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Mar 31st, 2021, 15:09 | #1 |
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1978 Volvo 245 DL in Orange - anyone know it?
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Is this car known to the club? https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1319659. It looks like a lovely early round-headlight example, in a great period colour. It must be one of the last before the switch to square headlights. Would be keen to know peoples’ thoughts on value/price. There’s also a beautiful suffix P-reg green 245 DL that I’ve seen in club pictures. I’d love to own one of these great cars in the not-so-distant future! |
Apr 1st, 2021, 13:49 | #2 |
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That's lovely!!! £6.5k seems a bit heavy to me though, but then maybe I'm out of touch with 2021 prices
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While I don't know this specific car, 'Clough89', I am familiar with the marque, having owned an almost identical car for three years in the early nineties. Mine was also a '78 (S), which I bought for £825 with 86K up, and selling for £300 with 110K.
I would have been very pleasantly surprised to discover that it would now be worth quite so much if I had decided to keep it. But to achieve that, I would also need to have preserved the car for almost 30 years - not simply park it up and forget about it! Given that, and if I really wanted this car, I do not think the asking price unreasonable. But ... I would still hope to 'shake' at around £5K. I feel sure that, in anticipation, the seller will have incorporated some 'wiggle room' when deciding on his asking price. If you do decide to buy, do bear in mind that - unless it has been modified - this car will be running with carburettor and points ignition. Unlike our earlier '75 (N) 244, I don't recall rust being a particular problem with this car, but as the steel is now well over 40 years old, that could still potentially be an issue in future. I don't imagine that you will be using the car for heavy load carrying, but I also found it advantageous in period to run 6-ply van tyres on the rear wheels. Regards, John.
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Nice idea. "Classic example".
It would in my opinion need a very careful inspection, at that price. I notice it is resprayed. Stephen. .
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There's just something very alluring I find about these earlier 'round headlight' models, I love all 200 series but these just look so crisply styled.
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That it is an estate gives it a definite edge, but I think you may be surprised by what someone might be prepared to pay for the RB should you ever decide to put it up for sale - especially if they had followed this thread! Regards, John.
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I do tend to use the RB as my yardstick for whatever I think is a reasonable price for 240 motor cars. Bought for 2 grand (which I thought fair and reasonable a year ago) and I've spent £900 on the car (but that includes two new sets of tyres - the biggest single expense, I suppose I could sell the winter ones on their reconditioned Pholus wheels separately for perhaps £250). In my eyes that therefore makes the RB worth about £2750. That is for a solid car that needs no repairs with a good motor and gearbox, a good interior and some tasteful updates - and is MoT and tax exempt. I don't suppose the RB will ever be for sale, but I dare say you are right in that if it was someone would be willing to pay considerably more for such a nice car (that doesn't mean I would understand why!).
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