From what you can see it looks like the guy did a decent job with the build. If you were able to keep all the relevant systems working, like AC and the top hydraulics, it's not a bad car IMHO.
It's probably worth more than the original unmolested car... -D Sent from my iPad > On Apr 4, 2017, at 12:50 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > OK here's one. > https://jalopnik.com/for-4-800-could-this-sbc-equipped-1990-volvo-240-be-v-1793956545 > > There's a guy that has come to the C&C a coupla times with pretty much the > same thing (though I think it was a wagon) but engine done up right. He says > the thing is a total screamer and fun as hell. > > --R > > >> On 4/4/17 12:01 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: >> Now come on . . . >> You folks tend to think that any MB advertised above $500 is the result of >> someone smoking bad stuff. >> There is really nothing wrong with a small block Chevy drivetrain. >> If he had used a more recent engine with fuel injection and thus a lower >> profile and avoided the hole in the hood, no one would even know what was >> under the hood unless they opened it. >> As I suggested earlier, if one got rid of the hole in the hood and the side >> pipes, it really might not be all that bad. >> One would need to look closer to see how well the transplant was done but if >> it was not a total butcher job, it might well be better than the original >> drivetrain. >> >> >> RB >> >>> On 04/04/2017 10:31 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>> That car is completely worthless to anybody other than a small number who >>> think it's cool. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Apr 4, 2017, at 6:30 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> ...but I can't: >>>> >>>> https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/6071546744.html >>>> >>>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > -- > --FT > Winston Churchill: > “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large > or petty, > never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. > Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the > enemy.” > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
