learn me....wait for it.......Volvo C70

Found one semi locally that supposedly needs needs trans work, and some electrical gremlins chased. Coupe model, interior looks fairly decent. What should I we watching out for? How horrid are they?

Well, the work it needs outlines why you stay away from them from what I understand.

Different gremlins for the different years, very different.

Transmission swap is not a fun job. Not special bad, just this is never a quick and easy job. Common tranny failures are the 2-3 shift ($30 10-minute part swap, usually), or wrong/dead fluid (= replace transmission)

Nice car, I like them. It's a possible car for me in the future when I decide to quit daily driving the Miata. But I wouldn't buy a project one. In good shape they are enough of a maintenance headache.

They're not worth much even with a good transmission. I wouldn't buy one with a bad transmission unless everything else was perfect and the price was scrap value. (Sub $600) even then I think something Rwd would be more fun.

In reply to dculberson:

That's very close to the advertised price on this one.

I had asked about these a while back, but I was looking at 5-speeds. Still, some good info:

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/learn-mevolvo-c70/51242/page1/

Thanks, didn't realize someone had already broached the C70 learn me.

http://gainesville.craigslist.org/cto/3647834738.html

That's the car I'm thinking about taking a look at, I could do without the wheels, but it looks decent even with CL craptastic picture quality.

I got an idea for a rabbit if you ever find one. :-D But wiring gremlins are awesome, but it sounds like the trans gremlins are the real issue. So pull it all out and go carbed small block?

if you're gonna do it, might as well find an old FWD big block and drop it in!

u-pull has the giant caddy FWD V8's out there, don't tempt me until the V8 miata is running