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04-24-2020, 06:29 AM
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Rare 1980 Volvo Diesel Wagon - Excellent Condition! - $6000
What better item can you spend your stimulus money on than this baby? Maybe you realize the end of normal life is here and you want to run your car on biodiesel. Maybe you just want take life a bit slower to enjoy the old days. Regardless, it's time for me to let this classic go to another enthusiast.
A bit over 3 years ago, we purchased this 1980 265 diesel wagon. Green over tan interior, 3 speed automatic transmission, excellent condition inside and out. 153,122 original miles. The original owner had this car until he sold it in 2011. It has been in the hands of collectors since. Just a few things that have been done over the past 9,000 miles: several oil changes and new glow plugs timing belt changed at 144k miles new tires new belts new brakes new Bilstein struts/shocks new transmission mount new oil pressure sensor a/c converted to R-134 rebuilt fuel injection pump new stereo ** new transmission was put in at 131,000 miles What a great car... it really takes you back in time when driving it. Cares seem to melt away, and the busy lifestyle we all have today, seems to not matter. This baby will cruise the interstate all day at 70 (it just takes a while to get there). Needs nothing. The interior is in great shape...exterior has a few nicks and scratches but looks great from 15 feet. The engine is a D24 which is actually made by Volkswagon. It is basically a non-turbo version of the famous D24T. We are located at the foothills of the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. I have tons of pictures and am happy to share them through this link. If there is a specific area you want more detail on, just let me know. Asking $6000. For more pics https://photos.app.goo.gl/tKsfDJ91D8iNaQHg6 Last edited by markgiunta; 05-13-2020 at 02:24 PM. Reason: Lowering the price 
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04-25-2020, 07:57 AM
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Looks like a beauty, nice color. Do you know if the round headlights and amber corner lenses were swapped in at some point? 1980 6 cylinder models (both diesel and the gas V6) would have come from the factory with quad rectangular headlamps and clear corner lenses, although the 4-cylinder gas engine cars did have this round/amber setup in 1980, final year before the rectangular/clear setup became standard across the line.
Maybe someone liked this look better and changed it over. Anyway a diesel with round headlamps is a rare item, and it looks good on your car.  Good luck with the sale, if it doesn't find a good home here, you might consider submitting to Bring A Trailer -- well preserved original survivor vehicles like yours seem to have a good audience and market there.
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04-25-2020, 10:20 AM
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Thank you for the kind words. It is pretty special. If I don’t get serious movement in a couple weeks I was going to list it on BAT.
Interesting. I always thought the round headlights came on the 1980 and that was what was so rare about the 1980. I will research it more. I don’t know about the amber corners, but will look into that too.
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04-27-2020, 09:11 AM
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The 1980 models are interesting in several other ways also. Only year when the diesel 200 series was technically a 260 (264/265), with a 260 VIN. 1982-85 they were considered 240s. As a 260, they also got some of the uplevel chrome trim and a front bumper chin spoiler that the 240 series cars didn't have, but they had manual windows and vinyl upholstery unlike the other 260 (GLE gas V6) cars. In effect they are "260 DL" models, something that only existed for the diesel engine cars; same combination of body/trim options was not available for anything with a gas engine. They are also the only year when the diesel engine was sold in a chassis with the early style "small" dashboard, early style narrow wagon taillamps, and early style side mirrors. And the '80 cars had the one-year-only early style engine design with 11mm multiple-use headbolts instead of the later 12mm TTY bolts, and larger 32cc prechambers and a different IP and timing spec. So, interesting cars all around, and with some nice features especially for those who prefer the early style 200 series dash and body. I liked mine and it was nowhere near as nice as yours.  Again, great looking car, no doubt you will find a happy buyer even if it takes a little waiting thanks to the current situation.
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04-28-2020, 04:34 AM
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I didn’t know that about the dashboard. Very interesting!
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04-29-2020, 08:55 AM
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1980
There's one for sale here
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...5459969038137/ From what year did these diesels start getting the DIESEL badge on the front? The green 242 looks confusing -- in the picture below. My other question is, do you know of any 2-door car being factory equipped with the d24??? I know there is the 780 d24t (or d24tic?) but Im thinking of a 200 car such as this one: 242 or 262....idk.... Very confusing for many reasons: it shows euro amber corners but has quad headlights. Fender badge definitely looks like a 2.1 emblem but there's a Diesel badge on the grille. Also it shouldnt be on Hydras. It's confusing. It isnt a LambdaSond nor a Turbo badge on there. These bricks can still surprise and entertain us after nearly 40 yrs. The round headlight info was found on Wikipedia. Last edited by RedArrow; 04-29-2020 at 09:31 AM.
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04-29-2020, 11:22 AM
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I think the Canadian market theory could be the right explanation, if we have two members that have round-headlight 1980 cars, one in Canada and the other near the border in northeastern US. There were quite a few other examples of Canadian trim packages being significantly different from the US Volvo models, and sometimes even getting engine options we never had here (B23E, B21A for example). If that is true, it would mean that the Canadian market 1980 diesels were sold in 240 trim while in the US they were in 260 series trim. Similar things happened with considerably different US and Canadian versions of the "240 GL" gas model right around this same year so I wouldn't be surprised if it were the case. It's also possible it started life with US spec quad squares and someone swapped on the round front end, but now that I look closer I see 240 spec mirrors and some other differences also, so it would have had to be a very determined and thorough effort to convert a 260 to 240, which I doubt anyone would have cared to do. I would bet it was built this way from the factory and was imported and federalized at some point. markgiunta, out of curiosity if you look at the build plate on the passenger side shock tower under the hood, does it show a 240 or 260 body code? Or does it have 245 or 265 in the VIN? Say anything about Canadian safety/pollution standards, any French labeling, etc? Would be interesting to see a picture of the tag. In any case it only makes your car more unusual and interesting if it has a Canada-special trim configuration. Hope the trivia discussion doesn't bother you, you're helping us all learn something new here.
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04-29-2020, 11:34 AM
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04-29-2020, 12:23 PM
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fascinating
This is all very fascinating guys.
I will tell you, based on the receipts, that it has spent it's entire life in the Northern Virginia area until I brought it to Pennsylvania. I highly doubt anything was changed on this except for the headrests and armrests. I'm attaching pictures of all the build tags I can find. There is no indication of French language anywhere. Just some Swedish and English. As a fun side note, the original owner seemed to have traded in a 1972 Volvo 145 when purchasing this one. update... problem uploading pictures... will continue to work on that.
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