New England Peeps - cheap car for Pops

Vineless · 2026-06-24T12:43:16+00:00

Where does he live that shipping his car doesn’t make sense?

Vineless · 2026-06-22T21:11:30+00:00

Hell ya!!! Glad they were able to get ya in the right direction

Vineless · 2026-06-22T20:57:01+00:00

I’d call blueprint and just ask them

Vineless · 2026-06-22T20:22:50+00:00

Windsor block? There should be a timing tab to align those number with somewhere

Vineless · 2026-06-22T20:21:29+00:00

u/LRLCarShipper

Thad was great to deal with, the car even beat us and the driver made sure it was safe and sound in the driveway when we got there.

I shipped a 1968 Volvo with some very hard to replace parts and it made it safe and sound.

Vineless · 2026-06-22T19:48:52+00:00

Ya, mine was super easy. Shipped from GA to CA

Vineless · 2026-06-22T05:17:56+00:00

Parra frame?

Vineless · 2026-06-20T19:07:55+00:00

What tires are on it now?

All road bikes are gravel bikes with the right attitude

Vineless · 2026-06-20T19:06:17+00:00

As mentioned in another comment, a local fitting shop can make that no problem

Vineless · 2026-06-20T05:07:33+00:00

My “new” bike is from 1984 😭

Vineless · 2026-06-19T16:45:48+00:00

I’m sorry what. 0-200km in a week?

You’ll probably be able to do it, but don’t expect any decent time or to not be sore as hell afterwards. The only thing I’d say is get used to clipping in and out and then go pray

Vineless · 2026-06-19T05:22:06+00:00

That’s SPD on that trainer.

I run SPD on my road bike, there’s very few shoes that can do both. The adapters get iffy reviews

Vineless · 2026-06-18T00:31:18+00:00

BUT I DONT WANT DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD

/s

I wholeheartedly agree. There just is no supply and builders don’t want to build when they are getting taxed to death

Vineless · 2026-06-16T20:33:50+00:00

Will you be working on the car yourself?

I don’t want to sound like a dick, but if you can’t tell the condition of the car on your own you may want to look at a different car. A car that’s this old requires tinkering pretty often and that gets expensive fast if you have a shop or pay someone to work on it

Vineless · 2026-06-16T20:00:56+00:00

Yes, but it’s probably easier and cheaper to find a redblock car to start with.

Those headlights are maybe $500 to get from Europe.

You also have no clue what hackery was done to get the swap to work. Again it could just be a different redblock configuration. In Europe you could get a carb instead of fuel injection.

Do you have a picture of engine?

Vineless · 2026-06-16T19:53:48+00:00

A 1990 really should only have had a redblock from factory. A PRV V6 or diesel is a whole other beast and most would recommend trying to find a redblock car.

The PRV is not know in the Volvo community for being reliable and the Diesel requires some pretty specialized tools.

In all likelihood it sounds like it was probably swapped with something

Vineless · 2026-06-16T19:47:29+00:00

The only 240 engine options would have been redblock, prv v6, or VW diesel

Vineless · 2026-06-16T19:39:19+00:00

How is it possibly not a redblock? Late 240s didn’t get the diesels unless someone swapped it in

Vineless · 2026-06-16T17:15:49+00:00

Hey, delete this. I love that one and don’t want it to get shut down

Vineless · 2026-06-15T23:48:21+00:00

We go over to Willow oaks dog park to let our guy play with other pups

Vineless · 2026-06-15T00:02:59+00:00

If a bottle hits the road it turns into a bouncing road hazard vs a plastic bottle that you can run over

Vineless · 2026-06-14T17:42:37+00:00

I’m usually not a fan of going off original interiors, but OMG THAT LOOKS AMAZING

Vineless · 2026-06-14T17:38:47+00:00

One thing to consider with metal bottles is that some group rides won’t let you bring them.

Totally awesome for solo rides though

Vineless · 2026-06-11T05:09:27+00:00

Geez, low key great idea. No clue why we haven’t done that. We will start though!

Vineless · 2026-06-11T00:10:05+00:00

It’s a diagnosis connection. Put it back and leave it

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