Volvo's are an old man's car

One day I’ll have a woman in my life who looks at a car like that and says “it’s not too far gone”

Thank goodness you blurred the part where you violated the trunk with your thumb.

Hey Dean, That car is a GL model from what I know of 240s. The Corona wheels, sunroof, tachometer that's missing, and the electric windows all mean a GL model 240. Good save! If the seats have the rear pockets on the back then it's def a GL.

I actually thought this was a two tone model similar to which I had owned many years ago, it looks fantastic, nice find. That black mould looks like it preserved the paint work from the elements. Wish I had found this but would be hard as I am 5000 miles away in Northern Europe.

The look on her face, priceless😁 I would also take this one home with me, withouth thinking.

Wow ! What a transformation! It’s a beauty, nice buy Dean! Amazing that it’s in such good condition after so many years of neglactance! Looking forward to part 2 and the rest! 👍🏻👍🏻🆙 like allways!

The car looks good. Thank you for taking care of her.

man can i just say you hit the jackpot with your partner there. that is all.

Looking forward to part 2 ! The cleaning did not disappoint! Volvosforlife!!

I haven't come across your channel before, but I can't resist a save a Volvo video. However, it was how great the two of you work together and how nice you both are that got me to sub to your channel. Looking forward to more great Volvo content.

OMG you guys make such a cute couple I AM IN TEARS over the commentry.. Also a freaking cool Volvo!

Somewhere close by a lawn care KZfaqr is doing some late night editing of their latest hour long video of just leaf blowing, when.....ScReeEEeaAAchH!! "What in the...?.....got dang Volvo care enthusiast!" What a find dude, those butt cheeks! 😮. fingers crossed you don't get any nasty surprises. Cheers man. 🤘

I wish my 245 would be in that cool shape... Nice Car!

Cool another project 👍, got to love a woman😊, that encourages her man’s addiction 🤗👍

I always had a soft spot for the American headlights on 240s, but that's probably because I'm so used to the European style.

I was hit by a last series Volvo Amazon in factory plastics in 1970 when I was 10 years old. The car was in a car shop in the same house where I lived as a child. I hung out there and admired this solid car with room for long legs and the car was quite impressive. Later, PV-544 Volvos and Amazons as well as 140 serials were tuned with 45 mm double webers and the C-cam and larger intake valves were machined into the cover etc. An infinitely strong car, e.g. the gearbox can withstand tremendous torque as standard. I wonder why Volvo has compromised on legroom, e.g. the V50 Volvo has no rear legroom at all? These Volvos also have good door handles like the V70 MK2 Volvo too. Works better in winter than the pull-out handle. Good Swedish! Now I'm driving my third V70, which is a MK3 2.5 AFV. Bifuel. DAS car too!

Thank you for saving it. I used to own a 1983 Volvo 240 GL . Great car . It got totaled so I have to get rid of it

My brother in law owed 2 of these ...he loved em.... Yours looks beautiful without all that muck and rubbish on it

Good grief... :-p Your neighbors must be excited! Ha!

Wow! I have never enjoyed a pressure wash that much! What a car! What climate do you guys have there!? This is crazy🤣

I was parked next to a station wagon version of your 240 today, at CVS. Pristine. Good luck with Hi Ho Silver!

Awesome that you're doing this hobby together with your old ball and chain XD

Just found your channel and you had me at "Volvo 240!" I've always wanted one of these. For me, the late '70's/early '80's Volvos were peak Volvo, if you will. Utility, durability and not without a fun to drive component. Before I leave these earthly bounds I would love a turbo wagon, but for sure a clean 240 would be fine by me.

Well worth saving that beauty 😊 That one has way more options than most 240:s sold in Sweden. Not many had leather seats and power windows for example. I had an old taxi 245 from 1979 back in the 90's that had about 600000 miles on it.

Man, what an incredibly satisfying video! Great job!

Volvo didnt have rollcages in the cars during rally. Because the pillarstructure was so robust. Volvo also invented the 3-point seatbelt. We joke about them in scandinavia about being a tank.

Volvos are strong,sturdy cars, also easy to fix plus they are very reliable not like the new cars that have all kinds of sensors.

Looks great! Awesome find

whooohhhh!! Volvos for life! Looking forward to part 2 !

That things minty. Nice find. I’ve had 3 240s over the years and still am yet to find one with an arm rest

Nice find!

looking forward to part 2 👍

I've done something similar about a week ago. Just got a 79 265 gle to save . There good cars definitely save this one man and enjoy

I use to own a Volvo 244 GLT 1980 model and I was under 30. I had also owned a 1973 144 DL. Which I bought at 25. So not all drivers of Volvo's are old. Both those Volvo's were great to drive and wish I still had the 240 GLT. 0 to 60 in 8.3 second no slouch.

Great find! I have currently an almost exact one as yours, it’s an ‘84 silver, sunroof, corona wheels, only mine has blue velour interior, my guess is you found either an 83 or 84, can’t wait to see the follow up !

The Swedish sweetheart. What an amazing find.

With the trunk popper in the glove box ! Always a rare find , plus the arm rest for the Perfect Cruiser !

That volvo coming along good been having mind 7yrs its got 105 thousand miles on it im the second owner only thing i done to it was a alternator

you trying to work on your grip strength for those long lonely winter nights? for big jobs like that, I prefer a cheap gallon sprayer for application purposes :-P

I can't seem to find The Left Lane autoparts on ebay. How about a good link?

You're good, man!

A great, classic, real, armored car - a real Volvo! It's always worth renovating.

The censored trunk 😂 I've always wanted to buy a woods car and only clean up one side or end of it. Like a Gothwm City two-face. One side super well detailed and cut and polished and factory+ shiny and the other side just wearing its unmodified age and patina like a boss.

Ive watched a handfull of cars watched on various channels, and i find that on occation, that car that at first glance looks absolutely terrible, but really all the moss, mold and mildew, on the surface actually forms a layer protecting the it from significant rust...

Nice man i also have a Volvo 240 in good shape

They look really good with the original wheels

I actually thought it had a 2-tone paint job. Nope. Just lots and lots of dirt...

I actually found found a 1985 Volvo similar to this but in a champagne mettalic paint abandoned in the countryside in Scotland it was in as good a condition if not better than your one except for front door window missing but covered with plastic it was a GLi model that was exactly a week ago last Thursday 14.12.23

You should change your name to Valiant Dean!! Great video!!

Great red colored 850 on the back!

That's one nice 240.

those aluminium wheels are definitely original to the GL, there were 2 or 3 different styles to choose from. the steel wheels came standard on the DL, they're good for swapping out for winter tires as the aluminium wheels suffered from pitting when exposed to the various snow melt treatments such as salt, calcium chloride etc. i wouldn't change out the head lights as the round ones were on '75 thru '77 model years. 1978 was the year they went to the square quads. the '79 264 GL i used to have, had the quad squares, so if you're looking to keep the car as original as possible that's something to consider. the GL came with all the bells and whistles: AC, power windows, power mirrors, leather seats w adjustable lumbar support, (drivers seat heated) although cloth seats were optional, 4 speaker AM/FM radio w cassette deck and power antenna (had to be raised with a button in the console), hand cranked sunroof, heated rear windshield, chrome grill and headlight bezels, central locking systems didn't come in until the late '80's something to note: the cooling system is a closed system in those things. they work great, but it's imperative to have all of the air purged out the system before running the engine. the original radiators don't have a cap so the only way to know if the system is full is by checking the reservoir. if there is any air at all in the system, the engine will tend to overheat and you'll have a real mess on your hands. you'll want to jack up the car in the front on the passenger side so the air can collect at the outlet of the overflow spout of the radiator and then suck it out with a vacuum pump. running the engine will not get all of the air out of the radiator edit: the 80's model 240 GL came stock with the B23 engine and automatic transmission on the US market, the 5 speed manual transmission (4 speed with an overdrive) was optional. the DL models were equipped with the B21 with either 4 speed manual, 5 speed manual or automatic. other engine options were a straight 6 diesel (only available for 3 or 4 yrs) and the V6 B27F which gave the car the 262, 264 and 265 designation. the 262 was the bertone coupe, the 264 the 4 door sedan and the 265 - the wagon... not many of the 265 wagons were built. maybe a handful. i've seen a few around Ramstein AB when they came out but none since. the 262 coupe first came out in '78 and was discontinued in 1984. there were also some two door V6 sedan GL's built but those are also pretty rare birds. the B27F was an aluminium block, cast iron sleeved engine and not many of them survived more than 100k miles. mine managed to put a little over 250k on it but was it stolen in Toledo and was still a good running engine at the time... i really liked the 200 series volvos..they ran from '75 thru late '80's and were probably the best they ever put out. although the 164 and 1800 were really cool in their styling

My wife has the same look when I describe my latest project car.

Solid, arm rest, trunk popper. SCORE!

Oh Dude! You've got the Volvo "amazon" stationvagon?? Those things are rare and sought of here in Sweden! You can get big money for that car. Even the 245 modell has gone up in price. I've hade two, and i bought them cheep, for like 600usd, buuut that was almost 2 decades ago! Keep up the good work! Good vibes only!

These are great cars. I owned a 1981 244 DL (2.1l) for 25 years and covered 300k miles. We tend to get more rust here in the UK, so that eventually finished it off. I now have an 850, which I have owned for 30 years (220k miles). My view is that although the 200s were far more durable than the competition here in the UK in their day, the 850 is the slightly more reliable and durable car.

17:06 Beautiful Rabbit station wagon.

Swedish steel and quality, A Volvo in that condition here in Sweden you’ll have to pay 3-5000 US dollars and probably 7-8 if it was clean inside and running!! But a - for the bad automatic gearbox, should be a 5 gear manual!!👌🏻

11:56 - that white Volvo 142 / 242 on the left is a gem.

Czech sticker on rear side 😁

The place you got it from also had a red Volvo. Was that a 850 R? Also wurth saving. Love your videos 👌🏻👏🏻

Oh no! You’ve made that box (EZK?) wet! Now it wont start.

I was also made in 1984 but appear to be in slightly better shape, owing to being garage kept and run on premium. KZfaq did not promote this to me and I am sad. I guess I'll have to just watch two eps back to back now 😊

Is there any explanation why there is a country label from Czechoslovakia at the back? Beside that: great video, keep up the excellent spirit. Chris

Notice when you high press wash you even wash dirt in between the rubberlists and the cromelists to the body sheet

That "nose" hood didn't come until 1985 I think here in europe. And that hood never came together with the slimmer side lights/blinkers. Those lights got bigger from 1981 here en EU. And I never knew volvo had the emblem a little offset from the center as on your car.

Awesome! Please save the 850 too :D

Thanks!

the american square lights go for like 1000$ + here in sweden, cuz they are really rare!

bravo pour le travail !!!!!!!!!🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺

this is exactly like my 84, only thing i got tan interior

10:22 CS Czech Republic sticker

Maverick wheels. This is a thing?! 5x108 in a common 17x7" steelie? I am pumped! BTW, nice save on this car too...

Nice Volvo 240 and a beautiful lady, what else would a man hope for 😊

Volvo is Latin for "I roll."

Was that an import from The Czech Republic? Just looking at the Cz sticker on the back end

I have an 01 v70 265...k on it. Still running

Since this is a USA model if could be different but you know the new model came out in 1981 so that can not be a 82-83 as you mentioned, also the new long dashboard came in 1981. this Is a 1979 or 1980 I would believe. its a great find.

My dude, all 240s were undercoating like that from the factory new

Love an old Volvo reminds me of my childhood spent hours in a 240 & 740 Missing about with cigarette lighter and burning my brother with it 😂 and vice versa , at the time I hated them but now realise that they were actually good cars . Remember a movie with mad people who were making advertising Volvo they are boxy but they are good 🤣🤣

How got CZ sticker(it´s Czech republic from Europe..five thousand miles to the East..this is side where sun rises up..) is a bit mystery fo me..

Very nice complete, very saveable car !!! For sure, your very beautifull wife will love it after you will fix it completly for her !!!

I'd call that an 84. Has the exact same grill and lights as my first car, a silver wagon.

Wow, this or Volvo 760 -88 i would take both of them 😀

Like new car😊

If you make it run well and fix the interior, this car would be $10,000+ here in sweden. Likely higher due to the lack of rust and the sunroof. You'd think we'd have a lot of them, but it's the other way around. They were basicly just scrapped or used in destruction derby-like races. And the quad lights were american market only so they are sought after as well.

Can you pry out that anemic four-banger and drop in a 351 or a 400 cubic inch V8?

This was slightly disappointing. I was convinced it was a rare burnt ash over silver paint job, which is a great look!

Also it looks like a good idea to store old cars under pine trees... nothing grows under them and the pine tar naturally seals the vehicle from the environment 😅

I'd have loved washing that🙂

Hey Dean! US Quad lights alone are worth big money in Europe. Just cleaning this up would make it look $$$. Just do it! ;)

Interesting, it has a CZ sticker on the trunk meaning its from Czech Republic (Or Czechslovakia ?). You needed to have it when you traveled out of country.

Did you just censor your finger going into the truck lockhole? Also save that Volvo Amazon and 142 aswell

I wonder if the owner could be traced here in the Czech Republic. The car either comes from here, or the owner was Czech. At the back is CZ - the Czech Republic

What do you want for it...

What's the price on this one? Maybe intrested in an import to sweden😊

That grill and the headlights are big money here in sweden😊

I want it!

I have a v8 xc90 i am recommissioning , its built way better than my top of range v12 s600!