Will our 430,000+ mile Volvo pass the MOT?

[@lukemallory7832]

I remember the day my father brought me to the Volvo garage in 1990 to collect our 'new car'. At this point, I had only ever known old second-hand jobs, Talbot Horizons, Peugeots etc. And there, parked outside, with our surname printed on the reg plate, was a brand new Volvo 740 GLE in gun metal grey metallic, with grey leather, electric sunroof and the same wheels as yours. It was like another planet. That lap belt in the back was often my seat, as the youngest. One of the happiest memories of my life..

[@cheshirebowman4465]

Absolutely stunningly beautiful. Cars pretty good too.

[@thpxs0554]

People don’t realise how good these cars are, and incredibly robust. I was offered a 240 estate 1990 in a farm yard. It was covered in moss, mould all over the seats, and had been sat 2-3 years. It started with a new battery ( took a while) stale fuel, the hand brake was jammed and the shoes delaminated but no problem to do I drove it home ( on the trade insurance) cleaned it up and it was totally rust free and I drove it for 2 years. Cam belt was an hour’s work, did a clutch, easy job, really great car. So I bought an 850T5 in 2009, it’s passed every mot since, and the latest one just this morning, it’s literally never gone wrong in 14 years, just tyres, a cam belt, servicing, and swapped out the leaking nivomats for standard springs/shocks. Volvo for life . As the ad used to said. Being in the trade Ive owned everything, BMW, Mercedes, dozens of cars, those old Volvos are best most reliable cars I ever had. And the T5 cost me £680. 14 years of motoring for £680. ( don’t mention the fuel consumption though)

[@UKBarnFinds]

I'm hearing so many good things about Volvos. The only ones we've had previously were our 'dailies' - a pair of 2006 XC90's. The only reason we decided not to keep them on the road was the tax - it shot up to over £600 per year each. The cars, themselves, did us proud. My one even survived an attack from a barn roof during Storm Eunice last year!

[@alexandermorris8420]

Super safe car to transport your kids. My mate had one of these for years. Love the channel 😊

[@skeggy]

There are people who make plates with the old dealer logos on them if you look about

[@skeggy]

My dad had a 760 turbo brand new from the dealer in Luton c120fur

[@casement18]

Gorgeous old swedish brick !

[@trigsretromotors]

I cant believe it only failed on that one belt, what a proper car!

[@stevewarrington5515]

Lovely old volvo. Awesome cars, remember my father in law letting me loose with his 760 turbo I was bossing it. This was 1996.

[@stevenginnever5343]

Great video on an awesome car. I currently have the 740 estate 1991 face lift model. I must be the only person in the country, that that would love a face drop. Being a full time unpaid carer for our disabled daughter, this is but a dream. But on a positive vibe, we have a car that can be worked on by ourselves. Also now it has some degree of street cred.😊

[@jpharrison7391]

I'd forgotten the ball bearing device on the washers. When installed right, it stopped the water flowing back to the washer bottle out of the tubes. These 740s were full of little tricks.

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

Last of the "Real" Volvos ..Superb car

[@st200ol]

It won’t fail if the bonnet doesn’t open the MOT tester will not start the test as items can’t be checked such as top suspension mounts.

[@UKBarnFinds]

Thanks for the info. I wasn't sure if he'd open it after I explained that it was a two-man job, but probably not. I'm glad it was a simple fix.

[@johnp6636]

It’s call the MOT pre checks so they won’t even start the test if the bonnet can’t be opened

[@robertdunnett5022]

Love a BIG VOLVO. what a car. My V70 is a baby only 200,000 miles on a 06 plate.

[@williamduncan5679]

Lovely car no computers,you had to fault find it yourself then fix it, I miss it a lot.❤🎉

[@tgs2251]

I had a C reg 740 man years ago. It was brilliant vehicle, very comfy and there was space to spread our 3 youngsters across the back seat and reduce a few of the squabbles!

[@UKBarnFinds]

Sold! If it can reduce the squabbles, this one's a keeper! 😂

[@robertngreen6]

What a result! Hopefully you can find a replacement to the missing belt soon. You can probably get a replica front number plate made up like the original! Looking forward to the next video and to wherever the Volvo takes you!

[@UKBarnFinds]

Thank you. That's a good shout on the number plate, although I'll leave this one for now. I may be pushing it for next year, though 😊 The rear one is from a different dealer, so I'll try to figure out which one is likeliest to be the earlier one and go from there.

[@mikaeljonsson4686]

Looks to be in awesome condition, especially considering age and def the mileage! Had a couple of 740:s, great reliable cars! Not really good on icy or snowy winter roads though... really light rear end. The station wagon is actually way better in that regard. Had one of those too... ;)

[@JosephJackson-uf1iw]

Great video, we used to run volvo estates, never knew when we would need the space for extra equipment. The final shot at the end shows some white bodyshells to the right. Presumably GRP for toy cars, do you have any info on them

[@UKBarnFinds]

Thank you. We really do need to do an update on this car soon! Those white cars are, I believe, ex-fairground cars. They have some kind of metal framework in them and weigh more than I thought! I got them from a farm auction, of all places, and we’re going to use them as display pieces for a show stand.

[@scotty6346]

Result! Get the lap belt sorted and the Volvo's a good un! Years left in that old crate!! Seriously the 700 series are great cars.

[@UKBarnFinds]

Hope so. This one is such a comfy ride.

[@HenryScott-d7g]

Your missus 11:11 is beautiful…just beautiful!

[@UKBarnFinds]

Cheers. She’s getting pretty good at editing, too 👍🏻

[@HenryScott-d7g]

Without sounding creepy, am I allowed to ask her name?

[@HenryScott-d7g]

@@UKBarnFinds you’re not wrong..she can edit my barn any time she wants!! Lol

[@bobjohnson205]

@@HenryScott-d7g He says her name often in the videos - it's Claire.

[@trevhughes5666]

Hi elton had volvo 740 gle as a chauffeur car auto great comfy car to drive after 12 hour shift never felt tired enjoy driving the car elton and co

[@UKBarnFinds]

Thank you. It certainly is a comfortable car and I'm glad that Claire enjoys it, too. I reckon she might be using this one a fair bit.

[@smcm7010]

🤣My 'new' old 740 failed on the exact same thing. Went home and pulled up the rear seat and there was the belt... just wish had thought of that at the test centre.

[@UKBarnFinds]

You got luckier than us 😂

[@georgemaund4964]

Sorry, didn't see the first video. Shows how long a good car will run if looked after. If you haven't seen them, watch High Peak autos Matthew review older cars that still have plenty of life in them with some TLC. I wonder how many of the state of the art EVs that are being promoted now will last thirty years or get to 300k miles ???

[@UKBarnFinds]

No word of a lie, we were looking at his channel about 10 minutes ago! One of the ones I subscribe to and enjoy, both from a liking his content and “he’s good at doing this KZbin thing” perspective 😀 Spot on about modern cars. They’re built to be obsolete in a few years from the start. No money in building cars that last. It’s such a shame. There’s so much about new cars that’s good (safety, economy, etc), but they seem to have avoided building cars that will live more than 10 years.

[@michael5089]

Matt at High Peak is a lovely guy. Recently subbed to you as well. Really enjoying your content!😊

[@Tchristman100]

My '84 Mercedes 300D Turbodiesel passed at 577,000 miles.

[@UKBarnFinds]

Wow that’s incredible!

[@paulb4uk]

Great news the car does seem like someone looked after it.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Attend to that underused stuff, sort, clean off surface rust and ENSURE sub frame, sills, etc, catch it whilst you still can......

[@justinsteel6360]

Good old renault motors in old volvos

[@81adamlittle]

Seems strange that the buckle and belt are missing right next to each other, i wouldn't be entirely surprised if they were tucked down below the seat!

[@UKBarnFinds]

Myself and the MOT tester did look, but I will double check. I have realised that they come as one piece; offside seatbelt buckle has the lap belt attached to the stalk. Easy to source and fit, luckily. One bolt!

[@suzyqualcast6269]

F registration OK. I've got an 99/V reg Vectra b but sub frame rust is going to fail it. What are Volvos like for this? I've had the Vec since 2013 and it seems disloyal to say bye bye,....

[@EdSteele-rc4sb]

Why did the mileage day 70k not 430?

[@UKBarnFinds]

The clocks were changed in 2004.

[@thegrinch8161]

The only Volvo owned was a 245 estate, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, anyhoo and it was yet another under £500 quid car and surprisingly it always got me where I then when married, big mistake, as I said it got me where I needed to go eventually but she was a feckin gas hog and if she was wind and watertight I could cope with the mechanical work courtesy of friend in the MTsection and liberal use of the pit or hoist on base for under sealing the current motor oh how I wish that there was such a thing as lanogaurd in the 80s. I also learned very quickly not to lather on underseal when your so drunk because I undersealed the exhaust and the smell of bitumen hung around for weeks

[@Steve-GM0HUU]

😨Seatbelt rolled all the way in. Been there.

[@UKBarnFinds]

I felt such a numpty. 😂

[@georgemaund4964]

Gov.UK MoT check shows the mileage on 21.07.23 as 71090......

[@UKBarnFinds]

The clocks were changed in 2004. MOT testers record what the clocks say, not what the mileage is*. Recording MOT's online didn't start until 2006. All explained in the first video and the original auction listing (links below). Rule No. 1 - never trust the government 😂 Thanks for watching. * Ironically, the clocks in there now are bust again, so I'll need to change them. Look at the last two MOT's. Acccording to the the recorded mileage, F407 MPM hasn't done any miles since 2019. It still says 71,090 today, and I've been all over the place in it. First vid - kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5KalYuwi7qYedE Original listing - angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/2587-10-Jun-2023/2314~2-1988-volvo-740-gle

[@marktyler2396]

volvo dealer still trading in surry if you want to keep dealer plates

[@georgedoherty6743]

How did it pass its emissions test, worried about mine just made it last year.

[@UKBarnFinds]

All I did was run up to the local filling station, put their most expensive (E5) petrol in and then drive it to the MOT garage. Thankfully, emissions were okay.

[@edwardalannewton8591]

I think the number plate is a fail mot

[@UKBarnFinds]

It was put as an advisory, but I doubt it would last another year.

[@chitpaul]

71k miles, well the tester needs a fail.. thought this had a few more miles on it then that.

[@UKBarnFinds]

It does. Check out the first video. The clocks were changed in 2004 👍🏻

[@davidthompson6834]

According to gov.uk this Volvo has 71000 miles

[@UKBarnFinds]

The clocks were changed in 2004. It’s all explained in the first video 👍🏻

[@UKBarnFinds]

We Bought A 430,000+ Mile Volvo At Auction! Can We Take It To The Moon & Back? kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5KalYuwi7qYedE

[@jamiechristie9417]

There’s no way that drivers seatbelt passed mot it’s frayed badly

[@UKBarnFinds]

Keep watching. I replaced it 😀

[@rhys180606]

Should have passed, benefit of doubt. Not allowed to push hands down and look for belt as risk of injury, pull seats up.

[@stephencrowther524]

There’s no such thing as “benefit of doubt” in an mot !

[@scudtub]

There is actually. As stated in the manual!

[@scudtub]

But it was fail correctly on that occasion

[@stevemcgowan3017]

Mot history says only 70000 miles petrol engine fail mot

[@UKBarnFinds]

Hi Steve, the clocks were changed in 2014. We go into more detail about that in our previous Volvo video 👍 Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@UKBarnFinds]

*2004

[@stevemcgowan3017]

@@UKBarnFinds oh right my t4 is 333000 think is Volvo derived engine use daily

[@justinsteel6360]

430.000??? Says 71

[@UKBarnFinds]

It does now. Check out the first video. The clocks were changed in 2004. They may even need changing again now, as you’ll see in the 3rd video we uploaded about this car 😂

[@justinsteel6360]

@@UKBarnFinds ahh. Makes sense. Sorry didn’t realise

[@UKBarnFinds]

No problem at all. It’s thrown a lot of people. I’m going to have to find a way of slipping that info into each video of this car.

[@kenh3344]

Lose batt carrier fail