Ollies N.I Volvo 340 - Project De-silver - Hillpower f7r

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Ollies N.I Volvo 340 - Project De-silver - Hillpower f7r

Post by Ollie » 18 Oct 2014 09:07 pm

A friend bought this car not too long ago but never got the time to do anything to it! I told him id call up for a nosy as id never looked round one before... Long story short i bought it...

Someone in the past had painted it silver... Everything... Mirrors, aerial, bumpers, spoiler, door handles, all trim! So i started by painting a few things black and getting it mot'd.

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Post by Ollie » 18 Oct 2014 09:12 pm

Through MOT and then a cheap set of ally cats bought. Land rover shocks were in by this stage.

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They werent wide enough so got a set of 7 inch wide minilites

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fURwZ7u ... hkLARLMMpw
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Post by Ollie » 18 Oct 2014 09:17 pm

New Clutch in

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Banded 2 steels for drifting

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And lifted a parts car !!!!!!

Really looking forward to swapping bumpers etc over! I was also going to weld a diff but i soon realised how well these things slide without one. It loves big wet roundabouts!!! :lol: :lol:

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Post by Ride_on » 22 Oct 2014 02:18 am

Good to see it being brought back from the brink, but not sure about this banded steel business.

Will you have some spare 5 door glass by any chance?
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Post by MCHUDD » 31 Oct 2014 04:33 pm

Hi mate.
Looks like Astrell Tweeks is alive and well. I timed the engine for Ashley
four years ago after some bugger ripped him of.
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Post by Ollie » 05 Nov 2014 07:00 pm

Ride_on wrote:Good to see it being brought back from the brink, but not sure about this banded steel business.

Will you have some spare 5 door glass by any chance?

Hey, yep sure do. Drop me a text, 07778545826.

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Post by dubweiser666 » 19 Nov 2014 09:28 pm

Great to see an old friend again, looks well good on the minilites, & I always wanted some for it.
I probably wont win any prizes for my 1st attempt at re-spraying, but I did learn something.

I don't regret anything I've done in this car, it promised to be a fun car, and in fairness it did deliver a good helping of fun while in my ownership.
Thanks for posting these pics, I had a really long thread that was lost in the update.
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Post by macplaxton » 20 Nov 2014 01:31 am

dubweiser666 wrote:that was lost in the update.
It's not lost, just resting.
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Post by trabitom99 » 20 Nov 2014 09:18 am

dubweiser666 wrote:Thanks for posting these pics, I had a really long thread that was lost in the update.
PM Aymat about that, he'll set it back up for you ...

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Post by Ollie » 24 Nov 2014 12:53 am

dubweiser666 wrote:Great to see an old friend again, looks well good on the minilites, & I always wanted some for it.
I probably wont win any prizes for my 1st attempt at re-spraying, but I did learn something.

I don't regret anything I've done in this car, it promised to be a fun car, and in fairness it did deliver a good helping of fun while in my ownership.
Thanks for posting these pics, I had a really long thread that was lost in the update.

Fair play for taking into it but another half hour removing bumpers and trim would have made it a far better job! The actual paint isnt that bad.

Also id love to see the old thread if an admin can resurrect it! :D :D




Anyway...

This happened lol Hopefully get it in over Christmas.

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Post by macplaxton » 24 Nov 2014 01:06 am

Ollie wrote:Also id love to see the old thread if an admin can resurrect it! :D :D
I've PM'd the Daddy. 340pw
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Post by Ollie » 24 Nov 2014 02:31 pm

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Post by MCHUDD » 24 Nov 2014 04:02 pm

Hi mate.
I have also PMd Amyat to see if the thread can be found again.
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Post by macplaxton » 24 Nov 2014 04:12 pm

I've found the thread for him :wink: , so all he needs to do is make it visible again.

If you're really desperate, you can view those unauthorised ones in a roundabout way with Google's Cache.
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Post by andrew » 02 Dec 2014 10:36 pm

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hi Ollie, that's one great pic. Could you take a picture of how the skid plate is attached to the body for me?

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