1977 Volvo 343 - walkaround tour (Volvo 340)

Think you know what a Volvo 340 looks like? This is a tour and review of my 1977 Volvo 343, the original model year of production. There's lots of brown plastic, lots of badly fitting parts, funky Dutch transmission, some waxoyl and some rust. What more could you want?!
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[@Mischahof]

Vredestein Tires!!! Used to be the most common and reliable tires to buy in the Netherlands. Side note, My grandmother had a similar model as a DAF version when I was growing up. Love this video! Thanks for uploading this Siôn :)

[@spainter1985]

I still can't believe you managed to find that original fabric, brilliant!

[@MylarBalloonLover]

please take good care of this classic. I personally like the brown look of the inside. I have a late 1970s school desk also totally brown.

[@wesleybaay6922]

i bought a blue 343 with tinted windows from 1979 saturday as my first car for when i'll complete my driving license test. it runs good and is problem free, i love it that the car is just simple and i can work on alot of things by myself. i also found it funny that it has heated seats.

[@wesleybaay6922]

btw your videos are awesome! keep up the good work man:)

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Fantastic!

[@zebedep]

Very enjoyable video! I have always liked these cars, especially the early models such as this.

[@davidhall7744]

Another great video 😀 Your opening shot 340 brought back memories

[@bigjohno242]

Great video mate 👍

[@christianbenvenuto6921]

Beautiful car volvo 343- DL, automatic.very fantastic car, of 1977 awesome....

[@simonc858]

Good stuff, I had an A reg 340GL with the bonkers variomatic, then I had a D reg 360GLE, then a Volvo gap next one was an X reg S40, then another big gap, as a second car now have a 15 year old V50, good videos, keep them coming

[@simonc858]

Sion Hudson ah mine is a 2.0 Diesel, I work out on community, also have a much younger Mondeo (but that’s a huge big barge😎)

[@musicteacha]

This new fabric is gonna look great. And I like the simple design of these cars!

[@davidyoung9561]

Last time I saw an R-reg 343 was in 1990. It was white and full of rust. That was the only time I saw an R-reg. Initial production figure of the 3-series were low. I consider myself lucky enough to get hold of my A-reg 340DL 5dr back in 2015. Took me a while to find an early model.

[@paulhardy2014]

Just found your channel and loving the content 👍

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Aww, thank you! Glad you are enjoying it

[@Leo-ti9nl]

You are pumping out videos! Is that your hobby during quarantine? Keep it up

[@Leo-ti9nl]

@@MorselsAndMotors Nice! Are there also some with the 245? Thats my favorite :))

[@robertngreen6]

Wow! This car is fantastic. It's got patina beyond belief and of course it's so bad it's lovely. Totally brilliant! Good luck with the seat material, don't envy you with that job. Do please keep these videos coming!

[@ricardokim4870]

THIS VOLVO CUTE.

[@davidhall7744]

I’ll try that again (damn you iphone keyboard 😂). Your opening shot 340 brought back happy memories of my E reg 340 GL the same silver/grey colour, it was my first ‘quality’ car and I loved it. Looking forward to see what you can do with early model 😀🇸🇪

[@doktoruzo]

Would loved to have seen the process of you restoring the seats. Great videos by the way. Daflo 66 GL (1977) owner here. Subbed.

[@MarkieC1990]

I love the dials!! Should’ve definitely kept those, I think I prefer the interior on this model year, the seats look great too. I imagine parts are really hard to source, I’m lucky in a sense that a lot of the mk2 stuff is interchangeable with the mk3’s like wing mirrors and interior trims etc

[@MarkieC1990]

My 83 has smiths dials but they’re a different style to those.

[@touraneindanke]

Funny but almost everyone that repainted rims makes them to light. Just a little bit darker looks perfect

[@edgarbeat275]

Like 100 Fantastic car.

[@davidhall7744]

Sion, what cars do you currently have in total?

[@doktoruzo]

Nice DAF 77. I have a Volvo 66 from 1977 but I call it 'the DAF'...it's not a Volvo. I rather like DAF's. Quirky little cars.