Speaking of 1969 Volvos... let's go back 10 model years. My third car was a beetleback 1959 Volvo P144S with a 4-speed manual shifter on the floor. It cruised all day at 77 mph and was a delight to drive. My first two cars were 1950 DeSotos with slush-o-matic (semiautomatic) transmissions that stalled at every busy intersection in Boston and Minneapolis! The good old days - they were TERRIBLE.
On 7/21/05, Dan Weeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My folks had a '69 Volvo 164--the first year. The car was unbelivably > fast for the time--0-60 in 8.8 seconds. 45-75 mph passing was > particularly thrilling. The thing would easily outrun american big > blocks. Ours developed a bad knock at 45k miles and we sold it. There > were a bunch of other quality problems as well--the mirror backings > peeled off almost immediately, etc. The 164e was actually seriously > considered by the California Highway Patrol as a Police cruiser. As I > remember, it didn't handle nearly as well as my 300SD--solid rear > axle, nose-heavy, and lots of body roll, on skinny, noisy little > Michlin Xs. > -- > Dan Weeks > 82 VW Westfalia 1.6 TD conversion 175k > 82 Mercedes 300SD, 260k > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
