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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 19:26   #11
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Well Paul,lo0ks like you got a good buy from all that travel anyway

Heres the promised pics of my new pride and joy.....

I fixed the overdrive this morning, took about 10 mins, bad earth on the solenoid ... Would have taken a lot longer without all the good advice I got from browsing this forum, so thanks to all that posted it!!! Next serious is the leaky sunroof I guess, if it IS the sunroof as the damp was on the floor behind the passenger seat. Mind you its Summer, so maybe I will tackle replacing that horrible mess of a headliner, or tidying the scrape by the rear driver side tail lamps, the only marks really worth mentioning on the car.

It's nice to be back in a Volvo, I quite liked the Rover 414i, but after driving the new car home the rover felt like a dodgem!

Happy motoring all!!
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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 19:56   #12
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Who is it they call upon when they want something big and heavy shifting?!....
My father hated The Volvo until his bicycle suffered a puncture and I took it to the cycle shop in the car
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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 20:22   #13
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I picked up my 740 after emailing an ebay seller. I made all the classic mistakes - offered £450 over the phone, he then pulled the car off auction and I sent a deposit by Paypal to secure it. I then capped that with a train journey from Nottingham to Portsmouth....
My reasoning was that after a 90 min phone chat with the gentleman I felt he was trustworthy - after all its a lot of hassle for £450 on his part otherwise. He was in the Navy and the car had belonged to his superior officer and another before him.

see: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1989-VOLVO-740...QQcmdZViewItem

Not too bad for an old girl eh?! History isnt quite as comprehensive as I was led to believe but she has been well cared for and apart from the odd tiny niggle Im chuffed to pieces.

The car is in great nick but I still question myself as to why I travelled all that way and back for an old Volvo!
Good choice at a good price but I am biased

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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 20:30   #14
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Nice car - well done!

But crikey, whats been going on with that headlining? Has someone been transporting wild bears about?

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Old Jun 6th, 2007, 00:31   #15
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Nice car - well done!

But crikey, whats been going on with that headlining? Has someone been transporting wild bears about?
LOL. Wild kids maybe?
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