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Post by jtbo » 20 Jul 2008 03:47 pm

Got an idea from another thread.

Pick features from different 300 series cars (mkI, mkII, mkIII) and make your dream car.

For me it would be:
mkII base car with B19E engine
MkIII mechanicals (gearbox, suspension etc.)
replace frontal area with MkI front + hood
MkI dashboard
Rest of interior from MkIII
Paint and anticorrosion from late 940/960 series :lol:
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Post by Tourinki » 20 Jul 2008 04:15 pm

Hmm... This is going to be interesting.

Well

Mk.3 body and suspension etc.
3.27 diff with Hör difflock
Leather interior, AC, electric windows and mirrors. Maybe electrically adjustable front seats
B254 with proper lambda guided management.
Factory bodykit, Cetus-alloys

Other stuff is just optional.
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Post by jtbo » 20 Jul 2008 05:28 pm

B254 might be bit off from production line :lol:

But nice choice of options you have made :)
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Post by Tourinki » 20 Jul 2008 05:42 pm

jtbo wrote:B254 might be bit off from production line :lol:

But nice choice of options you have made :)
How about that "Paint and anticorrosion from late 940/960 series" :wink: :lol:
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Post by Ronnie » 20 Jul 2008 05:47 pm

My car (Mk2 3 Door GLT).

Lowered 1" all round (Was ready to order this, but Dai's disappeared).

D5 in the front.

Some kind of LSD in the back.

Full leather interior, in aubergine.

Stealth install Sat Nav (I'm working on this)

Cruise (I have it, just too lazy to fit it)

Remote central locking

Gutters shaved.

Immaculate bodywork and a cream Racing stripe down the middle of the car.

If I had a car like this, I'd run it for ever....
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Post by jtbo » 20 Jul 2008 06:56 pm

Tourinki wrote: How about that "Paint and anticorrosion from late 940/960 series" :wink: :lol:
That is only paint :lol:
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Post by Jason B » 20 Jul 2008 11:44 pm

363cs... :twisted:
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Post by Chris_C » 21 Jul 2008 11:21 am

A lot of the stuff I wanted I've done to my cars (well, one or the other ;))

Remote central locking I had on Kar, and really miss it.
AC
195's on decently wide rims
New bushes and suspension
Slipper
Quickrack
Snowcap/hella grill/bodykit
MK3 GLE interior
New B172 (or 16v 2.0)

Problem is, Volvo didn't make most of that...
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
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'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
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Post by hatch360 » 23 Jul 2008 12:43 am

Electric leather seats, Leather door panels
Retrofit climate control from w210 MB
Trip computer in dash
White gauges like jtbo :)
Hydraulics :oops:
Kick ass engine watever it may be

I was thinking of putting some leather in my car as my cousins does that stuff but again I can only dream with the amount of money it costs :(


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So my dream car may not be entirely sourced from 360 parts
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Post by garth » 17 Aug 2008 03:58 pm

Good thread..........

3rd in gloss/satin white, with no sunroof (shame I've got one) with a nice black line down the side. (You know a very small pin stripe)

Lowered all round on coilovers and big brakes.

HID lights

F7P on bike carbs

A real LSD so I don't kill tires.....actually I'd kill more of them

Dog leg straight cut box, hydraulic handbrake, full roll cage, buckets 'n' harnesses

Quickrack with a nice suade steering wheel.

I can only dream :)
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Post by trabitom99 » 18 Aug 2008 03:25 pm

Can I build two dream cars please?

The first one:

an early 5dr MkII GLT
colour: silver or white or red
standard exterior except for 14" Leos and the wide "Junior" decals underneath the side rubbing strip

Hör "engine kit" with a whole load of documentation so I can still run it as a classic car (H-registration plate) when it's 30 years' old.

power steering
Konis and new poly bushes all round
standard GLT ride height

late Mk1 / early Mk2 dash with a crackly push-button AM/FM radio above an extra gauge panel (oil temp & pressure)
air conditioning
central locking but manual windows, manual mirrors, no sunroof
"cash register" trip computer

heated black leather interior including some kind of solution for the let-down door cards

The second one:

a MkII 360 GLS 4 door
colour: non-metallic green or maroon
exterior definitely standard, including chrome grille, chrome bumpers, chrome window surrounds, Hercules alloys

LPG
some kind of twin carb setup
Variomatic transmission (has that ever been done on a 360?)

some kind of garish velour interior like red or green
MkIII dash (heater controls) but with 6-dial Smiths' instrument panel
Volvo MTS radio/cassette with a Volvo HA-4020 amp to boost the output to 4x20W ;-)
extra gauge panel with voltmeter & oil temp
Monroe Ride-Levelers at the back with a compressor to pump 'em up
A/C / power everything / a sunroof recently overhauled with brand new components
engine pre-heater
towbar
cruise control and remote central locking

How about a third and a fourth dream 300? An '81 R-Sport with no further modifications, a '79 DL manual in yellow ...
... umm this is getting all far too tempting ...

Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
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Post by petefarrell360 » 18 Aug 2008 10:53 pm

Like your thinking Tom, tasteful options. Being galvanised tops my list! I have been mad enough to consider a 360 vario, I think it'd make an interesting car, it's probably been done, but I think things would need beefing up to work well. The revvy little 1.4 works well, but it always seems so strained, I think a B200E might make it a little more relaxed. Too many ideas, not enough time in life!

I'm working my way through your list though slowly complling the bits for my cars!

(Btw I haven't forgotten about those brackets Tom!)

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Post by Jason B » 18 Aug 2008 11:30 pm

Chris, a few wmc'rs and I were joking in the pub about how funny it would be to build a vario turbo with a huge loud exhaust... it would be the most comical sounding car ever!
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Post by trabitom99 » 19 Aug 2008 08:42 am

petefarrell360 wrote:(Btw I haven't forgotten about those brackets Tom!)
Oops, I just did ;-) The spotlamps would go on the GLS, the chrome back suiting that car slightly better than the matt-black trimmed GLT ... In "real life" I'll be fitting them to my GLi rather than the GLT, for the same reason.
Jason B wrote:Chris, a few wmc'rs and I were joking in the pub about how funny it would be to build a vario turbo with a huge loud exhaust... it would be the most comical sounding car ever!
Isn't Frits doing something along those lines ;-) ?

Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
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