Popular Post andyb5 Posted May 26, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 26, 2017 Here's the story behind my new-to-me 2000 V70 R. Its gonna be a long post, and picture heavy too! This thread will serve as a continuation of sorts of my 1999 V70 R build, which can be read here: The conclusion to that thread will come later this summer, as I will be pulling all the modifications of my 99 R, and transferring them to the 00 R. Now, onto the details of my new Venetian Red 00 R! My friend sent me the for sale ad on Facebook: Here's a couple of the photos from the listing: After spending a few weeks negotiating with the seller, I bought a one way flight to Denver, packed some tools in my bag (I did, however, forgot to pack underwear ) and went to visit some friends before picking up a car and driving it 1900 miles across the country back to New York!!! I landed in Denver Friday evening (May 12) in the early evening. While there, I got to check out the murals of the Denver Airport, and see all the other bits that are the basis for a long list of conspiracy theories. Here's how it sat when I picked it up from the seller at a shopping center a short walk from my friends apartment. Shortly after taking delivery of my R, I went on a hike in up Golden with my friends. The views were stunning to say the least. After lots of fun touring around the Denver area on Saturday, I packed my stuff into the car and started driving back to NY on Sunday morning (May 14th) with plans to stop at my friend's place in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Here are some photos from the drive Sunday. Nebraska was wide open, flat, and very easy to drive through: Drove through miles of turbines in Iowa (despite the picture being of a singular turbine). There's a Don Quixote joke here somewhere.... Cruising towards Cedar Falls, Iowa and got to watch the sun set Sunday's drive was about 800 miles, which took about 12 hours, and the drive home was off to a great, relatively easy start. Here's how my car sat outside my buddy's place in Iowa on Monday morning When I left Iowa Monday morning, my destination was headed to Anthony's (@apeacock) house near Buffalo, NY. Monday held about 850 miles of driving, which was about 13 hours of driving. Stopped for gas in PA. I had a hard time with card reader on the pumps though.... Made it to Anthony's around 10pm, took him for a quick test drive, and then face-planted into the extremely comfortable bed in his guest room. Monday morning before I left his house, Anthony took this photo of our wagons together Made good time on my way back to Troy on Tuesday morning - at this point, 300 miles seemed like a short drive to me I got to enjoy some really nice views in the mountains in western NY: Here's how the odometer when I made it home: The entire trip was 1960 miles, and I managed an average of 26.8 mpg at an average speed of 70 mph. All of this was calculated from the trip computer. And here's how my two wagons sat when I got the office on Tuesday at noon: Earlier tonight I got it registered in NY, so now the build can begin. Stay tuned, this should be a fun project and I'm very excited to get working on it 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeacock Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Lets build this thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackT5 Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Looks good Andy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmsgltr Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Awesome! Didn't want the pegs that were in the for sale thread? That's cool that it went from Austin to CO all at the right time for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyb5 Posted May 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 On 5/28/2017 at 10:41 PM, apeacock said: Lets build this thing! Agreed! I'll keep you posted when the motor/M66 swap happens. On 5/29/2017 at 9:29 AM, BlackT5 said: Looks good Andy! Thanks Mark! On 5/30/2017 at 9:35 AM, gmsgltr said: Awesome! Didn't want the pegs that were in the for sale thread? That's cool that it went from Austin to CO all at the right time for you! Yeah didn't want the pegs, the satellites will do until I put the STI/BBS wheels on it. It definitely took some coordination with the seller to get the timing right, but he was easy to deal with and even went to the DMV and got me a temporary registration/plate to drive it back to NY on. Went to the local Cars and Caffeine meet Sunday morning, and one of the local photographers snagged this shot of me rolling into the show. 18766808_1361413430607064_4738425938921360188_o by Andy Buresh, on Flickr Studded snow tires sure got me some funny looks as I was cruising through the crowd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmsgltr Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 wait. I missed that. did you drive across 1/2 of the country with those tires? cosmetically all it seems to need is a re-spray/fill in plate holes on the front bumper. LOVE the color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Riker Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Venetian red is the best red. I'm curious about the height of the transmission mount. Would highly suggest you move that from your 99... as I think the 00 uses a much shorter one, which didn't work with my existing Hussein bracket of awesome. Your car has an LPT motor in it? Mine did as well. Do you plan to swap the motor from your 99? If your mud flaps are faded like mine, try a heat gun on them. However, this does NOT work for the side mirror bezels. lol. Ask me how I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuner4life Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 ^ Mud flaps should be painted body color... Trust me;) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Riker Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 He's not wrong! That looks killer. Tail lights need to be from a Venetian Red though. ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Nice pickup Andy!! Glad to see you starting fresh, hopefully between the old VR and this one you'll build a hell of a machine! Hopefully we can catch up this summer, I'd love to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum 850 Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Good Luck with the V70R, I am going to enjoy seeing you put your own personal twist onto this one!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyb5 Posted June 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 On 5/31/2017 at 7:59 AM, gmsgltr said: wait. I missed that. did you drive across 1/2 of the country with those tires? cosmetically all it seems to need is a re-spray/fill in plate holes on the front bumper. LOVE the color. Yeah I did the trip on studded snows. No better tires available for 90* sunny weather You're dead on with the bumper, the whole front end is pretty sandblasted from winters in Colorado. There are a few other minor cosmetic bits that need some attention, but overall the body is in good shape and I LOVE the color too. On 5/31/2017 at 10:02 AM, Commander Riker said: Venetian red is the best red. I'm curious about the height of the transmission mount. Would highly suggest you move that from your 99... as I think the 00 uses a much shorter one, which didn't work with my existing Hussein bracket of awesome. Your car has an LPT motor in it? Mine did as well. Do you plan to swap the motor from your 99? If your mud flaps are faded like mine, try a heat gun on them. However, this does NOT work for the side mirror bezels. lol. Ask me how I know. Thanks for the info on the mounts, I'll use the 99 mount for sure. I know we've since talked about all this, but in case anyone else is wondering, the motor will get swapped from my 99 because I'm familiar with the maintenance history and such, so I'll stay with what I know. On 5/31/2017 at 10:31 AM, tuner4life said: ^ Mud flaps should be painted body color... Trust me;) Agreed, and those do look killer, but I'm going to ditch the stock mudflaps for the Rally Armor urethane ones I have on the 99 R. On 5/31/2017 at 11:43 AM, Timbo Slice said: Nice pickup Andy!! Glad to see you starting fresh, hopefully between the old VR and this one you'll build a hell of a machine! Hopefully we can catch up this summer, I'd love to see it. Thanks Timo! That's kinda the goal, take 2 cars, and make 1 cool project out of them. It'd be fun to catch up this summer, shoot me a text sometime and we can figure plans out! On 5/31/2017 at 0:59 PM, Platinum 850 said: Good Luck with the V70R, I am going to enjoy seeing you put your own personal twist onto this one!!! Thanks! I'm enjoying your R project too. I still remember your old 850 project from back in the day. That was a cool machine, and your R is right there too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDM Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Beautiful Venetian Andy! I look forward to seeing this project unfold... Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilled man Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Drive right past my house and dont say hi .... what ever... side note I will be in Albany on Tuesday next week . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan McBoost Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 13 hours ago, Chilled man said: Drive right past my house and dont say hi .... what ever... Mine too, heh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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