From Restoration To Scrap - Saying farewell to my volvo 245

[@RollinHeritage]

To clear things up, This car was bough for €960,- by my back in 2019. After having it welded by someone close to me i drove it on the roadtrip to sweden. When i got back i used it as my daily for a long time and back in 2021 i started the build to make it a cleaner "show' type of 240. The welded pieces from 2019 turned out to be horrifying and every single piece of the car needed work. I learned how to do welding on this car and it teached me loads of things. The welding was all done without knowing how. Just see how it goes along the way. With what i know right know i would FULLY start over on this car. With my experience in high end aston martin restoration and knowing how much time and money goes into something. This car was not worth it in any way. The only thing that made me keep it for so long were the memories.

[@danjones2913]

Owning a white wagon myself, I loved anything to do with this build

[@RollinHeritage]

I'm sorry. Space is worth so so much here in the netherlands. And the amazon is my dreamcar. That comes first

[@103erik]

Sad to see the 245 scrapped - it looks like a pretty solid car. Good to view the Amazon progressing. Look forward to seeing paint on it, and the mechanicals coming together. Keep up the good work!

[@PeterKonst-r6o]

Leuke video einde van een mooi tijdperk op naar de volgende succes

[@mayflowerlash11]

It's a tough decision to scrap a loved car. But better things (Amazon) will flourish because of that decision. I wish you success in your endeavours.

[@ricksampson6780]

You can't save them all, unfortunately!

[@HorsepowerDashcam]

Thats a huge step to take. I hope it was the right one. I myself promised to always keep my "first" car, be it as a garden ornament when it won't drive anymore - my connection to it is just too deep.. But making way for the future (Amazon in your case) can be relieving. I have never sold a car and am currently struggeling to keep all 7 of them, only my two Volvos have TÜV. The other are falling apart. Hence for me such a step seems near. Hats off to your decision. Looking forward ti the Amazons completion, the shell looks so clean 😍

[@RollinHeritage]

My first car was a VW golf IV variant. (Wagon). Got the car before i got my licence. When i got that i blew the engine 8 days later. That car still drives around somewhere. The 245 was my second car. And i will someday, oneday, buy a similar flatnose white 245 to recreate this one. But for now it saves me 100,- a month in storage and that makes a huge difference when starting a own shop isn't going that easy.

[@HorsepowerDashcam]

@@RollinHeritage Thats true! Recreating it when the time is right is the next best thing, if reason/life forces you to sell it. I put the "first" in " intentionally. My first car (the 1959 VW Bug I crash in my Channel-Intro) belonged to my parents back then. I just feel its my first car, because I made my first actual car memories with it. Just like you described with your 245. Luckily my parents gifted it to me on my last birthday, so I will start restoring it next month

[@SimpsonsClassics]

Such a shame to see her go buddy but it does come a time when these things need to happen. I hope she is being saved and will be put back on the road..

[@RollinHeritage]

She will not be saved. She has been bought by a guy that does car rodeo and demolition derby. Iknow iknow.. it's all a shame to see 😅😂 This car was pretty rusted out underneath. I have welded most of it but i do not trust my welding from back then as much as i do it now. So i don't want anyone to save it. It sounds weird but i somewhat destroyed the car by learning how to weld in my opinion. But this car is the reason that i now have my own shop and that i can save so much more cars. So she will not be scrapped for no reason.

[@SimpsonsClassics]

@@RollinHeritage that’s a shame but do completely understand dude. There has been some cars on my channel which I have sold to further the channel it’s all part of the circle of projects and the fact we need to keep moving…

[@Tasmanian_D3vil]

I said that when i saw removing holes for trim and makes weird changes. That car was lost years ago...

[@RollinHeritage]

Thats just not true. Even when fully original 240's aren't worth anything close to much. I was turning this car into a showcar. With double weber 45's. It was going to be a panel van with 242 doors but still 4 seats. Rear would be shortened and lowered on the end to turn it into a shooting brake panel van. Things change, money changes. Covid hit and turned my bank account arrount and building cars turned twice as expensive and so did time.

[@ricksampson6780]

@@RollinHeritage Average condition 240's are selling for 10K+ in Australia at the moment, cheers.

[@RollinHeritage]

Well, not here in the netherlands. I bought my 244 for 2250,- and that was rather high. It seems people don't understand that the 245 was a complete rotted out car when i started. To restore that to a brand new car like i'm doing to the Amazon, it will take at least 50k in parts, paint and most of all man hours to do that. No 245 is worth 50k.

[@ricksampson6780]

@@RollinHeritage I agree with your comments, no standard 2 series Volvo is worth 50K at this point in time.