Volvo Amazon & Cavalier soft top of my dear old dad's 4 sale

[sonofchevazon]

Hi all! My name is Adam Young and, as you can probably guess from my newly acquired username, I'm board user chevazon/Dave Young's son. Firstly id like to thank you all for your heartfelt condolences on behalf of the family. I know my dad would have been proud of everyone of you for organising a meet in his honor and he'd only be gutted looking down from above that he couldn't partake in a bacon butty as well! Despite my dads love and passion for retro cars sadly it is something which passed myself and my brother and sister by. As youngsters we attended a couple of shows with him, camping in Moniefieth for the Scottish Nationals in the early 90s and been to the Fins & Chrome event at Preston Park a couple of times but that is about as far as it goes. There's a burning desire to take either his Cavalier convertible or the Volvo Amazon and get them in order and show them, but for someone who has no idea how to change a spark plug I think the chances of this happening are slim. Therefore, left as part of his estate, we have both of the afore mentioned cars available to sell to a good home. Have been told the Volvo, in it's state it is currently in, is worth around £2000 and the Cavalier could probably fetch £500. If anyone has any further advice, wishes to 'bid' for either of the vehicles or knows someone who does please get in touch via the board. Thanks once again and I look forward to hearing from some of you in the future

[stys0n84]

any more info, pictures please?

[Fossilfish]

Condolences on your loss.

I am a member of Volvo Owners Club and I could post the ad for the amazon on volvoforum.org (few details like age color etc) the Cav should sell on here with no problem.

I would try to keep one and the wealth of knowledge and support on forums for novices is endless and you never know you could catch the retro bug and also keep one of these motors going.

If you have issues uploading pics send me a private message and you can then send a email and I could upload the images on this thread.

GLWTS

Kindest regards

Raz

[Fossilfish]

These are images of the Cav in question i believe however taken in 2010. Hope it helps

[Fossilfish]

The Amazon taken a while back. Hope this also helps...I just sold my Volvo estate and this one looks so good, I have read that it has had welding done and it just looks sweet with those wheels, what a beauty

[compass]

Volvo looks great.

What work is it likely to need?

[peddyp]

Very interested in the Amazon! Please PM me details asap or call me in - 07932929980 - Pedro

[martinh]

Hi, very interested in amazon and could buy today. I need a phone number pls, thanks, martin

[martinh]

oh and I am on 07595 020282

martin (again)

[peddyp]

I've checked back into this page approximately 4.3million times today, any chance of a response?! Lol

[obzolete]

PM'd you

[sonofchevazon]

Dear all, just had a quick check on here and there seems to be quite a bit of interest, especially in the Amazon. The situation is this: the Volvo is currently off road and SORNED as when it's been in storage the underneath has rusted somewhat and needs some restoration work. The cars now been moved and I'm waiting to hear back from the bloke who's kindly housing it for us to see exactly what needs to be done to it. When I find this out I'll put it up on here. The cavalier also is SORNED at the minute but, by the sounds of it, requires less work to get back on the road. I'd like to thank you all in advance for your patience as working full time and trying to catch the people you need to to progress the sales of the cars is proving to be a time-taking experience! But as soon as I can give you updates on everything I will do, thanks once again

[rs500]

so cool

[sonofchevazon]

UPDATE ON THE CAV!!! Well I've been up to see the Cav convertible this morning and he's looking a wee bit worse for wear! Here's a couple of pics of his current state:

[sonofchevazon]

www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152782395411159&set=pcb.10152782398391159&type=1&theater
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152782396151159&set=pcb.10152782398391159&type=1&theater
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152782396516159&set=pcb.10152782398391159&type=1&theater
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152782396911159&set=pcb.10152782398391159&type=1&theater
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152782397211159&set=pcb.10152782398391159&type=1&theater
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152782397516159&set=pcb.10152782398391159&type=1&theater

[sonofchevazon]

Think that's how you put a pic up on here!!

In a nutshell the engine seems as though it's got a bit of an issue with the cylinder head, the replacement roof's press studs don't match up with the original studs on the car meaning it's become a bit 'leaky' meaning the interior is now rather damp. There's a few other issues so for anymore of the technical stuff pm scaryoldcortina as he knows what's going to be required to get this car back to its unique best!!

looking forward to seeing lots and lots of bids/interest in the coming days!!!

Regards

Adam

[beetleracer]

Been trying to contact both yourself and Dave with no success. if its still for sale let me know.

[obzolete]

Facebook pics don't work I've tried to contact, no use

[scaryoldcortina]

I might be able to help people with more accurate descriptions of the cars and their current state - I still have the cavalier in my yard but the Volvo has been moved somewhere else. I did check it over and assess it's current problems while it was with me though.

Just PM me. I will answer, I promise

[nashmiester]

hi I'm interested in both cars ! can you kindly contact me on 07808274778 nash (where are you located ?)