The last car we featured was a classic Volvo wagon with all of the magic unicorn attributes that classic Volvo wagon lovers tend to enjoy, but for people who thought that previous wagon was too brown and too fast, we’ve got this next thing…which is powered by that nasty diesel stuff and is covered in […]
When somebody submits a link for a car and claims it checks all the boxes, I’m always skeptical…a glass is half full of gin kinda guy. And my boxes are kinda strange and kinda hard to check. So let’s see…manual gearbox, check; brown/gold exterior color, check; turbo power, check; wagon, check; decent price, check. Okay…yup…checks […]
CFlo’s State of the Fleet Address Here at the DT offices double-wide in the sky, it seems everyone has some sort of cool project car, wacky daily driver, or cheap performance machine. I think I might be the most deranged though, because at any given moment I need more than two full hands of fingers […]
The Volvo 200-series was penned with a straight edge and forged with hammers — and it is equally slow, hip, and cool in 2-door, 4-door, or 5-door wagon…except that the wagon is the best for shoving a Ford V8 up front. Find this 1983 Volvo 245 GL Wagon with Ford V8 offered for $4,321 in Norfolk, VA […]
Nine hundred smackeroos doesn’t get you much in a running/driving car these days — blame it on the Fed’s policy of never ending inflation or hipsters with money driving the price of junk up. However, with some proper application of your frontal lobe, you can find something fun/interesting/cool to drive for less than a grand. […]
Sometimes you need to sleep in your car. Maybe it’s the only option left before becoming homeless, but hopefully it’s by choice – like maybe you need to drive halfway across the country to see the stuffed body of the only beer-drinking goat to ever become the mayor of Lajitas, Texas and then be castrated […]
For some reason I found myself drawn to terrible old project cars today…and it took me a while before I realized the reason. I spent most of yesterday at the LA Auto show surrounded by over-marketed advertisements for new and shiny cars…naturally I’m going to scrape the bottom of the craigslist barrel. Find this 1982 […]
We’ve gotten many requests here at DT to continue our fine tradition of Thorsday, so who are we to argue? This is a democracy! No – wait, this is an authoritarian regime ruled by iron-fisted E-i-C Vince. Lucky for us brickheads, Vince has graciously continued to allow our semi-weekly forays into Volvovaginitis. Check out this 1975 […]
Another day another customized Volvo 245 wagon — are we too predictable? Nope. Not at all, particularly when it comes to a well written advert that starts: Please if this is your first car, if you can’t change your own oil, if you need your dad to come with you, if you can’t drop a […]
Finding a classic that is free from the biennial smog inspection requirements in California is simple, you need to stick to 1975 model year and earlier, which is tricky in the case of the 240 series Volvo because you only get one model year to choose from. However, today’s example is the rare smog free […]