Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Can it be saved?

It looks like one inner wing, both wings, front panel and suspension leg and should be good to go.

don't buy a used car from lynx

Definitely beyond insurance economic repair, but looking again I thing that you should check the turret. Want me to pop over and give you £20 scrap ;)

Seeing as I replaced the inner wings on a ford cortina, complete 3 piece sills on a pair of MX5's it isn't hard to do. Removing the spot welds and making sure everything stays straight is the biggest issue.

Has anyone strapped a Bike Box Alan or similar to roof bars?

Any advise welcome, like "don't do it"

#csb etc etc

A few of us are gonna be gonna be going to Lithuania this summer to buy a couple of these and drive them back, anyone is welcome to join if they like.

Of the sixteen door seals specific to the 850 only one is now available. This is annoying.

Are you only looking for new stuff?

Anything that works, given that there is no new stuff in the global Volvo supply chain it'd be incredible luck to find all the seals I need, NOS, in a random garage somewhere.

I'd most like drivers side window seals as they're the most aged, and therefore the most noisy - this is all about trying to reduce wind-noise caused by old, stiff seals.

If you have a source for second user, but still pliable and non-fucked I'd be interested?

Lack of seals is also preventing a full re-spray, as mentioned a little further back in the thread.

They're the hard, external seals that seal against the window - not conditionable I thought?

Which ones are you talking about? The ones in the door frame or the waterproof window trim.

http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-8-doorboot-seals.aspx

All of them.

I still have a paper licence :)
passed 81 ;)

Think 317 is the one you need
http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-341-single-track.aspx

http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-166-weatherstrip.aspx but the trim on the window is longer so I thing you will probably need to cut and join the old and new weather strips.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/bmw-e30-316-petrol-manula-alpina-white/1225169901

Is the paint colour the same?

I just made a quick search of German eBay and some Swedish and Danish sites. There is some stuff available, even a few NOS bits.

Interesting, thanks.

Have you checked pelican parts in the US?

I thought they were VW/Porsche?

I have a hankering for an esprit. They look to be good value at the moment. Am I mad?

Lots of volvo bits, have not searched for specific seals but the have a whole category for the 850... Worth a browse. Otherwise I wonder if any volvo places daaarn unda have any.
This is relevant to me as the 850 t5r I found may be a project soon...

And in your climate the seals will be further along the path to carbon than mine are. One problem is that a lot of vendors simply log into the Volvo database and will return a positive result (as the item is real) but won't know the stock quantity (zero) until you order with them and they order with Volvo. I'll try Pelican.

Twin turbo?