1986 340(the results are in)

[volvosneverdie]

lol i drove of from work the other day and left my shoes on top of the roof, came to a halt sign and a shoe came flying through the sun roof and smaked me on the head, made me jump and look around for the chump frowing shoes, then realised it was mine lol

Lolercoaster ride man.

good job you didnt crash and die.
Wouldve made one head of a Report.

'....and in local News, a young man accidentally mangaged to shoe himself in the head with his own shoe, through the sunroof of his own car, while traveling at moderate speed. There were no survivors, bar the other shoe. The inquest today returned a verdict of possible mental retardation.......... now Alan with the Sport.'

[Ronnie]

They dont do a 1.8 multipoint mate, 1.7 carb, 1.7 turbo, 1.7 multipoint, 1.8 single point, and 2.0 multipoint, oh and 1.9TD
Adam

Ah yes, it was a 1.7 GLT multipoint of some antiquity - been a while - you were still in short trousers when I was driving it

[Bazboy]

Hey everyone

Took the leo's in today to get tyres fitted, happy as a kid in a candy store, really looking forward to getting them on the car and some photos up before bed but alas it was not to be.

There was a issue with the machine putting the tyre on one of the rims and to cut a long story short it resulted in a 6/7 inch long deep gash along the dish of the wheel Gutted! it looked horrible.

They were really sound about it and sent the wheel off right away to be professionally refurbished at there cost, but still kind of gutting so i only have three now until tuesday.

Dan

[foggyjames]

Uck, that sucks. I'd be interested to hear how they're going to repair it safely, depending on exactly how deep it was...

cheers

James

[volvosneverdie]

Dude, that sucks donkeyballs. Hope they chuck you a couple of tyres in to as goodwill.

[sven360]

Sounds to me like someone's been borrowing VND's lucky mascot


As me ol' boss used to say to me,"you've made an easy job look very difficult." Muppetry of the highest order with the tyre machine by the sounds of it.

After all the trouble of tracking down and freighting the wheels let's hope it all has a happy ending.

[Bazboy]

Cheers guys, hopefully theyll fix it and ill have some white leo's on by weds if not the the hunt begins again

Dan

[Bazboy]

So today began the long but scarily close road to retro rides, so lots of work volvo wise

Plan is a respray in royal maroon with white stripe and leo's and a few other bits done, hopefully suspension but may leave it till after mot and rr as time is against me.

So today i started stripping the car in search for rust, and i wish i hadnt gone looking Its pretty crusty around the the drivers side rear wheel arch and very bad around the to front, mainly wing territory, so am umming and ahhhing about whether i should get rid of the mot failing rust, get body work great and spray, but leave the front inner wings untill i can afford new wings from volvo, as im working to a budget at the moment and the paint and everything else is bought. Or remove the wings and probably not have the car for retro rides .

Anyway on with the pics:

Front partially stripped:



Back almost done but how on earth do you remove the rear bumper???



Rust....



Rust.....



Horrible rust.....





Looking pretty sorry for itself



Parked up for the night untill tuesday when i hope to get some more stripping done





Sorry for lack of pics but it started raining and i didnt like getting wet

Cheers Dan

[volvosneverdie]

Dude.
It'll be lighter that a standard metal 340 anyway!

[SteveP]

Yeuch... been there dude.

Re: The rear inner arches. Rip all the sound deadening out to check for more - the metal is unpainted under the sound deadening so it can easily spread under there. This happens as the plastic plugs that go in the arch (you'll see them if you look up into the arch from the outside) fall out and it lets water in

[340GLT]

All the rust on the front panel is the same as i had on my 86 340 mate and its not too bad to repair.
Adam

[Bazboy]

Cheers guys, hopefully the rust wont be too hard to dispose off, ill have another poke around on tuesday and hopefully no more will appear On another note, How do you remove the rear bumper? i can see some bolts but cannot get a socket or spanner too them

Cheers Dan

[SteveP]

2 bolts each side which go through the chassis rails, ring spanners required - on every car I've removed a rear bumper on it's been a complete bitch of a job, they get very rusty over the years! Lots of wd40, cursing etc... When I removed the rear bumper off my saloon before I scrapped it and had limited time I ended up cutting through the boot floor with an angle grider to take out the bolt at the same time - brutal but effective (not that I'd recommend it in your case!)

[Bazboy]

Cheers steve, hopefully weather permitting the bumper will be gone come tuesday

[Chris_C]

Dan, as Steve says, ring spanner one side, 6 sided socket and breaker bar the other. Have new bolts ready, I normally shear them.