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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by volvosneverdie » 05 Apr 2009 05:58 pm

My doubts about the leather interior all evaporated in a tornado of plush comfort goodness this afternoon.
Big cheers to Filthyjohn and son (almost) for showing me how the hides pop in and out.

Words cannot describe how awesome they are......
So i shall try pictures:

Picfest begins.

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Yummy.


Was gonna put the Oz alloys on too:
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But then some bloke turned up and bought them!
Balls.

Hunt for wheels recommences. :lol:
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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by sven360 » 05 Apr 2009 06:05 pm

Looks plush.

Leather trimmed door cards next??
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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by volvosneverdie » 05 Apr 2009 06:07 pm

sven360 wrote:Looks plush.

Leather trimmed door cards next??
nah, its already plush enough man.
wheels, and finished.

i think.
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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by OapEM » 05 Apr 2009 08:25 pm

Seats look mint mate (H) Green velour be damned :lol:

LMAO @ Gaz being referred to as John's son :lol: Top quality mincing fellas. Also those wheels from the valva wouldn't have looked right on the 340 mate! Stick with the steels on beauty rim idea for now. Gets me by and looks OK IMO.

I just skimmed the last few comments etc. but you've flogegd the MX wires now aye? Was thinking would the longer bolts with the allen head not have solved the quandry?
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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by volvosneverdie » 05 Apr 2009 08:33 pm

OapEM wrote:. but you've flogegd the MX wires now aye? Was thinking would the longer bolts with the allen head not have solved the quandry?
theyre listed atm man.

tried two wheelnut specialists, an with the thread i need, with the length of shaft i need, and correct diameter for the appature fitting, the nuts i bought, were the ONLY option.
Pain in the rear.

Just bought some BMW mini (one) 15" steels from the bay tnight.
Never fitted, came straight off for alloys.
4 brand spanking new tyres.
51 english squid.

Gonna powdercoat/spray black and try and find some 15in rings and run them with the chromey scooby nuts.
Should look well enough, for the budget.
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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by filthyjohn » 05 Apr 2009 08:55 pm

Maximum pimpness. He isn't my son, I'm 8 years older than him. Which admittedly is about average father/son age gap in Sunderland.
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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by volvosneverdie » 05 Apr 2009 09:02 pm

filthyjohn wrote:Maximum pimpness. He isn't my son, I'm 8 years older than him. Which admittedly is about average father/son age gap in Sunderland.
Brother?!
Really?

I would have had a tenner on 'lover' all day long dude.
But 'brother' certainly explains the playful hostility.

And i must say, im more than somewhat relieved.

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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by filthyjohn » 05 Apr 2009 09:11 pm

You're sick you. That's what sisters are for.
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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by volvosneverdie » 05 Apr 2009 09:12 pm

filthyjohn wrote:You're sick you. That's what sisters are for.
True, and no, they really arnt.





or ARE they?
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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by foggyjames » 05 Apr 2009 09:57 pm

A fair number of 340 hatches had leather. Probably the first mk2, though...

This went from woe to woo pretty quickly, didn't it?

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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by volvosneverdie » 05 Apr 2009 10:03 pm

foggyjames wrote:A fair number of 340 hatches had leather. Probably the first mk2, though...

This went from woe to woo pretty quickly, didn't it?

cheers

James
first one ive had anyway then.
good call though.
cant keep a good 300 down i suppose.
and every time i get down about it, some other V3Mer solves my problem/cheers me up/has worse luck than me, which all have the same effect.

hope restored.

cheers gentlemen.
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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by magnumpi » 05 Apr 2009 10:27 pm

P.I.M.P thats looking sweet my friend, i've been faffing about with seats myself allday, will put it in my thread once i've dug it up from the deapths.

15" Mini steels sound like a bargain to me, especialy with new rubber, should look tasty.
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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by volvosneverdie » 05 Apr 2009 10:30 pm

magnumpi wrote:P.I.M.P thats looking sweet my friend, i've been faffing about with seats myself allday, will put it in my thread once i've dug it up from the deapths.

15" Mini steels sound like a bargain to me, especialy with new rubber, should look tasty.
Blacked up they should look good enough like.
not a patch on the pi collection though. :lol:
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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by WooDooUK » 06 Apr 2009 01:40 pm

Good work,

i have often wondered what it would be like to take the other route and go for something other than Buckets seats and Harnesses in a 340,

Cant wait to see the 15" mini steelies, just one of the many wheels i have concidered in the past

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Re: First 340 hatch with leather?! 05.04.09

Post by volvosneverdie » 06 Apr 2009 02:14 pm

WooDooUK wrote:Good work,

i have often wondered what it would be like to take the other route and go for something other than Buckets seats and Harnesses in a 340,

Cant wait to see the 15" mini steelies, just one of the many wheels i have concidered in the past
Cheers dude.
They should be in soon so i'll get pics up.
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