Might as well dipped it cow manure and then sell it to a farmer!

Oh, that color with matching wheels, just ship it to Africa or the Australian outback for some background, IMHO.

Phil

I believe any prospective buyer should run far, far away! The present owner went so far as to paint all the rims red, yet he's never given this vehicle one iota of wax!! I don't think this vehicle has had a coat of wax since it left the factory, which should tell you volumes about it's lifelong maintenance schedule...

There's a similar listing Craigslist posting in Connecticut for an old 242 (1984) as well. This one has the infamous "beige-rose" color, and has some good selling points. While the engine, engine compartment, and interior looking really clean and unused, the car itself has some really bad rust. Unfortunately, I'd have to think the undercarriage is just as rusty.

While the advertised low mileage of the vehicle appears genuine (a rarity in these Craigslist postings), the persistent rust unfortunately looks just as genuine as well.

Here's a link to this similar Craigslist 242 listing, if anyone has an interest.

Link: http://newlondon.craigslist.org/atq/3485509294.html

If this is in fact a, "pretty rare 242 GT," someone has certainly been messing with it.

It is the wrong color. Okay, so someone could have repainted it. And done a poor job from the look of things.

The taillight fixture should be five panel, not six.

The badges on the trunk are reversed. The VOLVO badge should be on the left and the 242GT badge should be on the right. In my imagination this suggests that maybe the car has been wrecked and someone has done an amateur repair. That might explain the taillights.

All of this would detract from any value it might have due to it's supposed rarity.

Who knows what else has been done to it?

The grill and headlamps are correct but look to have been painted to match the rest of the car, along with the wheels. The seller won't include the fog lights. Or the mudflaps. The mudflaps? What is so special about the mudflaps? This guy sounds like a jack.

The car is not worth what he's asking just for a pristine interior. Which, by the way, he doesn't even bother to feature pics of. Looking at the rest of the car I have to wonder how good it really is.

This looks like one to stay away from.

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'80 DL 2 door, '89 DL Wagon