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too much money, but... maybe they'd accept a reasonable offer...
As always... no personal affiliation
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/1445874579.html
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-Matt I ♥ my ♂
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It's been on CL for a few weeks now. It was brought up here. 1983 242 Turbo - $15,000 Believe it or Not.
I bet there's some room for bargaining built into the asking price but I'll stick by my assertion that it's worth the money. The transmission is right, the color combination is right and the number of doors is right. There's a very finite number of those cars around. All it takes is one person who wants it.
-Will
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I think a lot of people want it at least around here. But coming up with the entry fee is another story.
Dan
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A couple of years ago a dealer owned flathood with something like 13K miles sold for about that price. Although in that case it was an (IMO) less desirable color (gold/tan) and had an automatic trans. But it was more genuinely unused looking, I think it had just sat in a dealership and been taken on weekend cruises.
They also had a matching 'unused' 200 series Bertone, same dealer, same situation, same (roughly) number of miles, it didn't sell for quite as much.
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'63 PV544 rat rod, '93 Classic #1141 245 +t
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Wow, those pictures just took me back in time 27 years.
Looks like a time capsule car to me.
I remember when you could see Volvos turbo all over Dallas.
Now, you hardly see any 240s at all...
Thanks for the post, I really enjoyed it!
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If it needs to be maintained, repaired or replaced on a 1990 240, I've probably done it. '90 240DL, 275K looking forward to 300K badge (or sticker??). >>You haven't really worked on a car until you draw blood<< :-}
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A genuine, low mileage flathood Turbo is a real blast from the past. That is a ton of money for one, but who knows? Automotive technology has sure come a long way.
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For 15 grand I would want better leather surfaces,no paint chips, or dings in the grille,etc.,etc.Nice car maybe $7500 tops.
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As far as the paint goes I would rather have a factory Volvo paint job compared to a respray.
Dan
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It's a keeper if that is original paint and true milage. I wish I had more money than brains I might be on my was to Denver for a look.
Dan
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Why am I skeptical about the mileage? Is it the shiny engine vs. worn out trunk surfaces? Or is it the ripped up shifter boot?
Honda Fit will drive circles around that V, with a warranty.
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If you love the Volvo....a Honda "fit" is unfit.
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I too, and generally skeptical about super low mileage cars..
But I really don't doubt it on that one... minimal wear on the pedals, obvious original paint... that windshield has been in there since the emmission sticker was put on, in 1992.. The trunk wear.. ah.. maybe they are gardeners. They lost the spare tire cover, so clearly they used the trunk...
To me, every blemish shown is indicative of a car that was used, but used sparingly. Even the wiring harness looks to be in good shape, and I bet it's original...
torn shift boot.. that's a sewn seam.. thread breaks.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but... that looks like a very, very low mileage car.. quite possibly the best unrestored flat head turbo in the world...
Sure, a Honda Fit might run circles around it... and have a warranty. A Ford Focus will run circles around a 123GT.. guess which one I'd rather have.
As I said.. I think they are optimistic on their asking price.. but to a true Volvo 240 enthusiast, that is a special car... no question about that.
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-Matt I ♥ my ♂
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Matt!
That is flat HOOD, not flat HEAD!
(Ford made their last flatheads in 1953 - I remember 'em well!)
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George Downs, Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!
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I know George.. Don't you know I was trying to correct that, but I was too late.
See, when I made my original post, I'd just come off fiddling with my two cylinder flat head Fairbanks Morse light plant, trying to get it running so I could charge my batteries and turn the computer on... flat heads were fixed in my mind at the time...
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-Matt I ♥ my ♂
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My first vehicle was a 1940 Ford pickup with 4-speed screamin' tranny which remained a
flathead until I was able to drop a Buick 322 V8 into it.
Then the old straight-cut gears REALLY screamed!
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George Downs, Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!
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There were two of these cars on eBay a couple of years back listed by a gent in California I'm sure some here know or know of. One was an original black car. The other was a restored red (not correct red) car. IIRC, both went for more than this car and both went to the same buyer in Norway. I don't think the asking price is outrageous in this case if the information provided is correct.
Cars are worth what someone is willing to pay. Perhaps what you're willing to pay is considerably less than the next guy. Coming out and saying it's worth $xyz is nothing more than voicing an opinion based on what you have interpreted from the information provided.
Here is another good example...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320444432399&category=31877&_trksid=p3841.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D15%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D54
What is that car worth? Based on the information provided in the listing, you can formulate an opinion. Now...if you knew how many hundreds of hours the seller has put into the restoration and modification of this car and if you have worked on and ridden in the car and watched the way the owner has babied that car over the last 6 or 7 years and the painstaking lengths he went to to make it what it is, would your evaluation change? Absolutely. I probably think this car is worth 2 or 3 times what an "outsider" does. Yes, the car belongs to a good friend of mine. Yes, I've worked on it and ridden in it. Yes, it's perfect in every way. And yes, it breaks my heart (and his obviously) to see it get sold...
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Dale
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"There were two of these cars on eBay a couple of years back listed by a gent in California I'm sure some here know or know of. One was an original black car. The other was a restored red (not correct red) car. IIRC, both went for more than this car and both went to the same buyer in Norway. I don't think the asking price is outrageous in this case if the information provided is correct."
I knew those cars well, a buddy of mine in San Diego took great pains in rebuilding and customizing those, neither was completely original although the black one was close. Both were as close to flawless as a driver can be, and Clay had way more into them than he got back from the sale.
I think that kind of money for a well preserved original car is a bit optimistic, at least in the limited exposure Craigslist gives. Toss it up to a world market and he may get it.
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Dave Shannon
Durango, CO
'67 1800s
'88-240
'01 Wrangler
'06 F250 Diesel 4X4
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Very true words, my friend. Almost all the time, the seller of a private collector car has more money in to the darn things than their market value. A brutal but true reality, I'm afraid.
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