Hello, I'm doing a favor for an elderly neighbor. Her husband recently passed away and she is looking to sell a 1975 164E. I haven't seen it (long story). She is located in West Bend Wisconsin, which is about 45 minutes northwest of Milwaukee.

I was hoping someone here could advise on what she should do to sell it. It seems to me that putting an ad in the local paper won't be very helpful as I assume the market for this sort of car is very thin. On the other hand, her Internet access is limited so ... Any help would be much appreciated.

Here are some other bits she said about the car.
1975 Volvo 164E
automatic
96,000 miles
Taupe, with black leather interior
No rust, fairly new tires
Collector plates

It was in good working order before being stored over a year ago. However, it currently is not running. Her husband loved restoring old cars to mint condition and the car apparently looks quite good (although, as I said, I haven't seen it myself).

She would prefer selling it just as is. But, if you think it would be of great benefit to her to have someone get it operational, please let me know.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

1. Try selling it here and list a ph. number or some way of contacting the owner

2. Here in Mass. there is something called the WantAdvertiser if it or its equivalent exists in WI I would try that too. A lot of old cars are for sale in the WantAdvertiser.

Well, if it wasn't automatic, and it wasn't in Wisconsin.....

My advice is no good. I'm never able to sell anything for what I
think it is worth.

My guess is that if it was running OK before it was stored it should
be pretty easy to get it going. I used to store a 73 164E in Charleston, SC
when I lived in Panama and used it once or twice a year. The only thing I
did was to disconnect the battery and put a couple bottles of lawnmower gas
stabilizer in the tank before I left.

Probably a battery jump would get hers going, unless something got gummed
up.
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