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Volvo 300 Mania meetings dates and events
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Post by foggyjames » 08 May 2008 11:41 pm

Thanks guys :) The pictures are flattering....the paint is pretty badly shot, and it has quite a few bits of rust (but mainly cosmetic stuff...the underside is solid & clean). John...it should look exactly the same as last time you saw it, bar the wheels! They now badly need the lips refinishing (to go with the refinished centres). They're from Nessy...

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Poor Nessy with its collapsed strut...that was/is a genius car :-D

Still, any mk1 is a good effort these days, and there are plans afoot to tackle the bodywork issues. First though, go-faster goodies... :D

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Post by Chris_C » 09 May 2008 12:00 am

I miss Nessy, superb Hugh bodgery at it's finest. He's coming round to mine on Sat, part 2 mondeo cruise bodging, will see if I can get him to post up again here! Before I'd met anyone on this board I remember meeting Hugh's mum, and being sat on her drive well past dark (see, without Hugh, we've had no Hugh's mum jokes in the last ages. poor show)

I believe I should stop rambling now, too many pints...

Aside, Foggy, before the go faster engine, you need to improve directionability!
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Post by foggyjames » 09 May 2008 12:04 am

Not for the kinda motoring I normally do ;)

I have a set of Koni adjustables for the rear, but the front needs treatment from top to bottom. I think I'll let the bank account recover a little, then have a chat to Dai..:)

Besides, I've already got everything for the engine swap :lol:

EDIT: Nessy...yeah...totally. I got to the point where I couldn't stand its slowness (and the 343 is about the same pace, and with similar ratios thanks to the early short diff....there's just no 5th!)...but I massively miss its general awesomeness and cheapness. I still have it, and I'm sure it will rise again one day...just probably not as a B14!

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'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
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Post by SteveP » 09 May 2008 09:22 am

lolz slowness was one of the reasons I sold my 343 too, it is pretty painful... and my T4 does about the same fuel economy :lol: Could always engine swap, but one 300 is enough for me at the moment!

That Mk1 does look just 'right' though, are you sure you want to get rid of the blue ;) It's a great colour!
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Post by Ronnie » 09 May 2008 02:57 pm

SteveP wrote:are you sure you want to get rid of the blue ;) It's a great colour!
What he said
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Post by filthyjohn » 09 May 2008 03:45 pm

^^^ Thirded.
If you do change the paint, scrape that blue off and send it to me :lol:
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Post by foggyjames » 12 May 2008 12:13 am

You know, I'm very seriously considering not changing the colour...

...if I do, it won't be for a long time yet, so there's plenty of time to debate it!

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James
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'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
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Post by MJ » 28 May 2008 08:57 pm

Looks like it was a fun meet, pity I was too busy with uni work to go :cry:
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