Thursday, February 21, 2013

Junkyard Find: 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Coupe

In the kind of Plate-O-Shrimp moment that happens all the time in the car-writing business, I ran across a genuine, one-of-8,515-build Volvo 780 Bertone Coupe in a Denver self-serve wrecking yard just days after writing about this fine Swedo-Italian machine.
Yes, in spite of being considered a high-value collector's car by legions of Internet Car Experts, this rare 780 couldn't manage to sell for better than scrap value at auction and thus ended up as a parts donor. By the way, if you're restoring a 780 and you're now looking at this post later than, say, April 2013, this car has been crushed by now. Sorry.
With the troublesome Peugeot-Renault-Volvo "PRV" V6 under the hood, 156,519 miles on the clock isn't too shabby. This car reeked of old, bad gasoline, which means it sat for years or maybe decades before getting hauled off on its final tow-truck drive.
When Swedes and Italians join forces to design a car's interior, you get something like this puzzling IKEA-meets-Armani scene. I might need to go back and get this seat for my van!
Speaking of weird design, where did Volvo find this more-80s-than-Flock-of-Seagulls font?

02 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 03 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 04 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 05 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 06 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 07 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 08 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 09 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 10 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 11 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 12 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 13 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 14 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 15 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 16 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 17 - 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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