Once again, the SFBay craigslist delivers. With another tip from KBZ no less! The Volvo 140 series is getting hard to find in decent driver condition – it seems like the examples left in 2015 are either restored and immaculate ($$$$) or have one wheel in the junkyard and barely running ($). It’s refreshing to […]
Douchebag car collectors might have you convinced that the $3000 beater classic is dead, but they are wrong. It has simply moved away from things with the Porsche/BMW/Volkswagen crest on the front to oddball brands like Volvo/Saab, hiding in the bushes like a hungry tiger ready to pounce. LONG LIVE THE $3K BEATER…(whoa, why are […]
The Volvo 140-series (1966-1974) was the bread and butter offering of Volvo’s product lineup and was built on the same mechanical parts as the 120/122/122S Amazon. It won’t wow you like a 60s American muscle car, or appreciate wildly like something from Germany, but its Scandinavian ruggedness will withstand the test of time, and get […]
The Volvo 140 series marked a big change stylistically for Volvo when it debuted in 1966. With the 142/4/5 came boxy but good styling that replaced the 50’s look of the ancient Amazon/122S, but most of the important bits under the skirt were the same. Find this 1969 Volvo 142S offered for $5,750 buy-it-now on […]