Paving Slab Victim - Grey 850R manual - happy days :))

Oh dear......

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Getting it out of the weather.....

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So the new arrival is taking up residence for a bit of TLC at IVS in Letchworth. Some of you may have seen this on the bay last week. Had a chat with the owner & got it bought as it looked too good to be true. Its a 1 owner car [now 3 - me plus the ebayer], 145k, manual 850R in grey with a dark interior.

The screen is gone, bonnet is knackered & the drivers headlight obliterated. Pesky kids venting their rage against the bleakness of existence or some such..or pissed...or well, who cares.. we'll never know happily...however, the neighbours kicked up a fuss & the original owner had to get it shifted. The bloke I bought it off took it off his hands then felt he'd bitten of more than he could chew so was thinking of breaking it but luckily was a very nice fella & saw sense, agreeing a quick sale.

The old beast has been sat under a tree for the past 6 years, allegedly for a flat battery! Previously however the car wanted for nothing - has a full service history, main dealer / indie Volvo specialist. He'd even put new set of tyres on about 2 month before it got parked up. Interior is very good -only worn through leather on the gear knob letting it down, everything else is very tidy, albeit covered in shards of glass atm!

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For those of you who ever doubt a swedes resilience take a good long look at that photo then ask yourself - could it start?!?

Oh yes....... battery in, key, turn & first time. Driven it around the car park & everything works although the breaks will need some attention. Will be making a list once we get it up on a ramp & give it a good going over. My love of the old 850's just keeps on growing :)

First things first & that's a new screen which gets fitted tomorrow. Then I can get the muck blasted off & see what lies beneath. Plan at this stage is to keep it OE & get it back to full roadworthiness.

Looking forward to returning this car to it's former glory...no idea what I'm going to do with it once I have as I've already got my red 850R.......but that's a worry for another day......

awesome find mate, Good luck :)

Proper job!! :D

Unbelievable how they'll start after so long, my previous record was about a year of non running, but 6 years under a tree, with the bonnet open from the looks of things?!

I bet the peteol is minging too!

Don't mess with the Swedes!! :D

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Proper job!! :D

Unbelievable how they'll start after so long, my previous record was about a year of non running, but 6 years under a tree, with the bonnet open from the looks of things?!

I bet the peteol is minging too!

Don't mess with the Swedes!! :D

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Couldn't believe it when the bonnet opened ...a good half inch of nut kernels over the head. Mice or squirrels we think but thankfully then never got inside the cabin or chewed out any of the wiring!

That looks like a cracking find!
Await your results mate, you don't half get through these volvo's! Lol

I just need to stay off ebay I think....I've got 5 now, in various stages of repair/roadworthiness....time to stop before I end up in deep, deep trouble with my better half :)

Glad yours is going well fella, lovely car that.

glad to see a member got it linked it up myself looks a lot worse than i though to be fair look forward to updates and progress with this will be watching!

Little update as I got rained off today...fairweather builders eh!?!

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Windscreen done, smashed bonnet & headlight removed. Started on cleaning out 6 years of crud from the engine bay:

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Still a fair bit of cleaning work to go but I was really please how quickly it started to come back.

A few shots of the interior now that its seen the vacuum cleaner:

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I've got a donor 850 for the bonnet & headlight so will be getting them on before moving it back outside later this week for a good clean & see how well the bodywork comes up :)

more updates to follow.....

looking good! already lol

Looks a great start, I have the same gearknob in my 850R and for some reason thats the worst bit of the interior too.

Excellent find!
Interior looks fantastic!

I saw that on ebay. How much did that cost you??

Nice work!

It looks like its going to be another 850 brought back!:B_thumb:

I wonder if they will ever become a classic car or not?

Great start, well done so far.

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I saw that on ebay. How much did that cost you??

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A curly wurly & a bag of monster munch, pickled onion flavour mind you :)

Awesome work I too saw it on eBay its great news its being brought back

whats the plans for this one then morgan? time spent from doing the red one

Not sure tbh. The red one has plans for next year, just getting the fettling funds together. It's modified & so might as well take it a bit further down that road. This grey one came along, always loved Andy's, think they look great grey on grey & so couldn't say no really. Going to bring it back OE then either sell it on or keep it. That's as far as I've got! I've also got he auto 850r that I need to make a plan for - possibly a manual conversion with the younger engine out of the S70r that I'm breaking. My head hurts just thinking about it to be fair :)

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Not sure tbh. The red one has plans for next year, just getting the fettling funds together. It's modified & so might as well take it a bit further down that road. This grey one came along, always loved Andy's, think they look great grey on grey & so couldn't say no really. Going to bring it back OE then either sell it on or keep it. That's as far as I've got! I've also got he auto 850r that I need to make a plan for - possibly a manual conversion with the younger engine out of the S70r that I'm breaking. My head hurts just thinking about it to be fair :)

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break the auto red one i reckon get your money back out of it

Sweet another grey saloon, will be good to see this back to its former glory :)