1986 360 GLT - 'Project Vera' - New Photographs (Page 5)

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Post by mattywatsit » 12 Jul 2011 11:12 am

volvosneverdie wrote:
mattywatsit wrote:
Out of interest when is the next V3M meet?

Matt.
Rare!!!!

Im up for a northern minimett whenever, work permitting. Sure we could scare up 3 or 4 and beat the regonal record. :lol:
Well a possible mini meet could look like this:

Mattywatsit - 86' 360 GLT
Volvosneverdie - 84' 340 GL
FilthyJohn - 90' 340 F7P / 82' 343 DL
Nimminz - 88' 360 GLT
L14NMP - no idea as the 360 turbo isn't on the road is it?

There is atleast 4 cars there :wink: ;)

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mattywatsit wrote:Agreed! We could make a timeline of the earliest to the latest cars... Metro Owners Club did that at their last meet, it was quite interesting!

Out of interest when is the next V3M meet?

Matt.
We didn't do that at all last year :oops: :oops: Ok, maybe a little bit

Next official Big V3M Meet (tm) is the 300 national in September. Small breakout factions are allowed to meet where ever and whenever ;)
Haha, I can't wait to go to a national meet as I've not seen that many different 300 series yet!

Has the location of September's National meet been pinned down yet?

As above for a mini meet :wink: :lol:

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Post by volvosneverdie » 12 Jul 2011 11:18 am

I'll put a thread up the the callender section re: Northern minimeet dude. Save spamming this thread. :wink:
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Post by mattywatsit » 12 Jul 2011 12:07 pm

volvosneverdie wrote:I'll put a thread up the the callender section re: Northern minimeet dude. Save spamming this thread. :wink:
Good Plan :lol: :oops:

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Post by Nimminz » 12 Jul 2011 02:32 pm

I'd be up for a meet :)
'88 360 +T LSD - sold
'87 760 TDI (D24TIC) - sold
'04 V40 D sport (F9Q, decat, Remapped, launch control)
'89 740 SE (b230ft, 12psi, V-cam, headwork, 'remapped', banded steels)
'86 340 DL 1.4

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Post by mattywatsit » 17 Jul 2011 12:45 am

Thanks to City Link i haven't yet recieved my 5th Volvo 440 wheel & centre cap! I paid for next day delivery last Friday, it was posted on Monday and City Link delivered it to Harrow! along with other parcels... bear in mind the wheel is coming from Birmingham! Utter cock up on their part - to cut a long story short; it should be getting re-collected and posted to me. I've not heard from City Link in a couple of days - so i've no idea on an ETA either!

On the upside i managed to pick up another 185/55/R15 during the week for just over £18 Partworn :D It is Continental PremiumContact and has over 7mm of tread remaning and best of all was local; making it able to collect.

So just waiting on the wheel to go in it! :lol:

Hoping to have the 5x GLT wheels sold soon as storage is a little tight! Then going to get a Gen. Volvo cambelt ordered along with a few other goodies :wink:

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Post by SteveP » 17 Jul 2011 10:31 am

The premium contacts are definitely worth a go, good tyre! However, a little tip - go for 195/50/15's - they're usually way more common and cheaper :)
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Post by mattywatsit » 17 Jul 2011 04:29 pm

SteveP wrote:The premium contacts are definitely worth a go, good tyre! However, a little tip - go for 195/50/15's - they're usually way more common and cheaper :)
Thanks for that Steve, I hadn't considered any different size tyre, I just replaced them like for like :D

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Post by mattywatsit » 20 Aug 2011 04:39 pm

I have taken it out this afternoon after a little hickup....

Battery was flat as it has sat for a few weeks oops :oops:

Managed to bump start it and away :D

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Post by mattywatsit » 21 Aug 2011 11:38 pm

Today I took a little bit of a risk!... that paid off :D

I removed the front bumper, grille and headlights + headlight wipers and motor.

I then stripped the headlights apart and gave them a good clean all over, and painted the surrounds inside black 8)

Managed to get them re-built and back on the car and everything back on within a few hours after starting taking things to pieces.

It was a risk as I need the car in the morning to get to work :P

Pics possibly tomorrow, as I also had time to give it a wash tonight too.... :wink:

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Post by Nimminz » 22 Aug 2011 08:12 am

nice one, i'm doing that to my lights this week finger's crossed.

all my jobs end up like that, makes you work quicker lol
'88 360 +T LSD - sold
'87 760 TDI (D24TIC) - sold
'04 V40 D sport (F9Q, decat, Remapped, launch control)
'89 740 SE (b230ft, 12psi, V-cam, headwork, 'remapped', banded steels)
'86 340 DL 1.4

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Post by mattywatsit » 23 Aug 2011 10:15 am

I managed to get a couple of pics before work! :D

So here they are:

Take one nice car and separate it into many bits.... (phone decided to play silly beggars here so no more pics until complete!)
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Black lights 8)
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Beauty... and the BEAST! :lol:
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My Volvo alongside our 2011 Ford Galaxy 2.0TDCi Titanium :D

Thanks for looking - see some of you come Saturday for more pics and a bit chat!

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Post by volvosneverdie » 23 Aug 2011 02:00 pm

Great work. Looks awesome man. 8)
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Post by SteveP » 23 Aug 2011 07:12 pm

That looks stunning - they should've always had black headlight surrounds from the factory :)
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Post by Nimminz » 23 Aug 2011 07:18 pm

Looks good mate, did mine last night / this morning, Does and half make a difference!

Still got to level mine though.

Aye saturday, will be good i reckons!
'88 360 +T LSD - sold
'87 760 TDI (D24TIC) - sold
'04 V40 D sport (F9Q, decat, Remapped, launch control)
'89 740 SE (b230ft, 12psi, V-cam, headwork, 'remapped', banded steels)
'86 340 DL 1.4

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Post by Evoman » 23 Aug 2011 08:55 pm

The car looks great matt! Can we have a meet in the midlands so we can all be there haha
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