240wagonguy
Member
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2013
- Location
- Weare, NH
So it was Spetember last year and I'm browsing auction listings as usual. Winter was coming and I was bored with my 95 Caprice ex-police car. Sure it was fast but it was lacking that third pedal, and 3-4k to convert it was out of the question. I find a listing for the 1985 740 sedan and it's a manual. I'm like hot damn I gotta check this out.
We get down to the auction on the day, I look at it real quick and it's not too bad. Comes across the block and of course, I'm the only guy to show interest except for the junkyard guy. Snagged it for the minimum bid! All mine.
Looks good enough that I do and register it for daily drivin the following week. Runs great, but clutch is worn. Engages right off the floor. Body is mint, and then I see the reason why.
SCORE. I got a Mass title with the car, was issued in 2001. So it's been in the north for a bit but it's clean as hell underneath. Perfect beater. So I change the oil and start driving it. Getting 26 mpg and the clutch is useable. Actually I've put about 9k miles on it since without doing anything about it.
Seats are horrible tho. After day one of driving it I had to do something about the seat. So I wrapped it in some foam I had lying around. TB approved?
Then I ebayed some neato burrito seat covers.
Then well winter was coming so it was snow tire time. In a strange twist of fate, the guy I found on facebook selling new tires for cheap, also happened to be a Volvo specialist with a large stock of old stuff, and he wasn't really attached to the stuff either. So that's how I scored an eggcrate grill for $10..also check out my cool Hazard Fraught foggies that ran me a total of $11. Pimping is cheap.
Car did good all winter. Loving it in fact, got a consistent 25 MPG and was really maintenance free. Whoever owned it before really took good care of it. As spring got closer and closer I considering flipping it. But I really liked driving it. So the GF kinda talked me out of it. haha. So project things are happening now.
We get down to the auction on the day, I look at it real quick and it's not too bad. Comes across the block and of course, I'm the only guy to show interest except for the junkyard guy. Snagged it for the minimum bid! All mine.
Looks good enough that I do and register it for daily drivin the following week. Runs great, but clutch is worn. Engages right off the floor. Body is mint, and then I see the reason why.
SCORE. I got a Mass title with the car, was issued in 2001. So it's been in the north for a bit but it's clean as hell underneath. Perfect beater. So I change the oil and start driving it. Getting 26 mpg and the clutch is useable. Actually I've put about 9k miles on it since without doing anything about it.
Seats are horrible tho. After day one of driving it I had to do something about the seat. So I wrapped it in some foam I had lying around. TB approved?
Then I ebayed some neato burrito seat covers.
Then well winter was coming so it was snow tire time. In a strange twist of fate, the guy I found on facebook selling new tires for cheap, also happened to be a Volvo specialist with a large stock of old stuff, and he wasn't really attached to the stuff either. So that's how I scored an eggcrate grill for $10..also check out my cool Hazard Fraught foggies that ran me a total of $11. Pimping is cheap.
Car did good all winter. Loving it in fact, got a consistent 25 MPG and was really maintenance free. Whoever owned it before really took good care of it. As spring got closer and closer I considering flipping it. But I really liked driving it. So the GF kinda talked me out of it. haha. So project things are happening now.