1981 Volovo 262c Bertone coupe

Click on picture for super large image. NM car no rust All original unrestored untampered with adult owned. This car is almost show ready. pop out the driver trunk side from the inside with a rubber hammer. Original small spare with extra wheel. Tool kit. no parts missing. Volvo Bertone coupe 262c in super clean condition. Everything works including factory radio and power antenna. Rare volvo increasing in value every year. Runs great no smoke no oil leaks it does have a slight tappet noise from rt. side valve cover but does not affect performance. 1981 Volvo 262c 2dr Coupe 6-cyl. 2664cc/125hp FIVolvo's first luxury coupe. the V-6-powered 262C. had an unusual genesis. as explained by Bob Austin. who was a 31-year Volvo employee and the company's director of marketing communications from 1991 through 2001: "Volvo was at the leading edge of reinventing factory work in the 1970s. The CEO. Pehr Gyllenhammar. felt life in the car business was inhumane-that factory work only took advantage of people's arms and legs. He authorized the building of Kalmar. the new factory that became the world's first automotive team assembly plant. People worked in small groups. and the cars moved from station to station-they felt that with more worker engagement. there would be fewer defects. fewer work-related injuries and reduced employee turnover. Automakers around the world were interested in this plant. and in the mid-1970s. an American industrialist entourage lead by Henry Ford II traveled to Sweden to inspect the factory. "When they arrived. they brought over a number of cars to drive. all two-door Lincoln Mark coupes with low roofs and wide C-pillars. American cars were rare in Sweden. and they caught the attention of people both inside and outside of Volvo. We wanted to build a car like that. but we knew it would have to be done off-line and that the tooling costs would be too much. Our people were talking to the people at Carrozzeria Bertone at an auto show in Europe. and Bertone expressed great interest in the project; the two companies had previously teamed up to build the Europe-only 264TE limousine. Because 85 percent of the 262's structure already existed-the floor pans. fenders. mechanicals and drivelines-Bertone would only have to make custom stampings for the roof pillars. roof pan. the upper doors and the windshield surround and cowl. Volvo would ship the stampings and drivetrains to Bertone in Turin. Italy. and they would assemble the finished cars with custom leather inte Nada TOTAL PRICE: new$20. 70 low$7. 75 average$10. 00 high$16. 00