scooters Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-moto ... e/92879032 if anyone is up for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 My man in Sweatyland is on the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Contact has been made and negotiations have commenced. Chap giving away wants to ensure it goes to a deserving benefactor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Look at the mileage - its only just run in. Definitely worth a bit of effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 There's a free 740GLE estate in the classifieds section of the latest edition of the Volvo Owners Club magazine. If it wasn't in Durham, I'd be all over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 PM me the details please Shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 PM me the details please Shep I would, but I've left my copy of the magazine at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 There's a free 740GLE estate in the classifieds section of the latest edition of the Volvo Owners Club magazine. If it wasn't in Durham, I'd be all over it details please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 As mentioned above, I have left the magazine which contains the ad at work (I'll be able to retrieve it tomorrow), but I can recall that the car is silver with black trim, is apparently in very good condition and is located within the 01207 telephone code area, most likely in Consett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonedepear Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 There's a free 740GLE estate in the classifieds section of the latest edition of the Volvo Owners Club magazine. If it wasn't in Durham, I'd be all over it details please +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 As mentioned above, I have left the magazine which contains the ad at work (I'll be able to retrieve it tomorrow), but I can recall that the car is silver with black trim, is apparently in very good condition and is located within the 01207 telephone code area, most likely in Consett mm, very interested in this, as my brother is looking for a winter car for his 2 dogs and umpteen nippers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Good luck with expecting it to still be available, I'd imagine any free car in a specialist magazine to be long gone by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Good luck with expecting it to still be available, I'd imagine any free car in a specialist magazine to be long gone by now. i only know of two volvo hoarders in durham, and they both have no more capacity i suspect i have seen this car in and around Stanley, owner also has a white estate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Righty right, here's the ad for those who are interested. I imagine that the car is still available, as the magazine has a fairly small circulation and many VOC members are apt to look a gift Volvo in the mouth, so to speak: 740 GLE 1988Auto estateMetallic greyBlack leatherVGCNo known faultsNew MOTFree to a good homeContact: Croydon Parry 01207 6229115 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Ta i ll give him a ring in the morning, think i ll bung him some cash to ease the wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 phone number doesnt exist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 According to google there's a chap called Croydon Parry with this number:0207 622 9115 Vs the posted: 01207 6229115Seems the free volvo is in london. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Phone number has a digit too many - 01207 numbers are all 6 long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 london then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Don't blame me, blame the magazine layout people: I suspect that the person who is offering the car is actually a Mr. Parry from Croydon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 maybe its a wind up then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 i like how the add states new mot yeh right spend money moting the car to give it away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 If the guy can afford to fly around in a Tiger Moth then maybe he can afford to just give away old cars instead of faffing with tyre kickers. Give the working number a ring and see what response you get. You may get a ride in an old biplane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tony Hayers Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 My man in Sweatyland is on the case. He must be uber fast for a free land tank. He must be made of concrete to beat off the racing frat etc etc. I bet the antique crew would even brain him with a Queen Vic sideboard for first dibs on this. You may get a ride in an old biplane! That sounds nice, Darling Could it be that some old brylcreem boy is lonley and just wants shitters to call up for a chat about a free Volvo? Unless its Mr G. Agdgdgwngo and you've all been duped. HA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello-gandini Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 This free Volvo is a potential deathtrap/money pit. Volvo is owned by the Chinese now, and parts are difficult to find. You should buy a new Skoda instead, etc. etc. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooters Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 This free Volvo is a potential deathtrap/money pit. Volvo is owned by the Chinese now, and parts are difficult to find. You should buy a new Skoda instead, etc. etc. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Exactly! This is autoshite for fucksake there has been far to much bollocks talked about unreliablility etc....when the whole point is exactly to do what Sam Glover did last December flying to Bucharest to rescue a basket case Facial Denem Sport, get it through a local MOT and drive the bugger 2100 miles back to blighty in mid winter with no heater...the man is a god! Like George Mallory responded when asked 'why do you want to climb everest?'....in a day when they wore monacles and pith helmets ffs... His response......because it is THERE I don't find it odd that a giffer wants to give away a car. I have done it in the past and you do seem to find it in volvos especially...it is the bloody mindedness of driving an old barge for years that makes you feel that you need to pass it on to another torch bearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Like the chinese responded when asked 'why do you want to buy rover?'Their response......to asset strip it, and use the name to sell cheap tat.....erm errr because it is THERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 So was the Ovlov 'state in the shit south of glorious Durham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 So was the Ovlov 'state in the shit south of glorious Durham? i refer the honourable member to the two pages of this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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