1971 Volvo 145 De Luxe

1971 Volvo 145 in Diep, Movie, 2005

Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
garco ◊ 2013-09-10 23:05	-- Last edit: 2013-09-11 12:47:17
atom ◊ 2013-09-11 00:41	I see that it is listed as a car first registred in NL in 1971 at RDW. It's a bit strange that it has 1973-1974 front fenders and US-spec 1973 bumpers and US-spec 1973-1974 rear side marker. The doors is 1968-1971 so they would be correct for the MY though...
garco ◊ 2013-09-11 07:43	Maybe it's a 1971 chassis (so license also) with new bodyparts?
sixcyl ◊ 2013-09-11 12:22	Nice
atom ◊ 2013-09-11 12:36	It was pretty common to change the front fender when the old ones got to much rust. Sometimes you see cars with newer fenders either because they couldn't find the right ones or they wanted to make a home made facelift. It's very rare to see these cars fitted with US-spec stuff though. Especially the rear side marker, it both require drilling in the body and electric wires.
garco ◊ 2013-09-11 12:47	Added a picture from the other side. There is also a side marker. Maybe the rear side markers just do not work... Saves times
atom ◊ 2013-09-11 12:51	From the new picture we can tell that it has 240 seats too, they probably did alot of stuff to this car then
tore-40 ◊ 2013-09-11 12:53	The vent makes it a 1971 as oldest possible, fuel filler 1973 as latest possible. So MY1971-73, probably as atom says 1971 fitted with newer parts.
garco ◊ 2013-09-11 12:54	I see now, the original color is grey.