1989 244 GLT For Sale

simonh9 · Apr 20th, 2014, 20:14

Volvo 240 GLT manual (Agneta) for sale

11 months MoT.
Tax until end of August
174k
Part service history (the most recent 70-odd k)
Grey metallic
Leather Seats (Chesterfield style with buttons)
Electric front and rear windows
Heated Front Seats
Electric mirrors
Sunroof (or moonroof as I think Volvo used to call them)
Central Locking

Full service history below, but in the last 5k miles, it’s had:
New Discs and pads all round
Coolant change
Clutch fluid change
Clutch master cylinder rebuilt
Clutch Slave cylinder rebuilt
Clutch
Brake fluid change
Tyres (Michelin Energy front 4-5mm, Conti Eco Contact rear 6mm)
New front dampers (Volvo)
New inner and outer track rods
New wiper motor

I bought the car in 2012. It had been owned by a retired gent in 2007, who’d bought it as a classic project, but had hardly used it except going to the MoT station, though he’d been slowly titivating it and improving it. I put the car back on the road shortly after buying it and have continued to improve it to where it is today.

The car drives very well, the engine pulls strongly and the car clips along at a surprisingly reasonable pace. Nice gearshift and powerful brakes (standard 4-pot fronts and 2-pot rears) with loads of feel. The ride is comfy and controlled with the new (Volvo) dampers and it handles surprisingly well and has quite direct steering. Overall the car is very solid and clean with surprisingly little corrosion. Everything works with the exception of the radio, which occasionally buzzed into life as you turn it on, but mostly stayed silent (luckily it’s a nice quiet car and doesn’t need the radio to drown out the engine/road noise). Last night, however it worked for my whole journey home, playing my Dire Straits Money for Nothing tape at 90% speed, which is nice and relaxing and gives you more time to perfect your air drums/guitar. This evening, the radio function even worked, so perhaps it's doing that rarest of things and fixing itself!

The early history for this car is unfortunately missing (no original service book), but the good point is that the recent history/ invoices are all present and correct
2007-2012
Various invoices for MoT work

03-04/14 173900 miles
Oil Service
Air filter
Master cylinder rebuilt
New front dampers (Volvo) - converted to later twin tube type with spacer
Inner and outer track rods (Delphi)

08/13 173600 miles
New wiper motor

01/13 173400 miles
New battery
Clutch slave cylinder rebuild
Clutch fluid and brake fluid replaced
The mileage has barely changed during this time when it was owned by the previous keeper - the MoT history was as follows
The car came to me freshly serviced and with new brakes

12/01/2013 173370 miles (this is 2 months after I bought it)
23/11/2010 173344 miles (previous owner)
17/03/2008 173303 miles (previous owner)
24/11/2006 169349 miles

11/06 167237 miles
New clutch
New rear pads
New front pads
New rear axle bushes x 4

05/06 162095 miles
Replace both heater hoses
New front exhaust section

10/05 156895 miles
Fuse box terminals cleaned

10/05 156614 miles
Rewire horns
42k service

07/05 153064 miles
36k service
Spark plugs/air filter /coolant etc
and oil

04/05 149818 miles
New wiper cables

01/05 147753 miles
Strip and clean breather system

12/04 144261 miles
OSF lower ball joint
Electrical remedies
Windscreen leak fixed

07/04 142151 miles
Front brake pads
Headlight switch

03/04 138600 miles
Oil and filter
Fuel filter

09/03 133488 miles
New ignition leads

06/03 130538 miles
Cylinder head gasket
Timing Belt
Radiator

10/02 123387 miles
Front pads
Oil service
Air filter
New front calipers
Brake fluid

09/02 122997 miles
All brakes stripped and inspected (leading to above)

01/02 120096 miles
Ignition leads, dizzy cap, spark plugs

12/01 119866 miles
N/S headlamp reflector
wiper
Clutch
Clutch slave cylinder

10/00 113982 miles
Oil service
Front and rear pads
Fan belts
Throttle body cleaned

04/00 103635 miles
New water pump
Oil service
Spark plug
fog lamp kit
wipers

The downsides
While the car is very solid overall, the arches do have some rust coming through on the undersides on the rear and there are obviously a few age related scratches here and there (particularly on the boot), but she polishes up well.
The driver’s seat has split along the sewing line - it just needs the cover taking off and re-sewing from the back, but should I attempt it, I fear it won’t look quite the same as it should (+ my mum lives too far away to give it to her to do – in any case she’d probably give me a hiding and tell me to sew my own seats) and there’s an old school mobile phone holder glued to the dash top pocket (handy though)

Price: 1250 ONO

Please call me on -07779164993 for more information

Viewing is welcome and test drive with proof of insurance.

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bookerbill · Apr 20th, 2014, 21:23

hi where abouts in the UK are you ?

simonh9 · Apr 21st, 2014, 04:16

Hi Bill,

I'm just North of Milton Keynes / South Northants.

Cheers

Simon

geoffo · Apr 21st, 2014, 11:55

...but I am biased having one just like it - are you sure you want to sell, you will miss all that 'tinkering'......

simonh9 · Apr 21st, 2014, 13:40

No, I'm not sure at all as I love the car! Has a very different feel to most other cars, but is none the worse for it and is a very relaxing car to drive while still being pretty capable.

However, I have a 3 car limit (imposed by the missus) and I'm currently at 5 1/6th (4 wholly owned, 1 x half share and 2 x 1/3rd shares!), and it's the only car not needing work at the moment, so the easiest to sell. I will just check my lottery ticket from Friday however, as then i could buy a barn and keep everything!

simonh9 · Apr 23rd, 2014, 21:23

Price drop to 1095 ONO as I wouldn't mind the space before I go on holiday in a week and a half's time.

I can't work out how to edit the first post - I'm sure the option was there the other day!

john h · Apr 23rd, 2014, 21:50

Looks like a very good one!

John

simonh9 · May 1st, 2014, 13:43

My numbers haven't come up on the lottery (not even a measly tenner!), so the car is still for sale.

Final price drop to £995 before I stick it on eBay.

Cheers,

Simon

simonh9 · May 2nd, 2014, 19:02

One key point I forgot to mention is that it's been a non smoker's car.

Magnumpi · May 2nd, 2014, 21:22

Bargain, identicle to mine except i've got the caramel interior, and more dents and scrapes than yours!

GLWTS

Apr 20th, 2014, 20:14	#1
simonh9 Junior Member Last Online: Jan 1st, 2020 16:20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: MK	1989 244 GLT For Sale Volvo 240 GLT manual (Agneta) for sale 11 months MoT. Tax until end of August 174k Part service history (the most recent 70-odd k) Grey metallic Leather Seats (Chesterfield style with buttons) Electric front and rear windows Heated Front Seats Electric mirrors Sunroof (or moonroof as I think Volvo used to call them) Central Locking Full service history below, but in the last 5k miles, it’s had: New Discs and pads all round Coolant change Clutch fluid change Clutch master cylinder rebuilt Clutch Slave cylinder rebuilt Clutch Brake fluid change Tyres (Michelin Energy front 4-5mm, Conti Eco Contact rear 6mm) New front dampers (Volvo) New inner and outer track rods New wiper motor I bought the car in 2012. It had been owned by a retired gent in 2007, who’d bought it as a classic project, but had hardly used it except going to the MoT station, though he’d been slowly titivating it and improving it. I put the car back on the road shortly after buying it and have continued to improve it to where it is today. The car drives very well, the engine pulls strongly and the car clips along at a surprisingly reasonable pace. Nice gearshift and powerful brakes (standard 4-pot fronts and 2-pot rears) with loads of feel. The ride is comfy and controlled with the new (Volvo) dampers and it handles surprisingly well and has quite direct steering. Overall the car is very solid and clean with surprisingly little corrosion. Everything works with the exception of the radio, which occasionally buzzed into life as you turn it on, but mostly stayed silent (luckily it’s a nice quiet car and doesn’t need the radio to drown out the engine/road noise). Last night, however it worked for my whole journey home, playing my Dire Straits Money for Nothing tape at 90% speed, which is nice and relaxing and gives you more time to perfect your air drums/guitar. This evening, the radio function even worked, so perhaps it's doing that rarest of things and fixing itself! The early history for this car is unfortunately missing (no original service book), but the good point is that the recent history/ invoices are all present and correct 2007-2012 Various invoices for MoT work 03-04/14 173900 miles Oil Service Air filter Master cylinder rebuilt New front dampers (Volvo) - converted to later twin tube type with spacer Inner and outer track rods (Delphi) 08/13 173600 miles New wiper motor 01/13 173400 miles New battery Clutch slave cylinder rebuild Clutch fluid and brake fluid replaced The mileage has barely changed during this time when it was owned by the previous keeper - the MoT history was as follows The car came to me freshly serviced and with new brakes 12/01/2013 173370 miles (this is 2 months after I bought it) 23/11/2010 173344 miles (previous owner) 17/03/2008 173303 miles (previous owner) 24/11/2006 169349 miles 11/06 167237 miles New clutch New rear pads New front pads New rear axle bushes x 4 05/06 162095 miles Replace both heater hoses New front exhaust section 10/05 156895 miles Fuse box terminals cleaned 10/05 156614 miles Rewire horns 42k service 07/05 153064 miles 36k service Spark plugs/air filter /coolant etc and oil 04/05 149818 miles New wiper cables 01/05 147753 miles Strip and clean breather system 12/04 144261 miles OSF lower ball joint Electrical remedies Windscreen leak fixed 07/04 142151 miles Front brake pads Headlight switch 03/04 138600 miles Oil and filter Fuel filter 09/03 133488 miles New ignition leads 06/03 130538 miles Cylinder head gasket Timing Belt Radiator 10/02 123387 miles Front pads Oil service Air filter New front calipers Brake fluid 09/02 122997 miles All brakes stripped and inspected (leading to above) 01/02 120096 miles Ignition leads, dizzy cap, spark plugs 12/01 119866 miles N/S headlamp reflector wiper Clutch Clutch slave cylinder 10/00 113982 miles Oil service Front and rear pads Fan belts Throttle body cleaned 04/00 103635 miles New water pump Oil service Spark plug fog lamp kit wipers The downsides While the car is very solid overall, the arches do have some rust coming through on the undersides on the rear and there are obviously a few age related scratches here and there (particularly on the boot), but she polishes up well. The driver’s seat has split along the sewing line - it just needs the cover taking off and re-sewing from the back, but should I attempt it, I fear it won’t look quite the same as it should (+ my mum lives too far away to give it to her to do – in any case she’d probably give me a hiding and tell me to sew my own seats) and there’s an old school mobile phone holder glued to the dash top pocket (handy though) Price: 1250 ONO Please call me on -07779164993 for more information Viewing is welcome and test drive with proof of insurance. 20140416_200055 by simonh9, on Flickr 20140416_200013 by simonh9, on Flickr DSC_0466 by simonh9, on Flickr DSC_0441 by simonh9, on Flickr DSC_0440 by simonh9, on Flickr DSC_0433 by simonh9, on Flickr 20140416_200146 by simonh9, on Flickr DSC_0447 by simonh9, on Flickr DSC_0449 by simonh9, on Flickr DSC_0460 by simonh9, on Flickr 20140416_200130 by simonh9, on Flickr 20140420_143620 by simonh9, on Flickr Last edited by simonh9; Apr 20th, 2014 at 20:49. Reason: Forgot phone no!

Apr 20th, 2014, 21:23	#2
bookerbill Trader Last Online: Jul 4th, 2019 18:11 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: around merseyside	hi hi where abouts in the UK are you ?

Apr 21st, 2014, 11:55	#4
geoffo saving 240's one by one Last Online: Yesterday 14:48 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Darlo	lovely, lovely car.... ...but I am biased having one just like it - are you sure you want to sell, you will miss all that 'tinkering'......

Apr 23rd, 2014, 21:50	#7
john h VOC Member Last Online: May 30th, 2024 11:13 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Huddersfield View Photos By: john h	Looks like a very good one! John __________________ XX

May 2nd, 2014, 21:22	#10
Magnumpi Master Member Last Online: Apr 18th, 2024 20:42 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey	Bargain, identicle to mine except i've got the caramel interior, and more dents and scrapes than yours! GLWTS __________________ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Wanted 240 parts: Front black hockey sticks Saloon rear lights Front suspension struts

Apr 21st, 2014, 04:16	#3
simonh9 Junior Member Last Online: Jan 1st, 2020 16:20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: MK	Hi Bill, I'm just North of Milton Keynes / South Northants. Cheers Simon

Apr 21st, 2014, 13:40	#5
simonh9 Junior Member Last Online: Jan 1st, 2020 16:20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: MK	No, I'm not sure at all as I love the car! Has a very different feel to most other cars, but is none the worse for it and is a very relaxing car to drive while still being pretty capable. However, I have a 3 car limit (imposed by the missus) and I'm currently at 5 1/6th (4 wholly owned, 1 x half share and 2 x 1/3rd shares!), and it's the only car not needing work at the moment, so the easiest to sell. I will just check my lottery ticket from Friday however, as then i could buy a barn and keep everything!

Apr 23rd, 2014, 21:23	#6
simonh9 Junior Member Last Online: Jan 1st, 2020 16:20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: MK	Price drop to 1095 ONO as I wouldn't mind the space before I go on holiday in a week and a half's time. I can't work out how to edit the first post - I'm sure the option was there the other day!

May 1st, 2014, 13:43	#8
simonh9 Junior Member Last Online: Jan 1st, 2020 16:20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: MK	My numbers haven't come up on the lottery (not even a measly tenner!), so the car is still for sale. Final price drop to £995 before I stick it on eBay. Cheers, Simon

May 2nd, 2014, 19:02	#9
simonh9 Junior Member Last Online: Jan 1st, 2020 16:20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: MK	One key point I forgot to mention is that it's been a non smoker's car.

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