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My uncle is a Catholic Priest, two years ago a family who recently moved to Ohio from California had donated their 1989 Volvo 740 GLE to the church. The church used the car for running errands but it mostly sat for long periods of time in the garage. Last year, my uncle donated the car to a family down on their luck and they used to the car to get back and forth to work. The family recently dug themselves out of their hole and gave the car back to the church. The church doesn't want the car back and my uncle more or less asked me to sell it for whatever I can get and take $100 commission, scrap it at the recyling yard or keep it for a beater.
The local auto recycling is paying $245 per ton and the car weighs roughly 2,800 lbs. I believe.
Here is what I know about the car...
The odometer stopped working three years ago at 207,500 miles
The trip odometer does not work
The gasoline gauge does not work
The heater works but the fan bearings squeal
The abs light comes on when you hit the brakes
There is a clunk in the right rear when making turns
Rear hatch does not open
No headliner
Hood won't release unless you pry it with a flathead screwdriver
broken marker light housings (need replaced)
may need alignment (wobbles at low speed)
Ugly as sin.
Good stuff:
Runs pretty damn well
Shifts pretty damn well
Radio works
a/c works
carpet and seats will look decent when cleaned
good amount of tread left on the tires
brakes are ok
Rust free, straight body from California
above average paint for a 21 year old car
I don't quite trust this thing, but I heard that old Volvo's run forever. I believe it is rear wheen drive and I'm not sure how well that would do in the snow.
Opinions???
My uncle is a Catholic Priest, two years ago a family who recently moved to Ohio from California had donated their 1989 Volvo 740 GLE to the church. The church used the car for running errands but it mostly sat for long periods of time in the garage. Last year, my uncle donated the car to a family down on their luck and they used to the car to get back and forth to work. The family recently dug themselves out of their hole and gave the car back to the church. The church doesn't want the car back and my uncle more or less asked me to sell it for whatever I can get and take $100 commission, scrap it at the recyling yard or keep it for a beater.
The local auto recycling is paying $245 per ton and the car weighs roughly 2,800 lbs. I believe.
Here is what I know about the car...
The odometer stopped working three years ago at 207,500 miles
The trip odometer does not work
The gasoline gauge does not work
The heater works but the fan bearings squeal
The abs light comes on when you hit the brakes
There is a clunk in the right rear when making turns
Rear hatch does not open
No headliner
Hood won't release unless you pry it with a flathead screwdriver
broken marker light housings (need replaced)
may need alignment (wobbles at low speed)
Ugly as sin.
Good stuff:
Runs pretty damn well
Shifts pretty damn well
Radio works
a/c works
carpet and seats will look decent when cleaned
good amount of tread left on the tires
brakes are ok
Rust free, straight body from California
above average paint for a 21 year old car
I don't quite trust this thing, but I heard that old Volvo's run forever. I believe it is rear wheen drive and I'm not sure how well that would do in the snow.
Opinions???
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