MADSEB and the camoflauge 360

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MADSEB and the camoflauge 360

Post by madseb » 06 Jul 2010 11:49 am

ok so afetr a quest to find a suitable rearr wheel drive car for a bit of slidey fun, i brought a volvo 360 2ltre red block off the bay for the princley sum of £295
(for all the purists out there the car was no where near as good as it looked. so was a prime candidate for a skidder)
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now this was allways aimked to be a budget build, so the parts for the car needed to be cheap as chips, because the way i saw it iw as very inexpierienced and would probably stack this car hard.
so the first thing was to get the very sloppy open diff welded. beign a metal fab by trade this wasnt a problem, added to that a chopped and trampy stainless side exit, and all was well.
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it drove around like this for a couple of months, untill catastrophy!!! the bottom pully on the belt failed bending a few of the valves on the head. :(
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the car spent a month off the road untill a very kind volvo breaker up noth sent me down a new head for £60 posted! love the cheapness of the volv!

it had allways been my intenet to paint the volvo, a friend had a olive drab military like one, and determined to go one better i whipped out the brushes, and many magners later in the summer sunshine, and with the help of my friends. it slowly took shape:
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while the car was off the road i took an angle grinder and adjusted the stance a little :)
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next up was a couple of ebays finest, grey cobra bucket seats,
two pieces of bar per side later, and they were all fitted in.
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i had allways been a fan of smooth badgless grills, and though the volvo would be a prime candidate, so with one of the many spare grills i got with the car, i set about fibreglassing and smoothing untill this was the result.
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so with the seats, stance, and car stripped, it was time for the safety device that you all want to know about:
the cage!
now having accsess to a metal fabricators and mucho mucho bar, meant that this was knocked up in a weekend.
behold:
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so with the car now running, thanks to a new head, and bottom pulley and gasket set.
the cage was in and the car was at a stage i was happy with,
well that was untill these came up, and i instantly purchased them:
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a lick o paint;
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so the car was now finished. i put many hours into it, and belive me it got used daily like this.
many shocked and confused looks on peoples faces when i drove around in it.
a final parting shot of it with the golf spoiler on the front, and the tinted lenses.
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unfortunately as i said, the car wasnt in great condition to start with, and the rust monster did indeed take this one victim. but i have never had so much fun, for so little money, and i have well and truely caught the 300 bug.

thanks all.
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Re: MADSEB and the camoflauge 360

Post by volvosneverdie » 06 Jul 2010 12:10 pm

You mustve owned that Turbo Tipo at some point too dude?
Did that REALLY go to scrap?

Great build man, looks like you put a lot of work (if not money :lol: ) into it.

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Re: MADSEB and the camoflauge 360

Post by madseb » 06 Jul 2010 12:51 pm

was built on a strict budget,
the car owed me less than £700
proves that if you know what your doing and have acsess to the right things you can do it all very cheaply.
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Post by Chris_C » 06 Jul 2010 01:05 pm

The car really isn't my cup of tea but...
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Thats some awesome welding skillz from what I can see 340pw With the floor pan looking like it does in some of the pics would I be right in guessing the drivers sill was less that intact? Those pics look identical to the one I've just been welding up
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Re: MADSEB and the camoflauge 360

Post by madseb » 06 Jul 2010 02:41 pm

indeed the sills on both sides were most crusty.
this car tought me alot about the areas efected on these, and as such i knew where to look on my next one when i bought the 340, which is near enough rust free
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Post by volvosneverdie » 06 Jul 2010 02:57 pm

madseb wrote: this car tought me alot about the areas efected on these, and as such i knew where to look on my next one when i bought the 340, which is near enough rust free
Have I missed the pics of your 340 man?
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Re: MADSEB and the camoflauge 360

Post by madseb » 06 Jul 2010 04:59 pm

no you havnt missed anything.
its not realy been show as of yet.
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Post by volvosneverdie » 06 Jul 2010 05:08 pm

madseb wrote:no you havnt missed anything.
its not realy been show as of yet.
well if the camo one is anything to go by, i recon it may be well worth a big long thread of its own.
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Post by volvodspec » 06 Jul 2010 06:01 pm

i never thought i would say this for a rolled-paintjob but i quite like the camo actually, especcially with the pink breaking the camo paint profile
the totalpicture looks very good :D

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Post by griffo20022 » 06 Jul 2010 09:39 pm

Awesome car! I wanted to camo my old Valver, heres a Pshop I did of it ages ago

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Looking at yours now, I really should have done mine lol!

BTW you got any closeups of the splitter, how did you mount it? I've got one sitting in the garage I haven't got round to fitting yet
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Re: MADSEB and the camoflauge 360

Post by madseb » 07 Jul 2010 02:40 pm

aye it was just pop rivetto the lip on the front of the car,
although you have to check the condition of the lip. as i found out. you cant pop rivet to rust :(
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Re: MADSEB and the camoflauge 360

Post by madseb » 07 Jul 2010 02:46 pm

[quote="volvosneverdie
well if the camo one is anything to go by, i recon it may be well worth a big long thread of its own.[/quote]

lol.
well now you have set the bar a little high, ill have to see what my wallet can organise for my little 340 :)
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Post by magnumpi » 07 Jul 2010 08:09 pm

madseb wrote:aye it was just pop rivetto the lip on the front of the car,
although you have to check the condition of the lip. as i found out. you cant pop rivet to rust :(

Thats true, but wood screws work as they grip better :lol:

Awesome looking machine, shame it got scrapped, but if tin worm has made it's home, how much expense do you go to?
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Post by Nimminz » 08 Jul 2010 04:18 pm

Nice, love the camo paint! and the cage. Something I will have to learn one day when I have money - how to weld
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Re: MADSEB and the camoflauge 360

Post by Ian Mac » 21 Jul 2010 07:29 pm

In a perverse sort of way I actually like this car and I'm totally impressed by the welding.

It must be the pink - I think I'm entering a pink phase in my life. My wife thinks its another mid-life crisis... :(
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