volvo 243!!!!

[killerFly]

Er vel en som likte 240 og 242 så godt at han sveiste di sammen :P sett fra ene siden, så ble det en vanlig 240.. og sett fra andre siden, så ble det en litt moderne 242 :P

[larsverm]

Dermed må vi vel kunne regne det som hevet over tvil at denne bilen eksisterer. Men at den er en av 30 som ble "feilprodusert" synes vel fortsatt høyst tvilsomt. Er vel et hjemmebygg, hvis det ikke er profesjonelt ombygd av en eller annen grunn. Skrullete prosjekt uansett, etter mitt syn...

[wunder-daniel]

hvis det skulle vise seg at det var en feilproduksjon hadde nok volvo blitt så flaue at dem ville hysje det ned mest mulig, jeg tviler ikke på at 240 ble solgt i sovjet/estland på 80-tallet, vet at 240-serien bl.a ble solgt i øst-tyskland og nord-korea

[V940R6]

kan jo være bygget som en handicap-bil engang i tiden. Men siste offisielle 242 ble vel bygget i 1983.

[larsverm]

Todørs 240 (242) ble også laget i 1984.

 

Hvis en slik "1+2"-dørs versjon skulle være hensiktsmessig som handikapbil, skal man vel ikke utelukke at det kan være dette som er saken her.

 

Angående Volvo i kommuniststatene: 264TE ble brukt av toppsjiktet i DDR, da deres egenproduserte biler (Wartburg) ikke helt holdt standarden, mens de på den annen side for syns skyld heller ikke kunne tillate seg å kjøpe vesttyske biler, slik som MB. Ellers har det også vist seg at det ble solgt en litt spesiell versjon i få eksemplarer, 244DLS, i Øst-Tyskland. Det finnes sikkert flere eksempler, men i det store og det hele tror jeg vi kan fastslå at Volvo var en luksus for et eksklusivt fåtall i Øst-Europa frem til 1989-90. Selv om man aldri skal si aldri, ville jeg tro at en 80-talls Volvo i Estland mest sannsynlig er hentet inn brukt fra et vestlig land, gjerne Sverige.

[herne supp]

Hello,

i must say that this three door car is mine, as i have been told it was police car.dark blue in original colour (as you see in my oldcars rally pictures) and birght blue is after i respreying it.i got this car a year ago and i am third owner in estonia since 1996.as i know these car made only for police ca 27 units, anybody knows more tell me know, i havent seen more.as i dont speak your language but seems to me that you are talking someting about 264t also, there in one limo in estonia too driven by king himself IMGP4850

[larsverm]

Hello there! It's very good of you as owner of this car to enter our discussion.

 

Yes, we have wondered quite a bit about the origins of your "1+2 door" 240. It's a mystery to us.

 

The whole thing started with a wikipedia entry stating, among other things, that this was one of about 30 (could just as well be 27, as you say) "1+2 door" cars resulting from a "mishap" during production, which most of us here found highly unlikely. We even tended to dismiss the picture as a photoshop fake, but finally we believe, I guess...

 

It would be helpful to us if you could tell any of the following:

 

What model year? The chassis number (or the significant parts of it)? Was it built as a 1+2 door from the start, or was it done later? Was it made for the police in Estonia or some other country (Sweden?)? Are you saying that the car came to Estonia in 1996, or has it been there since new?

 

We've been speculating on these questions and more. I don't know if you have any more info - did you get any sort of documents with it? Anything to shed some light on this...

 

The 264TE "Limo" by Bertone has been mentioned in this thread, as you noticed. That was when we strayed on to Volvos in the former communist countries of Europe - such as the top brass of East Germany who would rather have long Volvos since they couldn't really be seen with West German luxury cars.

[oeb]

Ser ut som det er dårlig opprettingsjobb på venstre bakskjerm..

[herne supp]

my car is from 1987 and as i know its made in sweden in special workshop, full vin i can post tomorrow but by that its 244, as i know its made with 3doors at start by hand like limos, its from sweden and came to estonia 1996, it has no spetcial features (recaro i put there myself), engine in b200k, no power anything. This wikipedia article is yoke with picture of my car (who put it there, i dont know.Since 1990 there was very small numbers on wester cars in estonia (thanks to soviet occupation, was even forbbitten to buy cars exept soviet whitch you also cant buy these times because of waiting lists ca 15 years to buy a lada). About this limo here, this is not bertone but original volvo limo, one picture (yet with swedish numbers, and flags) pilt 034

[herne supp]

vin YV1244233H1257146, i use this car as dailydriver, if anybody knows more cars like this or correct history let me know, this number 27 my brother find in internet but where, he forgot

[MortenK]

Bildet fra wikipedia stammer herfra, samme bilen igjen Fotoalbum > Teistmoodi 200 @ Teistmoodi 200

 

It would have been nice to find some official documents or information about what this car is ment to do with 1+2 doors.

For disabled drivers? Why not a 242?

As a police car, why not a 244?

For fun? Maybe :P

 

But from all the pictures, it has to be real.

 

The vin# is from a 244 if I am not mistaken.

[Geir19]

Det virker som om at det er en og samme bilen ja..

Siden alle har samme reg.nr og beige recaro-sete ja..

 

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[Larset]

vin nr YV1244233H1257146=

244= volvo 244

23=b200k

3=m47

h= 1987

1=made in sweden

257146= chassisnummer

 

Ser ut som det er en vanlig 244 orginalt

[oeb]

Ser også ut som det er en dårlig karosseri jobb på førersida, se på bakskjermen / hjulbuen

[slitenvolvo]

my car is from 1987 and as i know its made in sweden in special workshop, full vin i can post tomorrow but by that its 244, as i know its made with 3doors at start by hand like limos, its from sweden and came to estonia 1996, it has no spetcial features (recaro i put there myself), engine in b200k, no power anything. This wikipedia article is yoke with picture of my car

 

Interesting. Do you know if the 3-door version was made for any particular purpose? Earlier in the thread it was speculated that this car was made for wheelchair users, hence the wider 242-style door, but since your car lacks both hand-throttle and hand-brakes, it probably rules out that possibility...

 

Only alternatives left is that it was made for really fat drivers, or as an elaborate hoax to poke fun at 242 enthusiasts, and their obsession with the numbers of doors on a car. :D