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whats the most mileage you have ever seen on a z car engine?

February 6, 201114 yr

The Z engines are great! Very well built and last a long time, but I don't think they could do what Irv Gordon has done with his 1966 Volvo 1800S. The engine has only been overhauled twice...at 700,000 miles, and at 2.7 million miles, if you believe him. The car has been restored 3 times last I heard. Its a nice car, I've seen it in person a couple times...

Greg

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February 8, 201114 yr

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My 1982 280ZX Turbo has 229,672 miles on it and purrs like a Lion. I wouldn't say Kitten. Sounds meaner. Never been rebuilt yet.

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February 8, 201114 yr

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The Z engines are great! Very well built and last a long time, but I don't think they could do what Irv Gordon has done with his 1966 Volvo 1800S. The engine has only been overhauled twice...at 700,000 miles, and at 2.7 million miles, if you believe him. The car has been restored 3 times last I heard. Its a nice car, I've seen it in person a couple times...
Greg
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Not unbelieveable to me! I know of a couple of million-mile Volvo owners;

and I cut out an article from the paper, a couple of years ago, of a 2-million

Volvo down on Long Island. Pictures and everything. The guy drives it

from Long Island NY to Washington DC frequently and regularly.

A friend who moved from Manchester CT to Tucson AZ brought his original

owner persimmon '72 Z with him. It had 250,000 on it, last I knew............

FWIW,.............All Z Best,.................Kathy & Rick

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February 8, 201114 yr

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Double that Rick. I do also know few over-million-km-Volvos. We live next to Sweden so that is one of the most popular cars here. Especially old 200 series proves to be one of the toughest car in the history. Also the Volvo Amazon is so simple to maintain and repair that you can drive them from cradle to grave.