Seriously?

[360beast]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

You'd need to be hallucinating from those pills before that passes an MOT...

Sadly, it'll be de-engined for the Delorean crowd and in all probability scrapped:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185555697009
you don't see redblocks going for that sort of money!

I'm going to pretend they put one too many zeros on the asking price and even then £2500 is ambitious! That's a £200 engine at the most.... Probably has blown headgaskets and that's why it was converted to an electric motor... Maybe he is asking for the price of the electric conversion 🤣

[Bob 1967]

Increasing the Mass would affect the equation , relativity speaking.

[BicycleBoy]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

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If the antigravity could be made to work on the Volvo, the mass would effectively be reduced so only 88mph would be needed - easily done in 2nd gear.

Either that or turbo it, but ion-drive is probably easier...

[BicycleBoy]

Originally Posted by 360beast

I'm going to pretend they put one too many zeros on the asking price and even then £2500 is ambitious! That's a £200 engine at the most.... Probably has blown headgaskets and that's why it was converted to an electric motor... Maybe he is asking for the price of the electric conversion 🤣

We know how valuable Deloreans are, and how pathetically fragile the V6 engines were. With Non-rusting tinwork, it stands to reason there are a lot of cars with knackered engines still extant which would be massively increased in value by the addition of a working original engine.

Thus, any non-knackered examples of B28 engines have a value way beyond what you'd expect, because it could be the difference between a £5k non runner and a £50k runner (I pulled those numbers out of my arse but you get the idea).

[BicycleBoy]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Rarer than a hens dentist but worth saving

How Many Left lists (for All 265 varients)
9 taxed
25 SORN

If they all become historic by 2026, hopefully some of those SORN cars are just hibernating...

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

How Many Left lists (for All 265 varients)
9 taxed
25 SORN

If they all become historic by 2026, hopefully some of those SORN cars are just hibernating...

How many of those are manual though? I know on the 760/765, there were no UK autos - a 5 speed manual could be lifted from a Talbot Tagora V6, Pug 505 V6 and possibly 604 (don't think they made any manual 604s though) but try finding a Tagora or 505 and then try finding a V6 version!

The 265 in that ebay listing has the M41 overdrive manual, rarer than a purveyor of Pegasus-poop!

[360beast]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

How many of those are manual though? I know on the 760/765, there were no UK autos - a 5 speed manual could be lifted from a Talbot Tagora V6, Pug 505 V6 and possibly 604 (don't think they made any manual 604s though) but try finding a Tagora or 505 and then try finding a V6 version!

The 265 in that ebay listing has the M41 overdrive manual, rarer than a purveyor of Pegasus-poop!

There was a 760 manual on eBay a few months back

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by 360beast

There was a 760 manual on eBay a few months back

Indeed there was - a pre-production model no less. I don't know if Volvo even offered manual as an option once they went into production though.

[BicycleBoy]

240 saloon. Price rise from £10.5k to £12k....
https://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/volvo/240/291713
Doesn't include funky plate 2 VOL

[Bob 1967]

Probably get 5 cars for that!