Friday, June 7, 2013

Junkyard Find: 1979 Volvo 262C Bertone

10 - 1979 Volvo 262C Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee MartinSince we had an extremely rare 1979 Junkyard Find yesterday (a Volkswagen Dasher Diesel), let's have another today. This is the first time I've found a genuine Volvo 262C Bertone Coupe in a wrecking yard (I have seen the occasional Volvo 780 Bertone Coupe), and it happened during the same trip to California that gave us the Dasher Diesel. Let's admire this fine example of Italo-Swedish design!
151-UG-Loudon_Annoying_2013These cars are out there, and you can get rough ones for nickels and dimes. In fact, we've got a 24 Hours of LeMons team— the Bert Ones, get it?— running a very quick, B230-powered 262C Bertone on the East Coast.
04 - 1979 Volvo 262C Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee MartinWith hindsight, we can see that an expensive Volvo 240 2-door with a chopped roof, Bertone badges, and PRV engine was doomed to marketplace failure from the very beginning.
05 - 1979 Volvo 262C Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee MartinStill, Volvo was willing to take some chances in its pursuit of… well, we can't quite figure out what demographic was being targeted here. Stodgy, sensible cocaine dealers?
03 - 1979 Volvo 262C Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee Martin210,268 miles on the clock, which is a bit less than the figure in most junked Volvo bricks that I see.
17 - 1979 Volvo 262C Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee MartinThe PRV, which also powered the DeLorean DMC-12 and Eagle Premier, wasn't in the same reliability league as the good old Volvo four-cylinders.
01 - 1979 Volvo 262C Bertone Down On the Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee MartinThe very luxurious Bertone leather interior has been torn up pretty well, but a few bits remain.

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




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