Barn find classic Volvo estate survivor sat for 30 years - will it start?

Welcome to The Late Brake Show for another classic barn find episode. We say barnfind, but it is a regular suburban garage find, where a 1973 Volvo 145 (the one before the 240 and the one after the Amazon) has been in hibernation (stuffed full of spare parts) for the last 30 years. Jonny contacted about this automotive discovery through a friend in the EV world. He'd seen the car covered in carpets during a home being cleared (due to a bereavement). Neil immediately emailed Jonny with a pic to say he'd contacted the family to ask permission to possibly help remove the car and find it a new home.

It transpires that the Volvo in question was the 'special occasion' family car for the late owner Trevor Cox, who was a nuclear power station safety engineer. It turns out he liked safe cars, and preserving them to the nth degree. In this video Jonny's old friend Bryn Musselwhite (who mans the cams for this vid) arranges to buy the car, because this car was just the same model as the one his late father had when he was a kid. One of these Volvos was Bryn's first car memory, and that seed never left his brain. Today Bryn is an accomplished motoring journalist, an even better video producer and whom Jonny can call a solid mate. He also comes from the same part of Somerset as Jonny, so there's that.

Hopefully this vid shows how an 'ordinary' car that gets pampered and preserved for no apparent reason then finds a new home for a bright future. We love a happy ending here on TLBS, especially if it involves a classic car. We must take this chance to say a huge thank you to the Cox family; to Neil Brandon for finding the car and then to Bryn for filming it and becoming the new custodian.

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Filmed by: Bryn Musselwhite @brynmusselwhite (Instagram)
Edited by: Mark Taylor Hankins @inksharkman (Instagram)
Thumbnail by: Matt Tarrant - www.matttarantdesign.com

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Jonny Smith
Creative content maker, car presenter & car pervert for hire since '98
Website: http://www.carpervert.com

Instagram:   / jonnycarpervert  
Twitter:   / carpervert  

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:08 Garage door open
1:53 Here it is
2:40 Nuclear power safety engineer owner!
3:05 Removing covers
3:28 Last used November 1989
3:55 Original documents
4:13 Old photos
5:00 Brochures
5:35 Bryn owned a 144
6:05 P1800 ES
6:30 Kerb weight
6:45 Detailed service notes
7:15 Old accident damage?
8:28 Tyres inflated
9:01 Family watching
9:33 Engine bay
10:15 Brakes seized
11:02 Full of spares!
11:33 Deluxe model
11:42 Pulling it out
12:27 Volvo outside!
13:30 Hand painted tow bar!
14:00 Interior
15:04 Boot full of NOS spares
15:50 Car kettle!
16:15 Labelled everything
16:25 Fire up prep
17:05 MORE spares
17:55 Any rust?
18:18 Neighbourhood car memories
19:25 Carchaeology
19:50 7 seater!
21:12 WILL IT FIRE?
22:12 Fire up
22:38 Finale
23:37 How it was found
24:39 Thanks and subscribe
25:00 Want more barn finds?

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