Did Volvo ever win the WRC Manufacturer's Title?
Posted by wvonkessler
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john vanlandingham Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > alkun Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Yeah but there were whole rally series for > stock > > volvo 240 in Sweden, often with 50-80 entries > the > > old guys tell me. > > VOC, Volvo Original Cup. > That madness spred to Norway and Holland and even > those dour serious germans saw a good thing and > introduced VOC Denmark as well - we have a national VOC, and a few of the drivers participate in parts of the Swedish VOC as well (and for the most part get their ass handed to them :-)). With a few exceptions the Ovlov's aren't that good for Danish rallies though. Almost no gravel, and fairly slow twisty stages. Not particularly suitable for a somewhat long and heavy 240. One guy does really well though - he was brought up with rallying though. Whole family is involved. Dad's been rallying 240's for ever, little brother is rallying as well, and the guy used to co-pilot his dad. Mom is in the service crew :-). Put him on gravel with his 240 VOC, and he'll beat most of the Danish rally "elite", since they're used to tarmac mostly. Danish VOC website: http://www.volvooriginal.dk/ (danish only I'm afraid). Brgrds Brian 
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Carl S Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > wvonkessler Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Yeah, but who wants to run some piece of shit > from > > some Scandanavian cuntry? Especially some > boxy > > piece of shit. Weighs a ton. Looks ugly. > > > > My opinions are my own and are not to be > construed > > as representing the viewpoint of any other > person > > or organization. How's that for legalese? > > > Dude, you're way off base. They weigh a ton and a > half. Actually they DON'T... stock they're around 1250 kg.... and easily brought down due to all the crap that's in them. Volvo's group A race cars for circuit racing were below 1000 kg - more like close to 900 kg. Albeit that's with some trick body work - but with the rules you guys have for building (we're not allowed to lighten ANYTHING - body's to remain stock, no carbon fiber hoods or other parts, etc.), it shouldn't be too hard to come close to that. Brgrds Brian
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John Vanlandingham Super Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
12xalt Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > don't feed the troll > > at first I thought this was actually a real > question in a real thread, I bit just like the > rest of you, but his 2nd post clearly shows he's > only trying to get a rise out of people and have > us try to argue with him or attempt to convince > him differently even though he just doesn't care, > the whole purpose was to create drama He's just upset that despite the Krautski-esque edel name, he can't read a word of Swedish and so if he can't read all the hundreds and hundreds of rally result lists FULL of Volvos dominating GroupH--which he recognizes as the class to learn from, but sinc ehe can't read 15-18 years of quite amazing results, then it didn't happen... besides, he's pissed that there's no love for Chevrolet Chevettes here which, according meine liebste advokat is the answer to life, the universe and everything... Problem is all you have to do is look up the start list for Olympus WRC in 1986, the historic last GpB event and also the last event that 2 famous cars Homologation ran out (International events are open to currently homologated cars and homologation runs out 5 years after the end of production. Opel Ascona B,the car that dominated Swedish rally from the mid 70ss thru the early 90s before it was dethroned as THE car to have ran out 31 December 1986 as did the mighty Saab 96---even though as we all know series production ended in Feb 1980, but Saab sold new "T-bilar" or competition shells thru 1981, so by this ruse they got an extra year. Now as we all know the answer to all the BIG Qustions was worked out by Deep Thought---a super powerful computer so big a planet had to be made to hold it, and after a 10,000 year running of the program the answer to Life, the Universe and EVERYTHING was found to be.................................................. 42. look up that Start List? OK let me help a bit: 
Look on the Rally Shield of that nice Saab 96 and what start number do you see? That's right.... PROOF! that the Saab 96 is the answer to all the big questions in life... So unsere Herr von Kessler ist im kessel! Of course he's going get all surly, but he shouldn't cause he has a pair of nice cars now, all he needs is good suspenders and maybe some hot cams for the 1900 16v.. No love for Chevette and there is proof that > > > I know my own kind, I've done the same thing on > another site asking about drag racing :p John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
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I think my Datsun 510 was on the last year of homologation for Olympus also.
But I guess the best way to defend somene calling a Volvo ugly is to put up a picture of a SAAB.... 
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