We Bought A 430,000+ Mile Volvo At Auction! Can We Take It To The Moon & Back?
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2023
- This 1988 Volvo 740 GLE has done over 430,000 miles! Yes, you did read that correctly! To the moon and back is 451,246 miles - can this Volvo make it? We'll give it a go...
Bought on a whim at Anglia Car Auctions for £860, join us for a first look at the car, before we put it in for an MOT.
IF we can get the car MOT'd, the mission will be to put those extra miles on it as quickly as possible. Let us know in the comments below of any good events for an 80's brick like this.
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Had a 740 estate 325000 it had a steering rack, a distributor, alternator., a windscreen and three petrol pumps.
And the usual break pads
Did another five years after I sold it.
35 to the gallon and a mug of oil between changes.
They go for ever.
If you’re not fussy or ‘precious’ about cars, but cleverly like a good pedigree car that lasts and lasts, this is a cracker. Mind you it looks well maintained all it’s life. It may have had plenty of new parts in all that time. That always helps!
We’ll probably go through all that service history one day and find out it’s the Trigger’s Broom of Volvos 😂
These cars are bullet proof, you'll have no problems doing another 20,000 miles. A fellow CZcamsr Geoff Buys Cars loves these, especially the estate versions. This model, I think was range topping.
760 was top of the range
Superb car worth saving by the looks of it someone has looked after it
This Volvo probably has the same miles again in it, it's been looked after. Cracking old barge. Enjoyed that
I love these big old Volvos, great video
I had a B REG 760 GLE when I was just 24 years old back in the day it was my first proper car, brings back all the old memories watching this video of all the hours! I spent tinkering around with it so I could get the car just right. 👍
The biggest car mistake i made was selling my 1990 740 estate, 140k on the clock and i can say it was the best car that i owned, pity they don't make them like that any longer, they just kept on going.
Why did you sell it?
Had one the exact same and colour in the mid 90s great car when I sold it it had done 192 thousand miles my brother had an older 245 estate 267 thousand miles on the clock
What a beast! The Volvos pretty hot too. Incredible condition for the mileage!
If I had seen that I would have bought it. I still would. It’s gorgeous
I used to be the proud owner of one of these cars,and when I sold it many years ago it had 180 on the clock ,it was the only car I have ever owned and never had to replace a part apart from the clutch. But it used to be a very heavy on fuel.
What a lovely looking car
I've bought a 87 mazda 626 2.0 petrol ex cab never had the head or sump off it was 7 years old with 800k on it and I had it another 2 years. And I had a 4 year old saab 9000 aero with 380k on it which I got from the main dealer as a px. Both regular oil changes thats the key
Great video - loved it! I’ve a soft spot for these cars - they were premium in the day as you say - I remember a school friend’s father having one of these. Very nostalgic and entertaining - thank you!
So glad you liked it. I hope the MOT won’t be too horrendous, as I’d really like to get stuck into driving this one.
Love it. That'll do another 20k and some no problem.
The big 500 is in sight!
Note the Cambelt is 4 years or 48k on these, so it is due on time. Its a dead easy (and therefore cheap) job on these so recommend getting it done. (The belt on mine stripped on the way home from buying it, and it hit all 4 intake valves, ending up with the cam 40degrees advanced but it kept running and somehow survived!! )
Thanks, Chris, we'll definitely add that to the list to be done as soon as the MOT is sorted, in that case.
My last one made it to the moon. But never got back. It was still driving i just retired it.
Claire is gorgeous! Cars not bad either!!
The grab handles on the drivers side is deleted but as it's a car made for right and lefthand drive tge place is there for it. If it was left hand drive that handle would be missing. Great car. We had a 76 244DL here in Australia for 15 years when I was growing up.
My dad nearly bought a brand new one in 1991 but instead went for its replacement the 940. The 700 series was supposed to have replaced the 200 series, but they were so popular they carried on making them until 1993, the year after production of the 700 series stopped, which means between 1990 and 1992 all 3 series were being produced
My god what a beautiful lady. That car is good for 1000s more miles. I've had 4 of them.
I had my mum's 740GLE estate for a few years.. about 150k miles. Beautiful car. I used to cruise everywhere in comfort. She would happily waft along at 100mph.. amazing car. Very sad when she had to go. My fault. I pushed it too hard with a ton of timber in the back.. seals broke etc.. tragedy. Such a classy motor.
I run a 109k - 2006 XC70 D5 Lux for my fishing trips. The ream of maintenance & service paperwork that came with it totted up to £12800. Mostly Volvo dealership. If the old girl ever lets go I plan to replace it with a 740/760 maybe a 940/960. In the past I ran a 4x4 for fishing, as I often end up offroad (mild) accessing river etc, 95% of my driving is road based so the Volvo is superb, however they are surprisngly good in the soft stuff.
Lorries and buses do far more. Here's to the internal combustion engine x
What a brilliant car! I hope it can get through an mot and get those miles ticking on!
Same here! We've ordered a washer pump today, the tyre has had a repair, the side indicator has had a new bulb fitted and I'm just hoping the underneath isn't going to be too bad. We'll see 😯
Old Volvos never die, they just roll on forever!
Great video...:)
What you thought was a fusebox when opening the bonnet is a fresh air vent for your feet. There's one on the passenger side too.
Thank you!
Yes from what you’ve showed us ….service history is phenomenal in line with the mileage…… it would be great to see the Swedish tank back on the road. Probably new washer motor as they seize….. tyre repair wing repair. Job done ….oh an the glove box switch that ya misses destroyed😂😂
Volvos "there boxy but good"
Volvos are built like tanks that thing well manteined will do another 300k at least. I had 2 volvos never had problems with any of them i had a 440 turbo and a 850 r for a van it looked like a rocket.
You had an 850r ... 😌👌 very nice, very comfortable & very quick (& safe) what a great combination. Expensive but it was competing with Mercedes & Audi so fair enough
@@sMack120 it realy was something else that thing puled so hard the turbo was abit tuned nothing crazy but for such a big car that thing taped out at 260 max speed.) Good times.
Great Volvo estate with an excellent tradition of reliability and longevity. Given a choice you should drive the car on the continent and head to Stockholm, the homeland of Volvo. Cannot wait to hear your track plans. Good luck - and by the way how much did play the car at auction ? 😊
Made by swedish Volvonium💪🏻
They go on and on but do need maintenance. The previous owner has clearly had it done by the book, hence the 430,000 miles and it looks good for plenty more.
Indeed, we’ve never seen such an epic service history before!
Just Volvo near Southampton are v good .
From experience, th old tub will slowly grow on you, they aren't fast, tho they can be made to be, but they're exemplary comfy mile munchers.
I've got a 93 945, 350,000 miles, poverty spec, non turbo, 2.0 litre slug, but I happily got into mine and drove to Poland to do a bike swap, following a drunken online deal, didn't miss a beat. One tip, replace bulbs in pairs, th system is a bit sensitive to it, took many hours of baffled shouting at mine before I twigged it.
Lakes autos, wyboston on th A1, Volvo breakers, for th harder to source bits, but there's massive forum and social media support for these.
Like I said, give her a few weeks to settle in and for yourselves to adjust to th Volvo way, and you'll soon wonder why it took so long for a redblock to find its way into your life.
This is an awesome reply and cheers for the tip about the bulbs. Claire’s away with the kids this week, so I’ve be been rolling around in the 740 (mainly to takeaways, but don’t tell her that 😂). I love it! A few things to sort and improve, but it’s unusual to get into an 80’s car, for me, and not feel that different to the cars around you. The size and the way it drives make me think it must have been something special, back in the day. Usually, I feel like something’s going to let me down in an old car, but not with the Volvo. Now I’ve cursed it…😂
No worries, I hope it turns out as good as it appears to be, and there's almost nothing you can't do yourself, on a normal basis.
I snagged myself a Merc a few weeks ago, a 2000 s210 E320cdi, and despite it being newer, with only 55k and a full Mercedes history, and it's almost showroom standard condition, it just doesn't come up to anywhere near th Volvo in terms of every metric I apply. Tho I'm talking estates here, I didn't really consider estates until I accidentally bought my first Volvo 945, my then partner lived 50 miles away, I blew my car up driving over for th weekend, and had to be in work at 0300 Monday, so I bought th first car eBay had that was within 50 miles, ended by Sunday lunchtime and was under 500 quid... I no longer see th point in buying a saloon, you get th same car if you get an estate, just with more room and greater practicality and I think estates look far better....but, despite this Merc only costing 50 quid, and being far 'better' than my Volvo, I suspect th Merc is just going to be th Volvo backup vehicle, whilst I spend a year sprinkling glitter and polishing my maroon luxobarge.
They do drive well, and yeah, they wallow a bit in corners, but they actually stick to th road surprisingly well...she'll romp to another 20k and if th services are maintained, you can easily put another 0 on that...if it's a 2.3 it's a non interference engine, so you don't have to worry about th belt, if it's a bit old, 2.0L engines are interference tho, but a belt is cheap and it's about as easy as it gets, plenty of online tutorials for tips, they're so easy, work wise, that I was able to talk my missus thru doing a belt and head gasket change, and she'd never ever laid a spanner on anything bar kids bicycles, and we did it all in a day( I'd just got out of hospital after a few convenient heart attacks, anything to get out of th tiling) but it needed doing and she said I wasn't allowed to do it...
Plus, street cred, I may be almost 60, but there's still that inner grin when 'dem yoot dem' say 'cool car mate' and these redblocks really are...humble ones too, not just th 600bhp fire breathing drift racers and street sleepers....
That volvo is in damn good condition for the mileage...easily do another 200k...
It sure is and very nice to drive 👍
@@UKBarnFinds I had one many years ago...then a 240..now settled with a 2008 S40 R-design...always nice to see folk like yourself keeping these brilliant old volvos going....
We really need to do an update on it soon. Trouble is, we’ve been using it, but haven’t worked on it. It’s a great car just to have there to use.
@@UKBarnFinds I look forward to the update..Not many of these left in the uk i would imagine.
Hate the myth about timingbelts that "need" to be changed at low mileage!! Many people buy a cheap used car and then pay MORE for a timingbelt change than the car is worth. In this case the belt is cheap to replace and the car is worth it so not much to discuss.
If that's from Fishers Volvo Buckland I sold it... Reigate Area.....
My car also came from Fishers of Buckland, in amongst all the sales paperwork is a clipping from a newsletter with a picture of you and your colleague Mike Simmonds, who sold my car,.
@@chris1roll crikey.... along long time ago in a distant galaxy..... Mike became a policeman....
A Volvo would last. Just imagine a Japanese car's interior after half of that (or even 1/4th in my experience)
It looks suspiciously clean on the outside. Hmmmmmm, I'm guessing it's had a engine swap. Or body swap.
Doubtful, but the service history shows that it seemed to go into a Volvo garage very frequently. And I mean VERY 😂
If ever theres a nuclear bomb blast, the only 3 things that will survive are cockroaches, Christmas puddings and Volvos 😂
IF ITS DONE 430,000 + Miles how is it that in 2018 It ONLY HAD 66,000
And it's been OFF the road with NO MOT SINCE 2020. AS WE HAVE CHECKED ITS MOT HISTORY FIRST REGISTERED OCT 1988. 🤔.
It’s all in the video…
How much was it
£860 - angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/2587-10-Jun-2023/2314~2-1988-volvo-740-gle
How much was it ??!!
£860 including premiums, absolute bargain!
Thought about that sort of figure. Great buy…. Just a shame it’s not an estate for me.
You can get 600.000 more miles out of it.
Surprised they didnt pay you to take it away. Maybe they did?
What a strange comment. We were bidding against others on the day. I don't think they'd have struggled to sell it 😄
@@UKBarnFinds Hint. It was a joke.
Sorry, so hard to tell on here 😂
Constructive constitism...... It a great idea for a video but you guys need to add some spice to your tone when you talk.
The whole video was more like telling a dreary story than a great idea .
Go get it! And best of luck
Noted. Thank you 🙏