Volvo 242 Abandoned in the woods

At the beginning of 2024 we found a bunch of Volvos in the woods of rural GA. A friend of mine who shared the location with me really wanted this green 242. Unfortunately, so did! He bought the car and took it home so we didn't film any of the early stages of the car. Fast forward a couple months, 2 weeks after I brought home the yellow 142s, my friend reached out and asked if I would buy the green 242 from him.

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[itsmephil]

Well, little rough at idle, but could be worse 🎉

[jonathanwaddington]

My mechanic friend has had one parked at his fix it shop. It's been sitting in his parking lot for 30 years because the customer died the day before he was to pick it up. It still sits there for anyone who wants it.

[pellepp]

Watching you and your Volvos here in Sweden as always with a big smile❤❤

[waffleeater]

It's pretty sad to see a Volvo 242 abandoned in the middle of the woods.

[judahfreeman]

I love that car It's such a beautiful Volvo! Thank you for giving it the love it deserves.

[arcturius]

The cut wires behind the center console look to be from the stereo which uses that 9-pin square connector.

[adamv]

Love me some RWD Volvo content. Always one of the highlights of my Sunday night. Thanks, Dean.

[SimpsonsClassics]

What a cool car. This needs to be in the UK really…

[bassjaymi]

Looks like you had fun....can't wait to hear more about the GLE

[thomasteigen]

Looking forward to more videos of this car. 🙂

[johnti]

If you have a junk B230 chrysler ignition harness, you can splice in the 1984-on distributor plug, then use the ignition box and distributor from the 244. That way, you can see if the LH 2.0 stuff does actually work or if the ECU is fried, which might be partly why it was parked.

[costela]

25k miles is nothin! My s70 has over 30k miles& 100% Street leagal. & very soon i will get my new project. A green 740wagon 93 i gues. BUT this is rebuil to a #atraktor yes. & it goona have around 50k miles. & White A traktor that it mean it is build White only 2 front seat, & the intire back end is blocked of. IF there are a batteri in back they allow you to get acses to it. Or you could make a pickup version of it, & this was comen befor the new rules. & waight down to like 2 ton & a computer that max it at 30km or like 15mph, & can be driven by 15year olds yes. Tho i long past that. You can start at age 18 to take a real car licens yes 🇸🇪

[einfeldt]

It surely sounds like a perfect candidate for a little V8 upgrade 😊😊😊