C.j. Sauter's Volvo-Coaster

November of 2013. I'm 15 years old, with a freshly printed drivers permit, and the faintest facial hair you ever saw.
 
Mom and Dad bring this home:


 
A 1998 Volvo V70XC, in Nautic Blue. Fast forward thru Dad and I installing a new heater core, and me fitting these wheels off my Moms dead T5.
 
I go thru all of 2014 in my blue wagon, with nothing more than a new heater core, and the wheels. Until about a year later, the back end comes loose from the road on a wet and slippery night, and I land in a ditch turned 180 degrees... I trash my favorite T5 wheels, push every fender and panel out of alignment, and crunch the drivers side front fender... and a tear in each bumper.
 
I was truly devastated. it got sent out to insurance and we bought it back for $400.



You can see everything is misaligned...



Big thanks to Gorilla tape for holding my blinker in for over 3 months now.
 
It's now worth no more than $700, and I decided to hold onto it.
 
Until this popped up on the Seattle Craigslist...



I put up $400, and dad put up $1600 and we trailered it home. A 2000 Auto-tragic V70R.
 
It immediately went into the barn and onto the lift. Then I stole the wheels and tires after I got my car back and put them on my car, and I think it looks good


 
Dad and I worked out that I could make payments for a number of years to him to pay off the cost of the V70R and the M66 that he found...
but I didn't like it, so I left the deal and got the keep my $700 V70XC, and he gave me the blown T5!!!!!!!!!



But the catch was I had to fix it on my own... So against my dads advice, I did it in the cold and slightly wet of our barns lean to.. worst decision of my entire life



stripped the top end down





Ended up breaking a head bolt off, but none the less I got the flippen thing off



Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now it sits...

Waiting till dads V70R is out of the barn. that's all for now, more to come by next week.