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New owner from Illinois

yugo4life

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Joined
Apr 29, 2009
Location
Peoria, IL
Hey all,

Just picked up a silver on black 1984 244 in October. My second Volvo ever but first 240. I have always wanted one and this came up at just the right time! My first was a V50 T5 that I picked up with a snapped timing belt that I ended up just replacing the engine in. I picked this 244 up for $300 and was able to drive it home!

I have since replaced most of the exhaust, heater core (hack way), blower motor/resistor (right way), and AW70 shifter bushings. It still has many more issues, but I love driving it! I will add pictures as soon as I figure out how (think I got it now).

Is there a reason I only see two threads in the "website & board" section? In the "General" section, it shows 2500ish threads, but only two seem to show up.

https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/igisDR01kNeDHKAjdlzEGlVKTLA7zGISfmJkDTHopRy
 
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Welcome! Where at in Illinois?

I am in the Peoria area. I see you are in St. Louis, all my family is spread between Arnold and Bonne Terre. I will actually be visiting this weekend for a planned Ikea trip, but I won't be bringing the Swede steed. :(
 
Welcome, a lot of us use Imgur, at least I do. Works well except when I upload a bunch of pics at one time it doesn't keep them in order.
 
I am in the Peoria area. I see you are in St. Louis, all my family is spread between Arnold and Bonne Terre. I will actually be visiting this weekend for a planned Ikea trip, but I won't be bringing the Swede steed. :(

Cool! I grew up in East Peoria, I'll be up there for Christmas.
 
Hopefully yours was maintained better than the last 240 I bought in Peoria.

Welcome!

At this point in time, I trust nothing that the PO (or the last 2 PO's) did. It has rust in the pans and they used spray in house insulation to fill the gaps. I saw this when I bought it, but that stuff can be tough to remove when I finally get around to fixing it. But, for $300, I expect certain shortcomings.
 
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