POV: Test Drive a 50-Year-Old Volvo 245 with High Mileage in Africa

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  • Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024

Комментарии • 149

  • @blexidy
    @blexidy  3 месяца назад +29

    This volvo is modified for hauling, which is why there are no seats in it.
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    • @SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim
      @SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim 2 месяца назад

      i politely refuse.

    • @metonAlternate
      @metonAlternate 2 месяца назад +2

      Made in Sweden 1980, not 1950

    • @nicholasagnew2792
      @nicholasagnew2792 2 месяца назад

      Cop: Sir, you have no brakes lights
      Oh I'm sorry officer I'll buy some bulbs.
      Cop: No...the brake lights...they're gone.

  • @ReodorF1
    @ReodorF1 3 месяца назад +83

    Nice volvo Mad Max edition

    • @vitorbarreto3002
      @vitorbarreto3002 2 месяца назад +2

      😂

    • @AmigaA-or2hj
      @AmigaA-or2hj 2 месяца назад +5

      The Volvo is more economical whereas Mel’s car is a gas guzzler. Silly when fuel is precious!😂

  • @dungracersintl
    @dungracersintl 3 месяца назад +92

    Well,, this thing´s come a long way from torslanda. It is no older than 1986 though, the two air intakes in front of the windscreen gives it away. B230A carburator engine by the looks of it so probably somewhere between -86-88.

    • @ChillToMusic87
      @ChillToMusic87 2 месяца назад +1

      No definitely 50 years old this one.

  • @daff847
    @daff847 3 месяца назад +29

    Old volvo never die

  • @atleandersen1924
    @atleandersen1924 2 месяца назад +15

    Rear leaf springs. Nice upgrade 👍

    • @blexidy
      @blexidy  2 месяца назад

      Yeah, for hauling heavy loads.

  • @eldo59
    @eldo59 3 месяца назад +21

    It gets the job done! That's what matters most.

  • @callumengland198
    @callumengland198 3 месяца назад +15

    I think that volvo has seen better days

  • @MUNDIKS
    @MUNDIKS 2 месяца назад +2

    This is James Bond car!🚀🚀

  • @notcentervillewalter
    @notcentervillewalter 3 месяца назад +21

    The condition of this car hurts me (as do the movements of the camera)

    • @рулонобоев-о3п
      @рулонобоев-о3п 2 месяца назад +3

      Africa, bro

    • @burakozc3079
      @burakozc3079 2 месяца назад +4

      Condition? What condition? That car is begging to be scrapped.

    • @philip_si
      @philip_si 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@burakozc3079I thought it already was scrap and it had just forgot to stop rolling.

  • @markbray2988
    @markbray2988 2 месяца назад +1

    One careful owner. Any inspection welcome.

  • @meyawabdulaziz3863
    @meyawabdulaziz3863 2 месяца назад +6

    that car lived more than some people

  • @agoogleaccount2861
    @agoogleaccount2861 2 месяца назад +3

    Old Volvo. It just doesn't die ..they last almost forever

  • @albinklein7680
    @albinklein7680 3 месяца назад +10

    Sorry for the Nit-picking, but that is a Volvo 245 and not a 244.

  • @DeanTorhob
    @DeanTorhob 2 месяца назад +4

    какая красотааааааа 😍🤩🤩

  • @matthewbuirley9434
    @matthewbuirley9434 3 месяца назад +3

    I like your videos do MORE TRUCKS ❤❤

    • @blexidy
      @blexidy  3 месяца назад +2

      I will, thanks

  • @TimWilkin
    @TimWilkin 2 месяца назад +1

    One day in the future you will be glad to have a car like this.

  • @SunKing968
    @SunKing968 2 месяца назад

    Nice! Ready for Pebbles Beach!

  • @leonardgoldberg2879
    @leonardgoldberg2879 2 месяца назад +12

    This will be Europe in 20 years with all the diversity and enrichment going on.

    • @bob-gk5jn
      @bob-gk5jn 2 месяца назад +2

      😂 you guys need to end socialism now!!!

  • @BMW.535d
    @BMW.535d 2 месяца назад

    Wauw, and I tought some of the old Volvo’s here in Denmark was beat up 😄 This is a other level of beat up 😄😄

  • @johnnilsson3153
    @johnnilsson3153 2 месяца назад +3

    That one is an 80s car.has the two tone paint and the never dash. Rounded of rear fenders for the newer tail lights

  • @mennorombouts8479
    @mennorombouts8479 3 месяца назад +16

    Volvo, the car build for eternity.
    This model is from middle seventies.

  • @michaeledwards427
    @michaeledwards427 2 месяца назад

    Not only has it got the delete option on the rear lights, but someone has thoughtfully welded blanking plates where the lights used to be. Also i assume this is the top of the range version, as it still has working air conditioning, as proved by both front windows being down. Despite being its high spec, i bet anything from the Mad Max films would be luxurious in comparison.

  • @Nickoncars
    @Nickoncars Месяц назад

    The thing about old Volvos is they don’t die

  • @Lucid_3000
    @Lucid_3000 Месяц назад

    Running on hopes and dreams

  • @bjorn2290
    @bjorn2290 3 месяца назад +2

    The mirror on the door is from 1988 and newer also the panel

  • @MultiThatguy7
    @MultiThatguy7 2 месяца назад +1

    Africa is like the true mad max.

  • @Sohave
    @Sohave 2 месяца назад +2

    Visual artists of the post apocalyptic genre take notes!

  • @PacAnimal
    @PacAnimal 2 месяца назад

    For some reason, my brain loves this stuff.

  • @LudovicoOperti
    @LudovicoOperti 2 месяца назад

    This is what a car looks like when you take care of it for 40 years, with a sledgehammer

  • @michaeld7409
    @michaeld7409 2 месяца назад +1

    This looks pretty similar to mine after polishing it for a week.

  • @НиколайИгоревич-н8м
    @НиколайИгоревич-н8м 2 месяца назад

    Mad Max

  • @hanomagallrad9597
    @hanomagallrad9597 2 месяца назад

    5:55 Cant be 1950. This model has been build since 1974. The nameplate could be from a PV444 (1947-1958). Nice Video! Thx!

    • @blexidy
      @blexidy  2 месяца назад +1

      You are right!

    • @hanomagallrad9597
      @hanomagallrad9597 2 месяца назад

      @@blexidy Thx! Now ive read that the PV60 was build untill the1950s. I didn't know the PV60 before so I learned something again today.

  • @saplamaciabbaskara2167
    @saplamaciabbaskara2167 3 месяца назад +2

    Great video i subscribed 🇹🇷

    • @blexidy
      @blexidy  3 месяца назад

      Thanks for subbing!

  • @FransjeFiesta
    @FransjeFiesta 2 месяца назад

    Wat is er van de volvo over dan ?

  • @suomenpresidentti
    @suomenpresidentti 2 месяца назад +3

    My dad and father in-law, both had this.
    Those were impossible to fix once they stopped running.
    And no, this is not from 70's but from 80's.

    • @Cartonaro87
      @Cartonaro87 2 месяца назад

      Why it was impossible to fix?

    • @anthonywolverton9833
      @anthonywolverton9833 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Cartonaro87 Yeah, I don't know what they're talking about, these cars aren't that complex, plenty of room to work under the hood, etc...they kept one alive with a stick and a prayer for decades in a third world country from the looks of it.

    • @stefanramirez1999
      @stefanramirez1999 2 месяца назад

      Yes as you can see it totaly not working in the video very impossible to fix its like new hahah

  • @dummekommentarefullhdvonka2359
    @dummekommentarefullhdvonka2359 2 месяца назад +1

    That's by far the most stylish rat I've ever seen. I'd freakin love to ride that bastard on German roads.

    • @kwasyl86
      @kwasyl86 2 месяца назад

      Lekarze już jada😂

    • @jeffreylebowski3216
      @jeffreylebowski3216 2 месяца назад

      I was in Germany less than a week ago and to be frank I don't want to ride anything on German roads again, not even a tank. You people are crazy!

  • @Patriotic_Tanker_Driver
    @Patriotic_Tanker_Driver 2 месяца назад +3

    Anyone else feel sorry for the Volvo being subjected to these barbarians?

    • @3am650
      @3am650 2 месяца назад +3

      It's not Barbarism, they're simply surviving with minimal resources. Nothing barbaric about that. I respect their ingenuity over us westerners perhaps throwing it away as soon as it needs a simple carb rebuild

    • @Patriotic_Tanker_Driver
      @Patriotic_Tanker_Driver 2 месяца назад

      Africa is rich in resources. The people are just too corrupt and cretinous to make it work.

    • @edvardmortsell1712
      @edvardmortsell1712 Месяц назад

      No

  • @mr.profdochab
    @mr.profdochab 2 месяца назад +10

    Greatfull engineers and doctors!

  • @saplamaciabbaskara2167
    @saplamaciabbaskara2167 3 месяца назад +5

    CH its used to be a swiss car wow

    • @ryanknol3876
      @ryanknol3876 3 месяца назад +1

      …at least, the trunk lid did :P

    • @umbertoalberici1334
      @umbertoalberici1334 2 месяца назад

      Se la vedesse il vecchio proprietario gli verrebbe un infarto, gli svizzeri poi così precisi

    • @sonderflex
      @sonderflex 2 месяца назад

      Yes, it was common during the 90’s to send a lot of cars from Switzerland (and Western-Europe in general) in Africa

  • @milo1263
    @milo1263 2 месяца назад +1

    This could be an extra car for the next Fury Road

    • @jeffreylebowski3216
      @jeffreylebowski3216 2 месяца назад

      My wife thought the move was called "Furry road". I like that better.

  • @CSSSOLIVEIRA
    @CSSSOLIVEIRA 3 месяца назад +3

    Timing belt looks new.

    • @alaindrouin1585
      @alaindrouin1585 2 месяца назад +2

      the belt was replaced recently, 40 years ago :)

    • @killerdinamo08
      @killerdinamo08 2 месяца назад

      It's original, can't beat the quality 👌

  • @Beavis-et8ox
    @Beavis-et8ox 2 месяца назад

    Ok, it may need a proper wash, but it never ever looks like 4 million kilometers. When I see it it all its beauty and perfect technical condition and I not would have known better, I would say not more than 3,8 million Kilometers.

  • @nzs316
    @nzs316 2 месяца назад

    isn't that a grill from a 260?

  • @fortheloveofnoise
    @fortheloveofnoise 2 месяца назад

    POV: Craigslist seller, *I KNOW WHAT I HAVE, NO LOWBALL OFFERS* 😝

  • @creeper50
    @creeper50 2 месяца назад

    That's no neglect, the car was tuned to match the owner's perception. Probably he lacks something)

  • @gregrussell5374
    @gregrussell5374 2 месяца назад +1

    Hard to kill a Volvo red block motor.

  • @arroundofmyheart
    @arroundofmyheart 2 месяца назад

    This one owns the sticker to go the zero emisión zone on downtown?, crazy Word...

  • @drunkonkerosene
    @drunkonkerosene 2 месяца назад +2

    No airfilter for the engine 🫣

  • @velociraptorrefugiado4460
    @velociraptorrefugiado4460 2 месяца назад

    The long drive

  • @DiegoEreno
    @DiegoEreno 3 месяца назад

    Bellissima 😮😊😂❤🎉

  • @jmsjms296
    @jmsjms296 2 месяца назад +1

    The car can be restored... but it will cost a bit.

  • @PieroIvanMontemaggioreschreibe
    @PieroIvanMontemaggioreschreibe 2 месяца назад +1

    Better known as *the brick*

    • @blexidy
      @blexidy  2 месяца назад +1

      "THE IMMORTAL BRICK" 😀

    • @PieroIvanMontemaggioreschreibe
      @PieroIvanMontemaggioreschreibe 2 месяца назад +1

      @@blexidy Sweden has incredible auto industry and trucks. Such a great country. They have reach new heights in some areas. I deeply admire them. Of course there’s some entrepreneurs and university professors who made statements like *Human meat consumption is very valuable and a solution for the industry of processes meats* … that is certainly not welcome .

  • @ArseneRupin1668
    @ArseneRupin1668 3 месяца назад

    This model was used as Funeral car in sweden in 80's

  • @germangonzalez8972
    @germangonzalez8972 2 месяца назад

    En los países desarrollados los autos los descartan casi nuevos 😢

  • @tomaseklund8635
    @tomaseklund8635 3 месяца назад +1

    All this car..running yes..but should be recykled LONG time ago.

    • @пьянаяроссомаха3клыка
      @пьянаяроссомаха3клыка 2 месяца назад +2

      Эта вольво, переживет новый авто ВАЗ 2024

    • @BSS22193
      @BSS22193 2 месяца назад

      This is recycling at high level! I think they use this Volvo as all other cars in Africa that they drive it until it dies and then they use all the usable parts on it on other cars instead of scrapping them.

  • @nicholasagnew2792
    @nicholasagnew2792 2 месяца назад

    Samir...was here

  • @raitshots
    @raitshots 3 месяца назад

    👍😎

  • @HellRider69
    @HellRider69 2 месяца назад

    nice truck 😅

  • @stefanramirez1999
    @stefanramirez1999 2 месяца назад

    This poor volvo will suffer for the end of time it never dies

  • @jeffreylebowski3216
    @jeffreylebowski3216 2 месяца назад

    This thing looks like those homebuilt African helicopters.

    • @edvardmortsell1712
      @edvardmortsell1712 Месяц назад

      The homebuilt African helicopters are more advanced 😅

  • @TurdCurdle
    @TurdCurdle 3 месяца назад +1

    Did Volvos ever come with lead springs? That's a Ford diff this is a body on frame fabrication

    • @meisenhu2958
      @meisenhu2958 3 месяца назад +3

      The 244s never had leaf springs, it should be a solid axle with trailing arm and coil spring setup. Though it’s probably not hard to adapt leaf springs to it to increase its hauling capacity (which looks to be what’s going on here, quite fascinating actually)

    • @blexidy
      @blexidy  3 месяца назад

      correct, it's modified for hauling, which is why there are no seats in it.

    • @albinklein7680
      @albinklein7680 3 месяца назад

      ​@@meisenhu2958I have a Volvo 245 Diesel as a "farm beater" car and I put the rear axle of an Isuzu Trooper in it. Works really good.

  • @666kty3
    @666kty3 2 месяца назад +1

    The average American car in a salvage yard is in 10x better shape.

    • @jaskajokunen3716
      @jaskajokunen3716 2 месяца назад +1

      yeah, get a dent or dead battery in new car, car goes to salvage yard.

  • @lediable4121
    @lediable4121 2 месяца назад

    C-L-A-N-D-O

  • @cool12139
    @cool12139 3 месяца назад +1

    Can't you test. Drive a Scania?

    • @blexidy
      @blexidy  2 месяца назад +1

      Absolutely.

  • @metonAlternate
    @metonAlternate 2 месяца назад

    Made in Sweden 1980, not 1950. Still nice to see a Volvo 245 van doing what a Volvo 245 van does best, haul shit.

  • @gw9017
    @gw9017 3 месяца назад

    no other brands could do that with the original drivetrain and motor

    • @killerdinamo08
      @killerdinamo08 2 месяца назад +1

      Does it still have the original drive train?

  • @TheCamoPowerKing
    @TheCamoPowerKing 3 месяца назад

    Please show Opel

    • @albinklein7680
      @albinklein7680 3 месяца назад +3

      A few years ago in Morocco I got to ride in an Opel Record taxi which was in an even worse shape than this Volvo. Really enjoyed it!

    • @blexidy
      @blexidy  3 месяца назад +2

      Ok, I will.
      Thanks for watching

  • @janerikbrownberge2306
    @janerikbrownberge2306 2 месяца назад

    Why is everything in Africa so broken??

  • @Vovandoc
    @Vovandoc 2 месяца назад

    Это уже не вольво а утильсырье ,так можно ездить на любой машине тех лет они почти вечные независимо от марки авто

  • @user-bz8sl1fr3y
    @user-bz8sl1fr3y 2 месяца назад

    Ещӗ походит!!!

    • @blexidy
      @blexidy  2 месяца назад

      Still runs and drives

  • @nicholasagnew2792
    @nicholasagnew2792 2 месяца назад

    Shaved brake lights...haven't seen that before

  • @laplacesdemon9371
    @laplacesdemon9371 2 месяца назад

    Это экономический геноцид невинных людей (((

  • @scudwerfer
    @scudwerfer 2 месяца назад

    looks like an ex swiss vehicle...

  • @grizzleypeak
    @grizzleypeak 3 месяца назад

    Looks like it was used too much when it was new...

  • @fukuryyu
    @fukuryyu 3 месяца назад

    Raggarit are silent since this dropped...

  • @ciklop4206
    @ciklop4206 3 месяца назад +2

    better than the ecoboost trash they put out

  • @ChillToMusic87
    @ChillToMusic87 2 месяца назад

    Who stole the seat's 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @YesYouCan782
    @YesYouCan782 3 месяца назад

    A high mileage doesnt do this to a car. Its just look purposefully smashed all around, like its been in several junk-car races.
    Why do cars there get Weirdly bad and smashed? Yes they still run But they sure wish they were scrapped 😂🤷‍♂️

  • @mikebarton
    @mikebarton 2 месяца назад +1

    Reminder: Africa is a continent not a country.

    • @AK.2425
      @AK.2425 2 месяца назад +2

      He is from Africa so he definitely knows, I’m guessing he put it there, as Africa will attract more views/ be better for the algorithm, then if he put the name of the country he’s from.

  • @Z-Hax
    @Z-Hax 2 месяца назад

    Is like granny car 1
    😂

  • @AleksJason-x3m
    @AleksJason-x3m 2 месяца назад

    Куда смотрит африканское ГИБДД?

  • @Rocky1115-f2o
    @Rocky1115-f2o 2 месяца назад

    Needs a car wash

  • @V_Wiedmann
    @V_Wiedmann 2 месяца назад

    ЛЕХА ВАЛ КАНАЛ СОБИРАЛ)

  • @yaronbar7963
    @yaronbar7963 3 месяца назад +2

    damn it use a proper camera . the one you're using is in even worse shape than this car

    • @Luckyjo21
      @Luckyjo21 3 месяца назад +3

      buy him one then

  • @nevazhno0074
    @nevazhno0074 2 месяца назад +1

    Jalopy

  • @MiamiMillionaire
    @MiamiMillionaire 2 месяца назад

    Amazing, this car is like new 😁👍

  • @alexandrstudio6963
    @alexandrstudio6963 2 месяца назад

    На авито не бита не крашена пороги в идеале пробег 150.000 краска родная😅

  • @janivaltonen5914
    @janivaltonen5914 3 месяца назад +1

    suomalaisen hintti katsurin pää sulais afrikas