Hello Jaap,


Some contact again! I just uploaded some more photos, which show my 121 and 244 "Chiquita". Please check out. I guess you might like the colour of the 244.


Wout.

Rating: 10

I sold it because she was becoming a very expensive hobby! I couldn't stop spending money on her! Plus i really hankered after a 480 Turbo....and i got one! I do miss her though-gutted i never got to see her with the S40 trim on the bottom of the rear bumper, graphite grey alloys and sprayed front bumper! Oh well-i've got my 480 to play with now, and it's a rocket!

Hello,


Talking about cars going to the UK, I have some far family living near, with whom we have a close relationship. Their daughter went to learn to fly in England. She borrowed her father's green 122S from 1967. She had installed/ made a system with mirrors that is very useful when passing by lorries. It works like this: when looking in the interior mirror, she looks into a mirror placed like the original mirror, but than at the rear window. That one reflects your view into a diagonally placed mirror next to the window. Like this you can watch past lorries nearly as easy as you should be able to in a car with the steering wheel at the right place.
Met vriendelijke groet, Wout.

Dear WESchrama - I never truly owned a car until obtained my degree in 1998. I studied law in Utrecht. So I probably followed in many of your footsteps in the Domstad. So, the first car I had a yellow slip for was a 1974 Volvo 142 ("banaan"). There's a picture of this one in my gallery. Prior to this I shared a Peugeot 304 with my mom. Before the Peugeot, my trusting parents lent me their cars virtually whenever I needed a car (jaarclub vakanties en dergelijke).
Well, the 142 carried me through military service and marriage. Then I dismantled it to upgrade the white 145 we had found in Delft. I believe this happened in 1992. Alongside the 145 we first bought an '81 245 which was traded in for an '88 240 GLT saloon. The GLT is still in the family. My mother in law still drives it around in France (app. 340,000 kms on the clock). The GLT went when I got my first company car: a 1995 Ford Scorpio Estate (the last model with the 'frog-eyes'). The Scorpio was superceded by a 2.3 LPT Volvo 940 estate in 1997. Great car. The white 145 was still going strong - though by now it was being used to ferry around 4 children and a dog (plus obviously my lovely wife). Not exactly ideal for a hobby car. For years the car had been groing better and better with the work I undertook. I was losing the battle. Out went the 145 and in came an immaculate 1972 164E (PAS, automatic, aircon, new black leather interior).
We moved to Kent in 1999 - enter the Grand Espace 2.2. TD. I imported the 164 to the UK (I obtained an L-reg plate from the DVLA). I fell for another gold coloured 164E (RHD) when I was looking for a banger for my daily station run. The other 164E was garaged and only came out for an occasional dry weather run. This first 164E I sold in 2001. Over time (and having moved back to Holland and then to Scotland), I kept and worked on the RHD. That's the car you can see in my gallery. It's been stripped, welded, resprayed. The springs, stabilisers and shocks have been replaced and the 4 disc brakes are kept in top condition. The 164 has had an engine transplant, a stainless steel exhaust fitted and the BW35 has been overhauled as well. All in all the car has app. 69,000 miles on the clock and drives like a dream. The straight-six roughly produces 175 BHP - you should see the faces of the yobs in their Corsa's when they can't keep up.
Since 2000 we've owned a selection of Espaces, Volvo's (850R Estate, V40 1.8, 850 SE Estate) and Landrovers (Discovery TD5, Defender 110).
Currently my wife drives a 1993 Mistubishi Pajero Exceed LWB.
I have 3 Volvo's. 2 of them are in Scotland: 164E and a white 850 AWD Estate. In Holland I drive my 850 R Estate (I work in Holland but spend as much time as I can with my wife and 4 children who happily live, work and go to school in Scotland).
That's about it - for now.
Groet, Jaap

Waar haal je ze toch vandaan?
Where do you get them from?

Wat heb jij zoal gereden?

I started out with a Renault 4 in 1969.
In 1972 my wife bought one, too.
In 1973 I bought a Simca 1100 Van
In 1974 I parked it in a tree with 80kmph
That cracked my neck, so the GP told me to drive either Mercedes, either Saab, or Volvo. The Mercedes and the Saab need orthopedic chairs. So I bought my first Volvo,
1974 144
1976 144
1980 244
Except for the second Renault, these were all cars to´do my job with`. I am a veterinarian. The (belastinginner) didn´t believe we could drive a big Volvo for less taxes (praktijktarief) and own a private small Renault. He thought we would probably then make fun tours in the 244, too. So I had to buy a car in an equal class. That´s when the 121 blue (see my album) came.
1980 121
1986 245
1988 740 (five door)
1992 740 GL (five door)See my album.
This was my first second hand, I had just had my seventh child (he is with me saying goodbye to the car in the album as well). This would be the last Volvo I buy. I couldn´t afford it anymore.


2001. Citroen BX Deauville for my children
2003. Citroen ZX another one for my children
2003. Citroen BX Deauville for my children
2004. The 1988 740 quit. Citroen Berlingo white bought instead.
2005. The 1991 740 GL (see my album) quit. Citroen Xantia Break grey bought instead.
2005. Citroen AX for my children


I still have all the Citroens, AND the 121 from 1962.
I am still crazy about Volvos, and I am grateful I notice my youngest son begging for a Volvo for when he´s 18, he is 13 now.


Kennelijk ben ik niet erg merktrouw, maar ik denk dat ik misschien een 343 van voor 1980 (ronde koplampen) voor mijn jongste zoon koop.
Apparently I am not very loyal to the brand, but I think I might just buy a 343 from before 1980 (round headlights) for my youngest son.
My excuses to the English for belastinginner and praktijktarief. I don´t know those words in English.

Nice! That's just the one I had... Check out my album In the ditch. If it is reliable, and my fiscal status allows me to, I might just buy it.

Rating: 8

Well, that's a pity. You almost had a chance for some good weather.

The car was very reliable. Nor was it the cost of fuel. I actually bought a 164E when I sold the white 145! It's just something one does, I guess.


groeten!