1977 Volvo 240 Silver Anniversary Limited Edition

[Chris Wickers]

Just to clarify Bill is a member of the Volvo Owners Club, so is not taking advantage.

Kind regards

Chris

[bookerbill]

Well said ,

[Jack Spaniel]

Originally Posted by Jack Spaniel

Nice to see you joined the site to get some free advertising for your car.
Seems to me that a value of £5K+ is somewhat excessive for a car that needed rusty panels being cut out and repairs welded in. Plus lots of new parts that suggest the car has been in a very tired and worn out state in its recent past. I think you need a highly original, low mileage, totally immaculate vehicle to get anywhere near your asking price and even then doubt you could achieve it.
Real top dollar for a 240 is around £3500 and I don't think many on here would want to pay that much.
What one spends on restoration has little bearing on the final value of the car and in my experience outlay is rarely recovered.
The right car in terrible condition can be worth a fortune, Bugatti for example.
The wrong car in perfect condition can be not worth a carrot. Austin Allegro for example.
Unhappily in actual monetary value any Volvo is nearer the Allegro end of the scale than the Bugatti end.
Although strangely I have always loved Volvos.

Having noted the responses to my post I have read it through and must agree that the first line was uncalled for, unpleasant, and rude. For that I sincerely apologize to anyone that I offended, particularly the original poster.

However the remainder of my post is my honest opinion on the value of 240s and I don't think I can withdraw any of it.