The other day, a very pleasant email popped up in our inbox! It was from reader Craig M aka pathwayrev, the winner of the 1983 Volvo 240 that recently came through as a BF Auction. He wanted to give us a quick update on the car and his experience, plus he shared some photos of the car now that it’s in his care. He is what Craig had to say – I won the auction for Jimmy H’s Volvo a few weeks ago. It worked out for me to meet up with him on my way from OR to AZ to visit family and he gave me boxes of parts for the car. We connected at an In-N-Out Burger in Salinas which was a win/win. Super guy and we enjoyed the world’s best burgers while I learned the car’s history.
Since then I’ve had tie rod ends and an alignment (his recommendation), got a timing issue resolved, and replaced four flat-spotted tires (he put on 8k miles over his 10 years of ownership). She now runs great and is an analog joy to drive. IMHO I got a steal of a deal on a nearly indestructible car that will probably outlive me. And you should know that I’m as happy with BF’s auction experience as I am with the car. Wasn’t sure going in, but you guys do it right, from the bidding process to the post-purchase connections. Good on ya.
A huge thanks to Craig for the update on his Volvo! If you’ve got a Barn Finds Success story, we’d love to hear about it.
1/4 mile ET?
The best things in life don’t happen in a hurry.
My BFs success story? The best site on this infernal gizmo. I had a ’78 240( 244?) like this, I think, their numbers always confused me, but I loved that car. It had a 4 speed, and O/D, that car hummed down the boulevard. It’s one of the cars, of like a thousand I had, I truly regret selling. At the time, it was just a beater, I paid $300 bucks for it in the 80s. It wasn’t charging, and a set of brushes did the trick. Hardly applicable today. It needed brakes, and at the time, I got an estimate for $800 bucks, almost FIVE THOUSAND BUCKS TODAY, and far outpaced the value of the car, and I junked it.
Glad to hear some success stories, I hope Craig likes the car, a no-brainer, really, he’s happy, the staff is happy, everybody happy, and btw, I didn’t think “In-and-Out” burgers were anything to write home about, it was “Fatburger” in L.A. that has the most amazing burgers,,,I could go for one right now,,arrrrgggghhh,(drooling on keyboard),,,
Enjoying Barn Finds is daily success story !