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Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 12:22 pm
by benji1985
MCHUDD wrote:Hi Ben.
Class one. What about some chunky side trim.
Cheers Mark.
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I had thought about the big trims, but I don't have a set for a 5 door, but I do have a set of the thin trims which I think will look nicer.
Not sure mind you

Ben

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 04:43 pm
by bogbasic
re: chrome strip - looks nice and you don't want it to look too murdered out. My theory is that we'll be having this discussion about Honda Jazzes in a few years but mchudd threatened to end it all now.

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 12:26 am
by bogbasic
Saw a lovely murdered-out 940 estate today - even the lettering at the back was blacked-out. Mental.

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 19 Aug 2018 08:52 pm
by benji1985
bogbasic wrote:re: chrome strip - looks nice and you don't want it to look too murdered out. My theory is that we'll be having this discussion about Honda Jazzes in a few years but mchudd threatened to end it all now.
Thank you, I just wanted a hint of the chrome.

Ben

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 04 Sep 2018 10:15 pm
by JFB
Had you repaint the Volvo logo the chromed paint? How? Need do it in mine.

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 08 Sep 2018 04:28 pm
by Ride_on

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 09 Sep 2018 04:06 pm
by benji1985
JFB wrote:Had you repaint the Volvo logo the chromed paint? How? Need do it in mine.
No the Volvo badge is her original one, the 340gl was new

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 03 May 2020 03:38 pm
by TasMan
Just checking in from the FB group following your post....there are folk who are still reading the forum :-) Keep up the good work...Dave

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 28 Sep 2020 04:17 am
by bogbasic
Hello, I had a bash at making a pdf version of this thread. The quality is a bit rat-faced if you zoom in too much, but it looks not too bad from a distance.

https://www.adrive.com/public/S7u5Wx/16367_screen.pdf

Warning, its 40 MB and 933 pages. Any comments welcome on improving quality, any missing bits (some pictures really are missing), etc. I had to down-size the pictures a couple of times but they are still way-bigger than the text. I tried to prettify it for printing via a web service, but that started missing out pictures, so ditched that option although it would have been good if it had worked! Anyhow, I think what I have looks semi-OK ;-?
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HTH to preserve a great thread!!

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 29 Sep 2020 12:35 am
by bogbasic
Yo, I did manage to prettify it a bit with teh PrintWhatYouLike Chrome extension and made a mobile-friendly version.

https://www.adrive.com/public/JQ73jP/16376_mobile.pdf

It don't look too bad really, do it?? Eh? Eh?
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Only 1359 pages, but its smaller than the previous one.

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:10 am
by benji1985
bogbasic wrote:
29 Sep 2020 12:35 am
Wow.... I'm impressed

any reason why you want the tread to be PDF'ed?
Not complaining in any way

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:19 am
by benji1985
There is sadly more than a years worth of updates
including Aircon being fitted at the moment

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 17 Oct 2020 02:35 pm
by bogbasic
Well, I've done the whole forum - I am a bit of a backup freak. Your thread was a special case because the excellent pictures are (very rightly) much bigger than A4. You can follow things here:

forumbackup.blogspot.com

I'll send copies to anyone interested when it's ready. Almost there. It'll be about 8 GB so will need to be posted, I think.

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 18 Oct 2020 08:16 pm
by benji1985
might be best to host on a site like dropbox?

Re: Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:39 am
by bogbasic
I've put it: here. It now has some tweaks that should improve it a bit and has been virus-checked!

It took 1.5 hours to upload to Google Drive after midnight, so I would allow a similar amount of time for downloading and it'll probably take about the same amount of time to unzip it! Its best to use a text searching program like recoll (small donation for Windows) or docfetcher (free), etc, to make an index of the pdf files in the resulting folder (v3m), which takes about another hour, and then your subsequent searches will be pretty much instantaneous. More info on the blog. Do let me know of any issues, suggestions and also if you just download a copy, then I will know who has a backup in case my hard disk dies. If a few people could possibly test it, I might post the link in one of the general threads if there is any sort of interest at all ;-?
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