Unfortunately for prospective buyers of vintage Volvos, this price, though it could be negotiated down a bit, is in the ballpark. Tidier or lower-mileage examples are apparently priced north of 10K.

Another example of research demonstrating what people already know, but worthwhile work just the same, if it helps bring about changes.

True fact: This car was once owned by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr, who drove it only on his way to and from work at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, DC.

Unfortunately, there are fewer details about the body than the mechanicals, but presuming that’s sound, this is a beautiful car, apparently with newish insides, and will be lots of fun. I’d take it on its own terms and disregard the replica stigma.

AWD as a requirement rules out a lot of otherwise suitable cars. Sullivan should check out what other people are driving. I’ll bet a lot of people in those parts manage just fine with front-wheel-drive, especially with snow tires. If he decides AWD is a must, Subarus (esp for his needs, an Impreza) seem the top…

The last time I saw a Civic this old was in the Smithsonian History Museum (red car in the back of this photo:

I’m a suspicious of Fords as the next guy, but you have to be really fomocophobic to CP this one. I don’t know the market in Spokane, but here in NJ you’d be hard put to find something, anything, at that price that runs and could pass inspection. Not only is this car evidently fairly rust and dent free—and that’s…