Labmember0003
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This winter I came across a deal I just couldn't pass up. A 1992 Volvo 240 for the low low price of just $400. It didn't run but I quickly identified the issue as a worn through crank pos sensor, so I purchased the car and hauled it home where I let it sit until this month when work began on making it run and drive.
Here is an excellent picture of it getting some new tires, brakes, and a general tuneup. It certainly needed it with over 310,000 miles on the clock.
I figured I would go through the glove box since it seemed to have a ton of service records and I was surprised to find that my new Volvo has a unique early life story.
The glovebox contained all of the service records for the past 310,000 miles back to 0. The odd thing was, the services up to 30,000 kilometers were performed by a dealership in Wurzburg Germany.
Further looking through the papers showed that indeed the first 29924 kilometers of the cars life were spent cruising the streets of Germany before it was imported to the United States by the Volvo Tourist and Diplomatic Sales Department in 1995. This is backed up by the Volvo Special Delivery sticker, which is still in place on the right rear window to this day.
I simply can't believe that a car which spent the first bit of its life in Germany is now driving the streets of the rural midwest United States with the original engine, transmission, and even the original set of keys! How cool is that!
Here are a couple of pics of the first page in the service booklet
Here is an excellent picture of it getting some new tires, brakes, and a general tuneup. It certainly needed it with over 310,000 miles on the clock.
I figured I would go through the glove box since it seemed to have a ton of service records and I was surprised to find that my new Volvo has a unique early life story.
The glovebox contained all of the service records for the past 310,000 miles back to 0. The odd thing was, the services up to 30,000 kilometers were performed by a dealership in Wurzburg Germany.
Further looking through the papers showed that indeed the first 29924 kilometers of the cars life were spent cruising the streets of Germany before it was imported to the United States by the Volvo Tourist and Diplomatic Sales Department in 1995. This is backed up by the Volvo Special Delivery sticker, which is still in place on the right rear window to this day.
I simply can't believe that a car which spent the first bit of its life in Germany is now driving the streets of the rural midwest United States with the original engine, transmission, and even the original set of keys! How cool is that!
Here are a couple of pics of the first page in the service booklet
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