Aquired for nowt from a very nice man in Edinburgh who has had her for the last 16 years.
102,000 miles and generally in very good nick. Her body is superb for the age apart from a few minor dinks and scratches. Her rear arches were done fairly recently and it seems to be a pretty good job although there is a little rust coming through at the front of the passenger side arch.
The doors are in great condition with hardly any signs of rust at all. The cloth on the seats is also in very good nick and all that lets the interior down are a few bits of cracked plastic here and there (should have spares in the garage for most).
She's needing MOT'd and will need an exhaust, a front wheel bearing and the back brakes / handbrake sorting out, but hopefully not much else. She's good and solid on the road and has fewer interior creaks and rattles than Dave so she maybe hasn't been driven as hard.
Apart from a crack along the top edge of one rear cluster they are in remarkable condition.
I've been told they weren't replaced at any time by the previous owner which means they must be at least 16 years old, and probably original at closer to 18 years. Anyone know if Volvo changed the plastic the clusters are made of?
On the way home with her from Edinburgh over a 25 mile run of mixed driving she averaged 42 mpg!. All in all I'm well chuffed and can't wait to get her back on the road.
Looks really good, and the interior has the blue stripes instead of the red ones?
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