Looks fun, but breaks my heart seeing the Caddy and Hearse out there. Not that I would have the money to restore either one of them if someone gave them to me. At least they go out action packed.
Looking at the aftermath I think that Caddy had really serious body rot and some added plating to cover holes, and I suspect there wasn't much left to restore there. I was impressed by the number of Volvos there, though. Quite a few 245 wagons. On a couple of other forums I go by the name "Bruto," derived originally because I had a 1982 245 with a transplanted tailgate. It was not actually a Turbo so I scrambled the nameplate on it. Bruto, of course, is "ugly" in Spanish, and my Volvo was certainly that, faded, rusty, oily, rattly, sagging and disreputable, as well as, of course, ridiculously reliable. I bought it for 200 dollars and sold it after a couple of years for 300 to someone who also needed the tailgate, which was one of its least ratty parts. On one visit, a young nephew was impressed by the rattiness of "Volvo bruTo" and presented us with a mascot, a big rubber rat, which we named "Bruto Volvo," and though the car is long gone, I keep the nickname, and the rat lives on as a roving mascot, last seen riding in my rapidly rotting little Hyundai. Lo how the might have fallen!
Looks fun, but breaks my heart seeing the Caddy and Hearse out there. Not that I would have the money to restore either one of them if someone gave them to me. At least they go out action packed.
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ReplyDeleteLooking at the aftermath I think that Caddy had really serious body rot and some added plating to cover holes, and I suspect there wasn't much left to restore there. I was impressed by the number of Volvos there, though. Quite a few 245 wagons. On a couple of other forums I go by the name "Bruto," derived originally because I had a 1982 245 with a transplanted tailgate. It was not actually a Turbo so I scrambled the nameplate on it. Bruto, of course, is "ugly" in Spanish, and my Volvo was certainly that, faded, rusty, oily, rattly, sagging and disreputable, as well as, of course, ridiculously reliable. I bought it for 200 dollars and sold it after a couple of years for 300 to someone who also needed the tailgate, which was one of its least ratty parts. On one visit, a young nephew was impressed by the rattiness of "Volvo bruTo" and presented us with a mascot, a big rubber rat, which we named "Bruto Volvo," and though the car is long gone, I keep the nickname, and the rat lives on as a roving mascot, last seen riding in my rapidly rotting little Hyundai. Lo how the might have fallen!
ReplyDeletethank you for the story!
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