Lovely old Ovlov 740 GLE Auto Estate - CRUSHED!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

This belongs to a mate of mine who resides in the West London/M40 area. It's a silver H plate 740 Estate with black leather, automatic - and it's the cleanest, most level old 740 I bet anyone has seen for ages. It's run out of MOT and tax and is due to be filled with old brake discs, exhausts etc and weighed in for scrap any day soon. It starts, runs drives and would probably sail through an MOT - no rot, no Catalyst bullshit. It's never been abused and I seem to recall it still had the supplying Volvo dealer number plates. The interior is exceptional.PM me if you want to buy it. The guy does not welcome dickheads or sightseers. You turn up with money, give it a brief inspection and take it away. No pics, but you know what these look like. Trust me, it's a very nice old thing. A pity to see it crushed but it's worth £130 as scrap.

[FredTransit]

If that had been a 240, i would have been there!

[VWPowered]

i've just been offered a 760 Estate although mines to break

[FredTransit]

Have to say though, my 240 was only £205 with a fresh MOT. Was mine very cheap or is this one a bit too much?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Have to say though, my 240 was only £205 with a fresh MOT. Was mine very cheap or is this one a bit too much?

The 740 was a much better car and I doubt your 240 is as clean as this. They're all worthless scrap at the end of the day.

[dollywobbler]

Yup, I must concede that the 740 is much better than the 240. The 740 is just like driving around in your lounge. It's ace!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Sorry to piss on everyone's chips........It's done 215'000 miles (with history and old MOT's), has a patch of peeling laquer on the bonnet and a split in the drivers seat.So it's not low mileage and perfect. So sorry................

[r.welfare]

Carbon dating of all the MOT's belonging to my brother's '90 GLE saloon revealed it had done 230,000 miles, not the 125,000 showing on the odo - these 2.3s can take the distance. And hell, if the headlining's not hanging down it's got to be worth the money...wonderful cars, and the estate is simply cavernous.

[Pete-M]

I've had a few old Volvos.. they're strong old buses as long as you don't let them fill their autobox with water.. the radiators can leak between the water bit and the oil cooly bit until the inevitable gearbox flush happens.I am absolutely loving the T5 I bought last week - even though the blokes at the wheel-alignment [1] place fried the battery..[1] These blokes use a £40k laser and computerised mental machine with a load of computers hanging off it to measure toe/track/camber/castor etc. It's worth the extra few quid.. [2][2] They go absolutely postal if you call it 'tracking'.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Well, it got weighed in and crushed.Of all the timewasters, one came from this very forum........

[AXrescuer]

I hope you are not talking about me matey. I clearly said that I was asking you on behalf of my brother. It was down to him whether or not he went on to purchase the car. As it is, he tried several times to contact your 'mate' but never got the courtesy of a reply.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I R GLAD ITS BEAN KRUSHED

[Owain-328i]

Shame there fantastic cars. Far better than any BMW or Merc of the same era.

[Torsten2001]

Have to say though, my 240 was only £205 with a fresh MOT. Was mine very cheap or is this one a bit too much?

The 740 was a much better car and I doubt your 240 is as clean as this. They're all worthless scrap at the end of the day.

Sorry I missed this, bugger! I would've had it!The 740 though is far and away NOT a better car than the 240, certainly not as well built!

[AnthonyG]

They're all worthless scrap at the end of the day.

So why are you moaning about it being crushed then?

 

740s are not markedly better than 240s either - in fact IMO 240s handle better - 740s are just boats, you might as well have a Cadillac.

 

A Mk2 Ford Granada 2.3 or 2.8 was a far better car than either, but banger racers (and badge snobs) have killed them all off .

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I love my 240, its the donkeys nutsack.

[pogweasel]

I love my 240, its the donkeys nutsack.

Good. The 240SE wagon I had was THE BADGER'S CLACK, I thought it was ace - jumungous boot, loads of space, mega comfy, GR9 4 A-framin' etc. Shame 'the domestic manager' declared it to be VISUALLY OFFENSIVE. No taste, that lass.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

some you win, some you lose innit. My mrs normally despairs at the crummy shiteheaps that casue me to blatter myself when we're out and about, but she likes the old Torslanda and will even drive it! somehow I dont think i'll get her behind the wheel of the HYUNDAI PONY

[pogweasel]

O RLY. I reckon my dearly belov'd would probably drive your Pony without too much protestation. It's small-ish and probably has hopeless performance requiring endless through-the-gears-ragging to attain decent forward motion, which is the sort of mechanical style that appeals to her driving sensibilities...

[FredTransit]

bugger it, buy her a Mk2 transit, that will teach her.....

[Torsten2001]

A Mk2 Ford Granada 2.3 or 2.8 was a far better car than either, but banger racers (and badge snobs) have killed them all off .

WHOA there!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I hope you are not talking about me matey. I clearly said that I was asking you on behalf of my brother. It was down to him whether or not he went on to purchase the car. As it is, he tried several times to contact your 'mate' but never got the courtesy of a reply.

Yes, 'Matey', I'm talking about you.Your initial query reads "Hello mate, I'm interested in the 740 if he still he has it.".No mention of your Brother, and the owner never heard from either of you. Funny how he had calls from others, yet his phone didn't work for you eh? Never mind, it's dead and gone now. Next time, a polite 'thanks but no thanks' will suffice.Ta.

[155V6]

 

A Mk2 Ford Granada 2.3 or 2.8 was a far better car than either, but banger racers (and badge snobs) have killed them all off .

The Volvos are pretty popular for racing now,you can even buy the parts to fit the Ford V6 into Volvos,could be fun for the road

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

 

 

A Mk2 Ford Granada 2.3 or 2.8 was a far better car than either, but banger racers (and badge snobs) have killed them all off .

The Volvos are pretty popular for racing now,you can even buy the parts to fit the Ford V6 into Volvos,could be fun for the road

The Ford V6 needs a chain adding so it can be used as a boat anchor.

 

Why you'd replace a tough Volvo 4 with a gutless, thirsty nail like the Cologne is beyond me.

[Pete-M]

 

 

A Mk2 Ford Granada 2.3 or 2.8 was a far better car than either, but banger racers (and badge snobs) have killed them all off .

The Volvos are pretty popular for racing now,you can even buy the parts to fit the Ford V6 into Volvos,could be fun for the road

The Ford V6 needs a chain adding so it can be used as a boat anchor.

 

Why you'd replace a tough Volvo 4 with a gutless, thirsty nail like the Cologne is beyond me.

Volvo 4 pots are pretty gutless (in standard form) whereas the Cologne is torquey but a bit unrefined.

 

Personally, I wouldn't entertain another Mk2 Granada unless it was the 2.8i, and I'd pick a 3.0 Mk1 Granada over a lot of cars.

 

A black Mk1 Granada 3.0 Ghia S manual preferably with the mega-rare aircon would quite probably top my "lottery winnings" car list. I know they made at least one as one was delivered to my dad's garage sometime in 1976. I drooled then and I'm still droolin' now.

[pogweasel]

I hope you are not talking about me matey.

 

I clearly said that I was asking you on behalf of my brother. It was down to him whether or not he went on to purchase the car. As it is, he tried several times to contact your 'mate' but never got the courtesy of a reply.

Yes, 'Matey', I'm talking about you.

 

Your initial query reads "Hello mate,

 

I'm interested in the 740 if he still he has it.

".

 

No mention of your Brother, and the owner never heard from either of you.

 

Funny how he had calls from others, yet his phone didn't work for you eh?

 

Never mind, it's dead and gone now. Next time, a polite 'thanks but no thanks' will suffice.

 

Ta.

There's only one way to settle this.

[155V6]

When I was a member of one of the many Granada clubs,there was talk of some of the last German Mk 1s being factory-fitted with the 2.8i engine

[Pete-M]

When I was a member of one of the many Granada clubs,there was talk of some of the last German Mk 1s being factory-fitted with the 2.8i engine

Hmm. Never heard of that, but it wouldn't surprise me that much. One of those would be lovely with the 24v Cossie lump, or maybe the turbo technics 2.9 dropped in. Nah, I'd rather have an Essex lump than a Cologne.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

The Cologne was an absolute joke of an engine, worse even than the old PRV. It was a lash up from the '60's developed from the V4 to the extent that they didn't even give the thing six exhaust ports. Ford claimed 150 bhp from the 2.8i but they never did anything like that. A 528i or Merc 280E would slaughter one.The Essex was a lot better but was discontinued as Ford UK got sucked into Ford of Europe. The 3.0 Essex wasn't suitable for continuous high rpm, so rather than add a five speed box like everyone else was doing, they substituted a fartless boat anchor. The Essex is well known for it's tuning potential, the Cologne isn't.My Granada would be an early 3.0 GXL with the vinyl roof, quilted vinyl seat trim and those wonderful stainless steel wheeltrims. Onyx green or Tawny bronze please. However, a Vauxhall Royale would be better still! Silver with plum red velours and all that chrome. Stunnin'.

[vicsmith]

Who won the fight? And can I have your mate`s number? I`m very interested in attempting to reconstitute the crushed 740 estate using abig inflatable leather bag.