My new 340..........

[Ian Mac]

One owner from new, 18000 genuine miles and absolutely no rust. It does need a new boot carpet though and the clutch is fairly high so will probably need replacing sooner rather than later. Being a DL it has no heated seats, a four speed gearbox and the radio only receives medium and long wave stations. Nonetheless, its an extremely nice car and a weekends work will see it in showroom condition

I've paid a deposit and will collect the car within the next few days so I'll post some more pics once its been cleaned-up (not that it needs much - a good polishing, touch-up some minor paint chips etc)

Ian

[340GLT]

Damn thats clean!!!!!!!!
Lovely car!!
Adam

[Hell Driver]

Looks like the same colour as my dads vario, but without the weathered look Nice find!

[Speedy88]

wow! Look forward to seeing it at a meet.

[volvosneverdie]

Looks awesome Ian.

[trabitom99]

Fantastic Amazing too, how the previous owner managed to wear the clutch in 18000 miles That must have been some serious stop / start, elderly driving

Tom

[SteveP]

Very clean! Congrats! I'd be very tempted to swap in a 5speed box, makes for a much nicer and economical drive. Although I guess if you don't do long trips, it doesn't really matter!

[Ian Mac]

To be honest I would have preferred a five speed box but as the car will mainly be used to commute to and from the station its not too much of an issue. I wanted the best condition car I could find for the money regardless of specification so I've finished up with a four speed box, no heated seats and a rather basic stereo system. It beats having to rebuild the front valance and rear jacking points though...

[trabitom99]

It's the usual story with 300's - the best car money can buy will be the cheapest in the long term. Especially if you have to pay someone to do the work for you ...

It's a different story with Mk1s though. Here it's more of a case of "snap anything that comes up regardless of condition"

In LHD-country even late cars are getting scarce. There's a chap on http://www.volvo-forum.de who's desperately looking for a LHD MkIII GLT with a B200F engine regardless of condition. He's had no luck so far, despite searching all the Swedish, Swiss, Dutch and Spanish websites too ...

Tom

[SteveP]

It beats having to rebuild the front valance and rear jacking points though...

Very true! Best thing to do once summer comes is to dinitrol the hell out of it!

[tommysb]

Lovely colour!

[dubweiser666]

cleanest engine bay ive seen in a while!,

[MCHUDD]

Hi dub.
I seen your engine bay on sunday,its ablolutly spot on. Lucky man.
Cheers Mark.

[RobT_75]

There's a lot to be said for basic spec, less to go wrong. Best way to heat the seats is to break wind I find, although a fifth gear would be useful.

Nice colour too, a wise purchase Ian let's hope it serves you well