vulgalour Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Goodness, that's a lot of car for £300. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Is @captain_70s next post shortly going to be on the Single and Sad Thread?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Suffolk plate. Thus proving the theory.. Well bought, mine is currently broken so I'm more jealous than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 No need to rebuild the 1300 for the Doloshite now, just buy a trailer and tow it to where you need to go behind your SVM carriage of wonder. stripped fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 It's a '89 740 GL, 2.0 with a 3-speed auto + overdrive. 180,000ish miles (odo is borked), pretty much full service history with a massive wad of history. Last owner sent it to the auto-dismantlers as he was getting too old to work on it and was displeased with some faults it'd developed which he couldn't fix. He'd taken out all the carpets and lower dash for reasons unknown, the boot was full of spares. At this point I should probably come clean. I bought and collected the car on Weds. I've since cleaned it, reassembled the interior with @davehedgehog31, fixed a throttle switch issue with @davidfowler2000 and driven it up to my parent's place in the Cairngorms on holiday. Only snag was it shat it's PAS pipe yesterday so I pulled the belt am running without it Mr Laurence, Fumbler, greengartside and 45 others 47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, captain_70s said: 740 GL The registration plate... IT LIES!! Very well bought. A "traditional" Volvo, back from when they simply extruded your car and cut it off at the length you needed. egg, LightBulbFun, Twiggy and 13 others 7 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 4 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said: Capt. 70s will now drive directly from the scrappy to visit Maw and Paw 70s, at their home near the north pole. 9 minutes ago, captain_70s said: At this point I should probably come clean. I bought and collected the car on Weds. I've since cleaned it, reassembled the interior with @davehedgehog31, fixed a throttle switch issue with @davidfowler2000 and driven it up to my parent's place in the Cairngorms on holiday. The prosecution rests. Datsuncog, Supernaut, Talbot and 9 others 2 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Lets head over to Esther Rantzen for her take on this. aldo135, somewhatfoolish, paulplom and 14 others 5 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Ooft! That's a lot of Swede for £300. Well bought, an even better bargain than Father's £400 V70! I like this a lot, looking forward to progress on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 That's superb, well saved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Proper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidfowler2000 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, cms206 said: Lets head over to Esther Rantzen for her take on this. Apart from the fact it does captain_70s and aldo135 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, davidfowler2000 said: Apart from the fact it does Pfffft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_al_granvia Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 svm???? scotoshite volvo mafia???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Precisely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, captain_70s said: He'd taken out all the carpets and lower dash for reasons unknown heater matrix? Well bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Fuck. Yes. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Now that is a proper car! Welcome to the Swedish brick club. B200E engine I’m guessing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 All the car you'll ever need. Cracking job. Here's hoping that this'll provide you with some daily dependable transport, allowing Triumph fettling to take place without the pressure of having to get it all back together for the Monday morning commute... While a 2.0 Scandi lump's not exactly a byword for fuel economy, I found the running costs on my redblock 240 GL (purchase price: £380) were more than offset by the fact it needed nothing more than a headlight bulb and a washer nozzle replacing during my years of ownership. Plus, it could shift rightly. These are legendary for a reason. Well scored! Burnside and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, egg said: heater matrix? Well bought. I hope it’s not the heater valve... No longer available for RHD non air con cars, and they’re known to leak with old age. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_al_granvia Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 blank off the heater altogether then and get one of these units hardwired in, https://www.amazon.co.uk/RoadPro-C3608-High-Power-Heater-300W/dp/B0013TM0Z0 lot cheaper than fannying about trying to source and modify parts Nyphur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, big_al_granvia said: blank off the heater altogether then and get one of these units hardwired in, https://www.amazon.co.uk/RoadPro-C3608-High-Power-Heater-300W/dp/B0013TM0Z0 lot cheaper than fannying about trying to source and modify parts Or a wood burning stove?! Lovely and toasty! Edit, Its been done! https://youtu.be/NdCfZQsZEHQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Well saved sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 That is a fantastic looking Volvo there. Congratulations!! I'm kind of excited for your after all the BL motoring to be driving something that is actually strudy and potentially dependable and not rotten. I'm surprised Volvo still offered a 3-speed auto so late in the day. Kind of a shame it's not a manual, it would be perfect then, but I'm sure the automatic has a charm of it's own. Looking forward to seeing updates on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, big_al_granvia said: blank off the heater altogether then and get one of these units hardwired in, https://www.amazon.co.uk/RoadPro-C3608-High-Power-Heater-300W/dp/B0013TM0Z0 lot cheaper than fannying about trying to source and modify parts My farts put out more than 300W of heat... Talbot and Nyphur 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 hours ago, big_al_granvia said: blank off the heater altogether then and get one of these units hardwired in, https://www.amazon.co.uk/RoadPro-C3608-High-Power-Heater-300W/dp/B0013TM0Z0 lot cheaper than fannying about trying to source and modify parts You are joking I hope? A car heater can put out 5kW if needed, and I suspect to defrost a car of that size and keep it above hypothermia temperatures in winter, most of those 5kW will be needed. Being a car designed for cold weather climate and being the size it is, it might even be closer to 10kW than 5kW. 300W will do absolutely fuck-all for heating a car interior. It also puts 25A of load on the alternator at a time when you don't really want to be putting any additional load on the electrical system if you can avoid it, especially not on 30+ year old wiring. If it is a failed/failing heater valve there must be some modification that can be done to either repair it, or delete it and locate it elsewhere. Plumbing isn't rocket science. BorniteIdentity and Stevebrookman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 That is "phwoooooaar" material, that. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 6 hours ago, captain_70s said: was displeased with some faults it'd developed which he couldn't fix. Have you worked out what all said faults were/are and hence whether they are fixable? It certainly looks bodily in stunning condition for a 31-year-old car, I'm guessing/hoping that rust isn't one of them. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloth Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 welcome to the brotherhood of. old shonky volvos. youll find the gravellax smoked, and the knakerbrod crunchy. somewhatfoolish and Alusilber 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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