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Volvo 360 Daily



leeds_182

North Yorkshire & Humber
ClioSport Area Rep
Picked up the 940s replacement.

1983 Volvo 360.

52k from new and smashed the 100 odd mile trip home with no issues.

She’s old but not in bad nick! I’ll get some better pictures tomorrow after a clean.

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massiveCoRbyn

ClioSport Club Member
  Several
My step dad had a couple of these many years ago. I seem to remember he spent a lot of time fixing them lol
 

Daz...

ClioSport Club Member
  Inferno 182 Cup
Cracking find that, begging for a drop and banded steelies.

In that last picture your lad looks like he’s thinking- “I’m not sure, but Dad said this car’s cool”.
 

leeds_182

North Yorkshire & Humber
ClioSport Area Rep
Jesus. I wouldn't have put my kids in that thing.

They had the choice between the Audi and the Volvo and they chose this. Kids have got taste.
 

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Sir_Dave

ClioSport Trader
Not gonna lie, i wouldnt put my wife in that thing, let alone my kids, if i had any.

Ignoring the fact that its not really my scene, surely compared to modern machinery, its not particularly safe?
 

Christopher

ClioSport Club Member
  Z4M
You're a f*cking lunatic.

I love it though, my Dad had two of these back in the late eighties/early nineties. Then a couple of 440s.
 

leeds_182

North Yorkshire & Humber
ClioSport Area Rep
Not gonna lie, i wouldnt put my wife in that thing, let alone my kids, if i had any.

Ignoring the fact that its not really my scene, surely compared to modern machinery, its not particularly safe?

I don’t think it’s safe by modern standards. To be fair, it’s probably not safe by 80s standards either.
 

DaveDreads

aka Philomena Cunk aka Barry Shitpeas
ClioSport Club Member
Weren't Volvo famous for their safety innovations? They were crash testing cars to a much higher standard than anyone else way before ENCAP came along, I bet that thing holds up way better in an accident than the contemporaries of it's day, tbh it probably holds up better than a Saxo or a mk1 Clio, also there's loads of classics that would fold like a empty Coke can in an accident, doesn't stop people enjoying their classic Mini's, mk1 Golf's or classic Fords.
 

497adam

ClioSport Club Member
  clio 172 phase 2
I don’t think it’s safe by modern standards. To be fair, it’s probably not safe by 80s standards either.

They have massive side impact bars, probably 10 year before everyone else


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Cookson

ClioSport Club Member
  Mk1 Audi TT 3.2 V6
Weren't Volvo famous for their safety innovations? They were crash testing cars to a much higher standard than anyone else way before ENCAP came along, I bet that thing holds up way better in an accident than the contemporaries of it's day, tbh it probably holds up better than a Saxo or a mk1 Clio, also there's loads of classics that would fold like a empty Coke can in an accident, doesn't stop people enjoying their classic Mini's, mk1 Golf's or classic Fords.

New cars are supposed to crumble, taking the force of the impact. Old volvos were build like tanks and thos transferred crash forces onto the passengers
 

bashracing

ClioSport Club Member
First hand experience crashing one of these in the 90's, it held up very well.
Spotted a GLT at Kippax service station this morning and a 940, I think the owner works in the MoT bay.
 
  535d / t5 caravelle
you did better than me then, galaxy wouldn't start, then the battery on my van exploded whilst i was driving it lol

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