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Asking price

€14,700

Private seller

1981 Volvo 240 For Sale

  • Left Hand Drive
  • 261,000 Kilometres
  • Automatic, 4 speed
  • Petrol
  • 2316cc
  • 1981
  • Brown
  • Private seller
  • FR
    Bernay-Saint-Martin, France

Description

VOLVO 245 GLT US California – 1981
Vehicle running on unleaded 95/ E10 and 98
Needs refurbishment underneath the rear bench and a slight leak in the air suspension system, not serious (I own the piping). Mileage: 259, 509 km – mileage varies with travel
Price drop
I am reluctantly selling my Volvo, a Swedish model brought to the USA for California, which is no longer needed by me. Excellent car, very pleasant to drive
Registration in a collection = technical inspection every 5 years. It has always passed inspections without refusals. Carried out May 2023 – another technical inspection will be carried out at the time of sale.
I have owned the vehicle for 10 years

Numerous options:
-4 power windows tinted
-Pioneer stereo and 4 Volvo speakers
-Air conditioning
-Cruise control (Tempomat)
-Central door locking
-Dome light with delayed switch
-Electric mirrors (the only model with aluminium mirrors rather than plastic)
-Rear headrest with divider net
-Third brake light
-Volvo turbo alloy wheels
-Long-range headlamps
-Set of chains
-Plus various other parts
-four alloy wheels with snow tyres
And many rarer items:
-Automatic transmission with overdrive
-Beige dashboard with indicators (outside temperature, oil pressure, oil temperature, fuel economy)
-2, 300 cm3 red block engine with 137 horsepower
-Lambda sensor (US model)
-Centre armrest with front and rear cup holders
-Rear air suspension
Maintenance:
- Oil change, oil filter and fuel filter
- Oil change and filter for the oil and fuel filters
- Vehicle clean and well maintained (over €19, 000 in invoices), bodywork in very good condition.
- Alternator redone.
- As with the dynamo, the automatic gearbox oil change with oil filter, rear differential oil change, spark plugs + alternator, fuel pumps + relay, timing belt and water pump.
- Ignition system renewed
- Cylinder head rebuilt and machined
- Exhaust silencer renewed
- Rear and front brakes new (discs + pads + caliper)
- Automatic transmission mount and centre indicator new
- Front windscreen wiper motor new and rear as exchange standard
- Front shocks and top mounts new
- Replacement of transmission shaft crosses and rear suspension arm silent blocks new

03/ 04/ 2024 : speedometer replacement (problem with lighting and odometer display resolved)
174, 067 miles or 280, 134 km
258, 898 km, i. e. an additional 21, 236 km to be added to the odometer to reflect the real mileage

Vehicle location

Bernay-Saint-Martin, France
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Advert Details

Advert type:
For Sale
Category:
Classic Cars
Country:
France
Reference number:
C1941249
Listed on:
19/10/2025
Make:
Volvo
Model:
240
Year:
1981
Colour:
Brown
Seller type:
Private

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