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Old Feb 10th, 2022, 15:37   #9
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Thank you all so much! I think I'll have to search for a later 2/7 series and save the 144 for dreaming about!
That is probably sensible for now.

That 240 saloon in Hackney that Andrew mentioned above might be worth a look at for you, I think it must be this one (although it is in Enfield):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154838253...YAAOSwi6ZiBCmI

The seller says he wants to sell it because it isn't ULEZ compliant - that will happen with many older cars that aren't quite historic vehicles yet.

I should think it is a 1989 motor car and has (if I remember correctly) about 160,000 miles. It is a pity the owner has covered up the registration number so we can't check the MoT history, but it might well be worth looking at. I should think if you got that at £2,000 that would be quite a good buy, and even at £3,000 it would be okay.

Good fortune, do let us know when you buy another Volvo.

:-)

Alan

PS. I could only see one 144 for sale on eBay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133996516...53.m1438.l2649

... it looks like a perfectly good motor car, but it is £5,650, and it is in Alloa, so it would be expensive to view and recover. I think that would be a typical price for a reasonably good runner - so 144s are no longer cheap.
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