First model year for the 240 and it has a very low serial number.
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From this angle, the 240 looks nearly identical to its predecessor, the 140. The 240 was different from the A pillars forward, with a modern McPherson strut suspension, but it was still a 1960s design at heart.
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This one shows just over 100,000 miles on the odometer and the seats are sun-faded but not worn out. I suspect it got parked during the 1980s and never drove again.
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The typeface on the RADIO logo looks like something from an ABBA album cover (the band was very popular in Sweden in 1975 but didn’t really hit the charts in the United States until 1976). Factory FM radios were fantastically expensive during the middle 1970s and got stolen a lot.
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The 240’s control panel, with these chunky VDO switches and simple HVAC controls, stayed more or less the same for nearly 20 years. I like those switches for use in junkyard-parts boomboxes.
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Shoulder belts for the rear passengers in 1975? Volvo was well ahead of its time in the safety department.
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The DL trim level was the cheapest in 1975, with the GL the nicest.
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1975 was the only model year in which the 240 got a pushrod engine, in this case a B20 with 98 horsepower. All US-market 240s came with fuel injection.
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The 1975-1977 US-market 240s got two round headlights, then went to four round headlights for 1978-1980 and four square headlights from 1981 through the end.
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I thought of removing and purchasing this VDO dash clock, but I already have one in good working order.
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The tiny dog-dish hubcaps look very old-timey.
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Volvo used this trim piece to cover up a weld seam.
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Rare but, sadly, not valuable. Next stop: The Crusher.
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