlgren behind the wheel. For whatever reason, the video of the 'Ring track session was only published by the tuning company yesterday. (Another discrepancy: Did Polestar's C30 lose 46 horsepower somewhere along the line? Because the video states that it has 405 hp, while the company's website quotes 451 hp...)
Whatever the case, the tuned Volvo is a beast, much more so than the similar-looking, 250-hp 2013 Volvo C30 Polestar Limited Edition that was sold last year. With 451 hp (sounds better than 405 hp, doesn't it?), all-wheel drive, limited-slip differentials front and rear and Öhlins dampers, the Polestar Concept checks all of the right boxes for us.
For some reason, the video, which you can watch below, seems a bit vanilla to us. Perhaps the overly dramatic music takes away from the action and the beautiful sounds of the turbocharged five-cylinder engine?

Volvo announces a move away from wagons and sedans as SUV fever spikes

Wed, Mar 3 2021

Volvo will move away from station wagons and sedans as it pivots towards an electric-only lineup. While it won't abandon either body style, it hinted it will pare down its presence in both segments as it launches more crossovers. "We need less variants of sedans and wagons. We have a lot of wagons today, with the V60, the V90, the Cross Country, and the non-Cross Country, plus a lot of sedans big and small, long, and extra-long. We need to move from wagons and sedans. We will still have them in the future, but probably not as many," warned company boss Hakan Samuelsson in an interview with British magazine Autocar. He pointed out Volvo's sales mix is about 75% SUVs. Volvo's portfolio in 2021 includes two wagons, the V60 and the V90. Each one is available as a regular low-riding model, or as a Cross Country-branded high rider with all-wheel-drive and rugged styling cues. Selling wagons in 2021 is difficult, even for a brand like Volvo that's been closely associated with the body style for decades. American motorists fell out of love with the long-roof years ago, and Chinese drivers never liked them to begin with. Europeans still buy lifted wagons, but low-riding models are a tough sell, even in Volvo's home country of Sweden. Reading between the lines suggests non-Cross Country-badged models will be axed from the range in the coming years. As for sedans, Volvo has two: the S60 and the S90. It's not too far-fetched to speculate that at least one won't be replaced at the end of its life cycle. While nothing is official yet, and this is just a guess, our money is on the S90. High-riding vehicles are what the market wants in the 2020s, and Volvo (like everyone else) is following demand. It added a fourth model to its palette of crossovers and SUVs when it introduced the 2022 C40 Recharge, an electric soft-roader with XC40 underpinnings and a fastback-like roof line. Unverified rumors claim a flagship model tentatively called XC100 is on its way, and Samuelsson confirmed an entry-level crossover called either XC20 or C20 is currently under development. The model's architecture will come from China-based parent company Geely. Samuelsson explained the shift to an all-electric range will have a profound effect on Volvo's design language. First, a lot of its upcoming cars will be taller, because it's easier to pack a bulky battery pack into a crossover than into a sedan. Second, the firm's future design language will be more streamlined.