740 GLE 2.3 1989 Auto

[Jack Swede]

1989 F-reg 740 GLE 2.3 Auto Saloon - located south-west Wiltshire

Silver paintwork with Green velour plush trim.

97,600 miles. MOT until November 2016. Full service history with 2 former keepers, all volvo main dealer stamps. Cambelt was changed in 2011 @ 89,000 miles by Volvo dealer.

Electric windows & sunroof. Radio/cassette player. Plastic Volvo floortrays. Recent battery.

Excellent condition, the boot area is spotless. Paintwork is very good all around. Extremely reluctant sale of this car but I am loosing some of my covered storage and have a restoration project that is (predictably - inevitably) taking more time, effort and money than I anticipated. I intended to get the rear arches repaired professionally and make this a real beauty.

Bad points
*Rear arches are corroded, only area on the whole car.
*Very distant knocking from front suspension - I believe it could be a tired bush/es somewhere.
*Headlining top-layer has come away in a few places. The headlining itself is not sagging and I wanted to adhere it back to the other layers but have not got round to doing it - not a job to rush.

**Good points**
Apart from the rear arches the body work is 9.5/10 with excellent front and rear plastic bumpers.
Interior is in excellent condition.
Spare wheel, jack and toolkit all present and correct.
Drives beautifully, very tight feels like a much younger car. Auto gearbox shifts perfectly.
Engine bay is very clean with all factory parts present including the negative battery terminal cover.
Sailed through its last two MOTs with no advisories!

Any test/inspection welcome. I guarantee anyone who views this car will fall in love with it as I did. It would not take much to turn this into time-warp condition but sadly I am not the one to do it, although I really don't want to let it go! Pictures to follow tomorrow.

Please call 07468 562326. If I cannot answer please leave a voicemail or text message and I will get back to you. Thank you.

£899 ovno to VOC members - hope to see it at future shows!

[Jack Swede]

This car is really really clean. Apologies for the poor photos, I had to move fast as it had briefly paused raining. I will upload better photographs when it stops raining.

[Jack Swede]

Service History:
1,035 - Summersdale Volvo Chichester 17.01.1988
5,864 - Summersdale Volvo Chichester 22.05.1989
12,149 - Summersdale Volvo Chichester 23.10.1989
17,842 - Midton & Sumdle Bognor Regis 23.03.1990
22,606 - Carringdale Bognor Regis (?) 11.10.1990
25,889 - Carringdale Bognor Regis 21.10.1991
31,658 - Carringdale Bognor Regis 06.04.1992
35,129 - Carringdale Bognor Regis 14.10.1992
37,525 - Carringdale Bognor Regis 14.04.1993
40,379 - Carringdale Bognor Regis 06.10.1993
42,722 - Carringdale Bognor Regis (?) 28.03.1994
45,268 - Carringdale Bognor Regis 07.10.1994
47,015 - Carringdale Bognor Regis 31.03.1995
49,008 - Carringdale Bognor Regis 05.10.1995
50,614 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 04.04.1996
52,981 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 09.10.1996
55,682 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 02.04.1997
57,893 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 16.10.1997
59,816 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 20.04.1998
62,921 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 06.04.1999
64,384 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 28.09.1999
65,516 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 04.04.2000
66,596 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 27.10.2001
67,740 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 27.04.2002
68,885 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 29.04.2002
70,197 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 28.10.2002
72,839 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 27.10.2003
74,214 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 24.04.2004
75,560 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 25.10.2004
77,130 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 25.04.2005
81,168 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 23.10.2006
82,764 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 11.04.2007
88,741 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 25.10.2010
93,239 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth? 23.10.2013
94,216 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth? 29.04.2014
95,042 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 28.10.2014
96,516 - Cambridge Garage Portsmouth 27.10.2015

[Jack Swede]

I can supply all photos of service stamps if needed but here are a few. I Believe everything is here from the day it was first collected bar the original the bill of sale

[Jack Swede]

A pic of the engine bay

[Jack Swede]

£899 ono, hoped someone on here would be interested, I would prefer that to eBay/Autotrader. Any inspection/test drive welcome the car currently is all taxed & insured

[Roderick Plinge]

Originally Posted by Jack Swede

£899 ono, hoped someone on here would be interested, I would prefer that to eBay/Autotrader. Any inspection/test drive welcome the car currently is all taxed & insured

Thats a fantastic car mate. I have just bought two more cars (Fords, not Volvo's; Mondeo 2.5 V6 Ghia X and a Focus 2.0 Ghia) otherwise I would be very interested. Good luck with the sale...its a steal at that price.

[Prufrock]

Not sure it's a steal, but 744s are becoming rarer as years go by (although prices are yet to rise significantly), a timewarp car this cannot be - the mileage is too high for starters.

Replacing the headling in a 744 is a very time-consuming job and puts off many: as for the wheelarches; that will mean a repaint of the rear quarters which if done properly will not be cheap.

Nice to see some provenance.

Just a few thoughts.

Jon


N.B some might want to know if the cambelt has been replaced. Green seats they are not, they're grey, fading over the years results in a greenish tint.