132 mile Volvo 340 for sale
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What's it worth? http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C483166
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A 1987 Volvo 340 with just 132 miles on the clock from new has been uncovered by Anglia Car Auctions for the upcoming Classic sale on Saturday April 5th at its King’s Lynn auction house.
The car was bought brand new from Lancaster Volvo and was barely used by the original owner. After a few weeks the car suffered a coming together with a bollard at a garden centre, grazing the driver’s side wing.
Confidence shaken, the elderly owner put the car into garage where it stayed until the beginning of March when its was dragged out of hiding and added to the auction catalogue.
The 340 was the result of a joint venture between Volvo and Dutch carmaker DAF. DAF were looking for a partner to help them bring the car to market, while Volvo were interested in the Renault engines that DAF had access to.
The partnership worked, and eventually DAF would be absorbed into Volvo. Compared to contemporaries from Ford and Volkswagen the Volvo stood out, thanks to its rear-wheel drive layout, De Dion suspension and rear-mounted gearbox. The 340 would go on to enjoy a successful career in motorsport and, typically for a Volvo, an enviable record for safety.
This 340 uses the 1.7 litre Renault-sourced petrol engine and still boasts its original battery, coolant, oil and spark plugs. Incredibly it’s even retained its original dealer-issue Volvo-branded paper floor mates.
Rob George, Anglia Car Auctions, said: " Plenty of people claim to offer a ‘time warp’ classic but in the case of this Volvo 340 the term was never more fitting.”
Despite its long hibernation the 340 starts and runs, though understandably items like the brakes may well require attention. There’s no sign of corrosion on the car and the interior retains that new-car smell.
The car was bought brand new from Lancaster Volvo and was barely used by the original owner. After a few weeks the car suffered a coming together with a bollard at a garden centre, grazing the driver’s side wing.
Confidence shaken, the elderly owner put the car into garage where it stayed until the beginning of March when its was dragged out of hiding and added to the auction catalogue.
The 340 was the result of a joint venture between Volvo and Dutch carmaker DAF. DAF were looking for a partner to help them bring the car to market, while Volvo were interested in the Renault engines that DAF had access to.
The partnership worked, and eventually DAF would be absorbed into Volvo. Compared to contemporaries from Ford and Volkswagen the Volvo stood out, thanks to its rear-wheel drive layout, De Dion suspension and rear-mounted gearbox. The 340 would go on to enjoy a successful career in motorsport and, typically for a Volvo, an enviable record for safety.
This 340 uses the 1.7 litre Renault-sourced petrol engine and still boasts its original battery, coolant, oil and spark plugs. Incredibly it’s even retained its original dealer-issue Volvo-branded paper floor mates.
Rob George, Anglia Car Auctions, said: " Plenty of people claim to offer a ‘time warp’ classic but in the case of this Volvo 340 the term was never more fitting.”
Despite its long hibernation the 340 starts and runs, though understandably items like the brakes may well require attention. There’s no sign of corrosion on the car and the interior retains that new-car smell.
My dad had one of the first 340's in the country which had the DAF variomatic gearbox. Pretty sure Volvo got the design when they purchased DAF. Horrible yellow colour with poo brown seats. Think that it was one of the very few cars that over the course of it's design life was completely re engineered from front to rear wheel drive etc?? rather like the Triumph Toledo.
Dads one died when the gearbox slipped into reverse from park, after lots of legal letters and Volvo engineer visits to our local dealership he did very well out of it and aquired a 245 GLE
Anyway the one we had was a load of rubbish, my bid would be £50
Dads one died when the gearbox slipped into reverse from park, after lots of legal letters and Volvo engineer visits to our local dealership he did very well out of it and aquired a 245 GLE
Anyway the one we had was a load of rubbish, my bid would be £50
In the related listings...
"This car is most likely the lowest mileage Volvo 340 left."
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C469054
Awkward.
"This car is most likely the lowest mileage Volvo 340 left."
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C469054
Awkward.
JDMDrifter said:
Surely all the bushes and engine seals will be fudged due to lack of use?
Amazing to see cars like this though, just 132 miles!
I reckon it'll fetch about £5k
price hard to say.Amazing to see cars like this though, just 132 miles!
I reckon it'll fetch about £5k
you'd be surprised on parts needing replaced, engine seals maybe but bushes etc normally ok as ultimately they aren't doing much.
Shocks will be away.
If you take into consideration cost price new, interest, depreciation / appreciation, desirability etc, apart from a museum or someone with a personal interest, this is not an investable classic.
There's a 200 mile R5 in the same auction. Identical story, and almost identical damage...
http://www.angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auction...
http://www.angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auction...
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