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1989 740 Turbo Intercooler estate

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Old Oct 12th, 2021, 20:38   #11
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It's certainly a lovely looking car, I have to say I'm quite tempted myself.....
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Old Oct 13th, 2021, 00:07   #12
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Ok, onto the thorny issue of money...

For your horror and amusement, first of all let's see how much I've inexplicably sunk into this old Volvo:
  • I paid £1900 for the car in 2018 (not intending it to become a project).
  • The JT exhaust, iPD springs/arms, iPD ARBs, Bilstein shocks (B6 not B8, my mistake) and panhard bar etc. from Retro Turbo totalled another £2350 excluding shipping and import duties.
  • I've spent almost €2000 (again before shipping) on parts from SKANDIX and GCP since 2018.
  • Life's too short to add up the various other parts sourced via eBay, Classic Swede, etc. - another grand, at least.

Now, I appreciate as much as anyone that old cars are worth far less than the sum of their parts, maintenance/repair doesn't count for much (because stuff working is expected, obviously), go-faster bits don't add anywhere near their cost to the value of the car (if they add anything), and people do care about cosmetics. And that all Volvos are only worth £500.

That said, there are an awful lot of new parts on this car. Pretty much everything that might let you down except the clutch (alternator, radiator, hoses, fuel pumps, cam+fan belts, coil, leads, distributor, water pump, head gasket, crank pulley, clutch hose, sensors etc.) is new within the last few thousand miles.

There's also very little left in the suspension which isn't fresh - shocks, springs, ball joints, arms, bushes and with the exception of a stud or two I didn't want to fight with, pretty much all the fastening hardware underneath is fresh too - replaced with genuine Volvo parts. Did I mention I replaced all the bushes and wear parts in the gear shifter assembly and it's really nice? Propshaft UJs, centre bearing and guibo are all fresh. Engine and gearbox mounts too. Even the rubbers which support the fuel pump cradle are new.

For £5k you can have the car and (once I've fixed the rack which might be a couple of weeks) drive it away with the M90+prop, 15g turbo, 3" DP, iPD cam, and all the other spares I've got (ECUs, starter motor, brake discs+pads, etc.) loaded in the back of it.

For £4500 the car (once fixed), but no spares.

For £4k the car in its current state if you have a means of moving it. No spares.

Now you've probably all just fallen off your chairs and/or spat tea into your keyboards (because all Volvos are only worth £500, obviously) but any less than these figures and I can't justify selling it. Sorry if you were hoping for a bargain or you think I'm messing you all around. Flame away...
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Old Oct 24th, 2021, 14:44   #13
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Wish you are selling it earlier. Always wanted to try out a 740 Turbo Wagon but I have spent far too much on an 850 T-5 I have recently bought. Still couldn't get it quite right despite the £££ poured into the 850.
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Old Oct 25th, 2021, 14:01   #14
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I had the pleasure of seeing this a couple of years ago

A lovely looking car, and clean 740 turbo estates are hard to find now.

Good luck with the sale
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Old Oct 25th, 2021, 14:01   #15
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Sounds a familiar story. I've thrown another £300 at the 740 and it's got working PAS again. I guess I'll be keeping it a while longer...

Garage round the corner from me in Bristol has a tidy looking late 940 up for £4k. No idea if anyone is paying that sort of money for these cars - there was one at a similar asking price feature on Pistonheads recently.
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Sounds a familiar story. I've thrown another £300 at the 740 and it's got working PAS again. I guess I'll be keeping it a while longer...

Garage round the corner from me in Bristol has a tidy looking late 940 up for £4k. No idea if anyone is paying that sort of money for these cars - there was one at a similar asking price feature on Pistonheads recently.
The days of a good 740/940 turbo for a grand are long gone!!
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Old Jun 21st, 2022, 22:11   #17
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Sounds a familiar story. I've thrown another £300 at the 740 and it's got working PAS again. I guess I'll be keeping it a while longer...

Garage round the corner from me in Bristol has a tidy looking late 940 up for £4k. No idea if anyone is paying that sort of money for these cars - there was one at a similar asking price feature on Pistonheads recently.
Nice 740! I also have a 1989 G reg 740 TIC estate in grey (just 85k miles), but mine is the very last of the slab fronted models. Have you had any joy selling? I'd be interested to know what you got for it, as like you mentioned, it's hard to value given how none seem to come up for sale!
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Old Jun 21st, 2022, 22:13   #18
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Nope, I fixed it, fixed it some more, fixed it a bit more and have been racking up the miles on it. Currently running pig-rich and fouling it's plugs so needs some more fixing...
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