Always thought these were interesting for what they were, but how does he find so many with so low of milage. Also, how is there so many poeple who are willing to pay so much for 20 year old SUV. Heck with gas prices how does he sell any.

Thought that this would be an interesting thing to do with old Volvos. Anyway interesting business idea...just not sure how's he's pulling it off today.


http://wagonmaster.com/complete.htm

My wife loves woodies.

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

2 post min.. heh


woodies





those old jeeps are cool... to each his own

Try this'n from my homies.

B

http://www.southernmotorcompany.com/

I think this would be a great business idea for 240 Volvos.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

That color pallette page is pretty cool.

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2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

I can hear them rusting now.

A friend of mine drove one in high school. The ultimate prepster-mobile. iirc, it was a huge gas hog and very prone to rust. Fun to drive though. It felt like it had good pick-up, but was slow compared to most other vehicles in the late 1980's.

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

Thing One had a Wagoneer in Kodiak...it's Holley carbed, Mopar 360 drank regular like it was 1963 and the damned thing has something wrong with the steering box and it wouldn't turn as far to the left as it would to the right. There was at least 3" of mud, volcanic sand and litter on the floor.

It did haul surfboards pretty well and provided a serviceable bivouac when the weather turned to crap.

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Should work, bellbottoms made a brief come back.

If they are good enough for Tommy Hilfiger, then it's good enough for everyone else

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2018 Subaru Crosstrek (Mine)
2019 Subaru Outback (Wife's)
1979 300CD (sold)

I'm not sure on your local climate, but Oregon seems like a bad place to find low mileage pristine vintage cars.

There are some people dealing vintage diesel Mercedes in SO cal, they have a very nice setup.
http://jgsmercedes.com/Hello.html

Most of the dealers, including Wagonmaster, are in warmer climated areas. Wagonmaster's headquarters are in Texas, and close to 3 major cities. I'd imagine that Wagoneers were very popular to Texans in the 1980s as well.

Florida seems to be another hotspot for low mileage cars, probably because the retirement capitol has alot of old farts that buy high end cars, keep them meticulously maintained, and rarely drive them.

I've also toyed with the idea, but I'm on the Southern end of the rust belt. I would anticipate taking many trips to Texas, NM, AZ, and FL to find cars.

*edit* This is another company I've worked with. My dad bought a '78 TA from the years ago. Located in Cleveland, bucks my climate theory, but they mostly do restorations. http://www.taspecialties.com/taspecbuy.htm

The volvo 240 is a great platform to do this. With a long production period and popular sales at the time, there should be many out there.

I'm not sure about 240s rivaling the cult status of a Wagoneer or W123 diesel, imo, though it could work. My local volvo dealership has 3 240s on the lot, ranging from 70-150k on the odometer, and are trying to get North of 7gs for each of them!

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Hot damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

They've "presold" 70 cars and have yet to build 1 for production yet?

*Edit* These guys are doing it right, offering a full refund until production begins.

Preselling makes me very nervous now. My dad lost his deposit on a GT500 Eleanor ragtop when a company similar to unique performance tanked. Shortly after, Unique fell apart as well. http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/FREE/71129006/1530/FREE

Title wasing as well.
http://jalopnik.com/cars/breaking-news/oh-no-eleanor-unique-performance-accused-of-title-washing-319267.php

They had Carol Shelby and Chip Foose as backers, hundreds of thousands of dollars in deposits from eager buyers and somehow managed to tank. Obviously the operation was run by crooks who embezzled the money. They could have had a runaway hit and made millions, but greed ruined the operation, and tainted the reputations of 2 Amercian legends.

My dad still has his title to a 1968 Shelby GT500 in Nebraska. He did all of his homework before putting the money down, including references from customers and local banks. The owner did get arrested and we may travel some time to pick the Mustang if ther is one, no doubt requiring a flatbed.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

I like how the one in front opted to go topless.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

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