Well I didn't buy the last Volvo I was looking at on ebay (the $25 245 that was sitting on a farm up north a bit). It's just too complicated to get up there with a tow dolley, and I'm a little anxious about driving back along mountain roads with behind me.

I am still in contact with the seller though, and since no one else seems to want it, they're happy to hold it for a while if I'm still interested. Sounds like they just want it off their farm. Sssh, don't tell ebay I'm negotiating offlist lol.

A very nice looking 244 did turn up on ebay tonight though, and if the rust in it's not too bad it could be a good 18th birthday present for my brother. This one will probably go for more than the $150 starting bid, but probably no more than $500 from my experience of ebay australia. The virgos alone are worth the first bid, but all I've got now is the change in my pocket.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Volvo-244GL-1983_W0QQitemZ4645609307QQcategoryZ102556QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Does my brother need a slightly rusty 244 for his birthday? I'd buy it myself for the wheels alone if I had the readies, but since I don't I might persaude my dad to buy it for Miles. I've got a friend in the body business who's already said he'll do a bit of work on whatever Miles gets for his first car.

This being said the last thing my family needs is another unreliable 240, what sort of things should I be concerned about if I go to look at this one? I aquired mine one the assumption that everything was broken (I was right) so I've never done any pre-sale checks on a 240.

If I was buying it for him I wouldn't care if it ran or not, I'd just give him a toolkit and a service manual, but Dad would probably want to give him something that actually runs.
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