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Volvo 240 DL (1983)
for sale

Price: US $1,500.00

Description:

PLEASE READ BEFORE BIDDING
I am currently taking hospitalized chemotherapy, so my response to any questions or concerns, as well as processing at conclusion of auction may be interrupted. Please note these facts before you bid. Thanks.
Now about the car:
I am selling my 1983 Volvo 240 DL that came equipped with the optional police package for that year. The car was in private family hands in Pennsylvania up until about two years ago. The family maintained the car through a Pennsylvania Volvo dealership and that dealership eventually took the car in on trade. I purchased the car from that dealership and have had it ever since. The car was never placed into service as a police vehicle and was driven, apparently not very much, by the original family. When I obtained the car it showed only a little less than 65, 000 actual miles. I have owned the car for about two years and have put another 10, 000 miles on it since. I have not been successful in including the online links to the Volvo 240 police model, but these can be found on k jet. org.
The car did not come with the vinyl roll-down cover for the rear seat, but there appears to be 3 small plastic provisions located in the upper rear headliner near the rear glass that may have had something to do with it. There is a blue fabric optional Volvo 240 armrest that is in the truck that was there when first purchased. This is apparently a rare and sought after option for the 240 series, but was never part of a police package that I can tell.
The GOOD:
The car starts right up and runs very well. Turbo pulls strong with no acceleration issues. Fun to drive and fast for a 30+ year old 2 series Volvo. Good brakes, tires, suspension is still pretty tight after all of these years. Wipers work, police ticket-writing lights work, dash lights work. Gauge cluster works and all readings show car is operating well. Odometer and trip odometer work. Currently titled in Virginia with up to date inspection. Never smoked in. Never wrecked, but does have one very small dent on the rear quarter panel that was there when I got the car and may have come from a light tap in a parking lot.
The BAD:
Okay, I'll spend as much time here as I can and will hopefully cover all issues that I'm aware of.
Car has been mostly in the hands of a family member, who drove the car but little else. Needs washed, waxed and detailed. Typical Volvo glitchy bulb failure indicator light comes on the dash at times when the brakes are applied. I have run this around the block with Don Allen Service Center in Alexandria, Virginia and no bulb failures can be found. Don Allen did most of the service on this car during my ownership. When I obtained the car, the A/C worked great and blew cold. Lately it has not. I have recharged the system and it blows cold for a week or so and then nada. The compressor works great, so there appears to be a leak in the system. The car shifts great and the transmission works just super. .BUT. .it needs an new shifter assembly (still and ONLY available from Volvo for a cost of about $800 or so). Car will not lock into P park, so the opportunity is there for a major catastrophic transmission failure if car is shifted into park while being driven. There are a couple of small tears in the vinyl of the driver's seat. The rust: All MAJOR rust issues have been documented with the photographs that I have included in the auction. There is some surface rust in some areas that I did not show. I had two estimates about a year ago for ALL rust repair with paint and they varied from $1, 500-1, 800 at the time.
So what we have here is a great little car in need of a home. Had I not fallen ill I would be keeping this car to restore and drive. It is fun, odd, and rare. I'm beginning the bidding at far less than what I paid for the car, an amount that I fell is very fair, given all the circumstances. NO warranty as you can imagine, so don't ask. I want to sell this locally, and have advertised as such, but would entertain an out-of-state buyer if we could come to terms on pickup arrangements. CASH or PAYPAL only. No checks or anything resembling a check from anywhere. No time wasters please, as my time is limited. Thanks for looking and bidding.

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