Impossible to find a diesel Volvo 940/740? HELP!
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Literally at the end of my tether now.
I've been looking for a diesel manual 940 or 740, don't ask why because I don't know either, and they just simply don't seem to exist.
I've phoned 25+ local car dealerships, a local Volvo main dealer who hasn't seen one in four years, and I've tried pretty much every website to find one:
carandclassic
autotrader
Wight bay
eBay
trovit
classiccarsforsale
retrorides
PH classifieds
gumtree
Local auctions don't have any, Lakes Volvo in Bedford don't have one for sale either.
The one single one that is/was on eBay, a grey 740 estate, hasn't moved for the last 10 years and is a heap, and is up on the border of Scotland.
The other one I've found weeks ago on carandclassic is owned by an old chap, it's a red estate, been using water for the last 7 years and he's been topping it up with K seal and tap water. not had belts for 8 years either. Barge pole, etc.
Anyone able to provide me with some form of contact for someone selling one somewhere, or any help as to where I can find one? I'm based in Winchester but I'm willing to go anywhere in the UK to get one.
I'm absolutely desperate. I even rang a Kia dealership, at 9 in the morning.
I've been looking for a diesel manual 940 or 740, don't ask why because I don't know either, and they just simply don't seem to exist.
I've phoned 25+ local car dealerships, a local Volvo main dealer who hasn't seen one in four years, and I've tried pretty much every website to find one:
carandclassic
autotrader
Wight bay
eBay
trovit
classiccarsforsale
retrorides
PH classifieds
gumtree
Local auctions don't have any, Lakes Volvo in Bedford don't have one for sale either.
The one single one that is/was on eBay, a grey 740 estate, hasn't moved for the last 10 years and is a heap, and is up on the border of Scotland.
The other one I've found weeks ago on carandclassic is owned by an old chap, it's a red estate, been using water for the last 7 years and he's been topping it up with K seal and tap water. not had belts for 8 years either. Barge pole, etc.
Anyone able to provide me with some form of contact for someone selling one somewhere, or any help as to where I can find one? I'm based in Winchester but I'm willing to go anywhere in the UK to get one.
I'm absolutely desperate. I even rang a Kia dealership, at 9 in the morning.
I like the 6 cylinder sound, I like the simplicity and durability of the engine, and I've also acquired half a ton of used vegetable oil and various parts to convert it to run on pure veg oil for the grand total of £75.
I just want something different as well, every man and his dog has had a redblock. obviously its awkward but I like to try new things.
I just want something different as well, every man and his dog has had a redblock. obviously its awkward but I like to try new things.
austinsmirk said:
No turbo makes baby jesus cry 
dme123 said:
In that case it's the same advice as you always get when looking for a very specific and uncommon car - wait and keep looking and eventually something will turn up!
Yeah Just figured I'd post up here, just in case someone's grandparents had one or there was one in a local garage or something along those lines. You don't find without looking!
bob1179 said:
the one mentioned in my original post, it's a bit of a heap, and 400 odd miles away, and hasn't moved for a decade
bob1179 said:
Automatic, I'm after a manual, as per original post.Thanks for the advice on what other cars to get everyone, appreciated, but completely the opposite of what this thread was for.
As now stated multiple times, I'm after a 740 or 940. I'm not after an omega, or a bmw, or a Peugeot.
I'm a fan of s
t cars, and a fan of making them work.
previous st cars that worked, both mechanically and aesthetically:
"ruined" "dangerous mate" "kill someone, that" etc
Having a st car/underdog is just interesting, and it sets a challenge and gives my projects a real genuine "destination" which is to live with them and make them work and work really well. The lack of support, knowledge, spares and fan following means I get to use my own ingenuity and use my noggin, figure out things, make things, fix things, and generally engage more with a car than reading how to do something on a forum and repeating in my own car.
All I know about the diesels is that, if well maintained, like the notoriously mozzarella-like rover K series, they will last forever.
I'm ready for it, I shouldn't need to explain the reasons for wanting a car to anyone without any prompting except myself.I could ask why everyone here wanted whatever they drive, but I don't care. You like your car, so everyone's happy. You wanted it, because you wanted it.
I just want one.
Plus, how filthy does this sound....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6V1Bt06gn8
As now stated multiple times, I'm after a 740 or 940. I'm not after an omega, or a bmw, or a Peugeot.
I'm a fan of s
t cars, and a fan of making them work. previous s
t cars that worked, both mechanically and aesthetically:"ruined" "dangerous mate" "kill someone, that" etc
Having a s
t car/underdog is just interesting, and it sets a challenge and gives my projects a real genuine "destination" which is to live with them and make them work and work really well. The lack of support, knowledge, spares and fan following means I get to use my own ingenuity and use my noggin, figure out things, make things, fix things, and generally engage more with a car than reading how to do something on a forum and repeating in my own car.All I know about the diesels is that, if well maintained, like the notoriously mozzarella-like rover K series, they will last forever.
I'm ready for it, I shouldn't need to explain the reasons for wanting a car to anyone without any prompting except myself.I could ask why everyone here wanted whatever they drive, but I don't care. You like your car, so everyone's happy. You wanted it, because you wanted it.
I just want one.
Plus, how filthy does this sound....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6V1Bt06gn8
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