VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty for sale

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Stefan
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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty Now with MOT

Post by Stefan » 15 Jun 2009 08:14 am

Yes it was good to finally get it sorted, thanks to volvodspec and paul (dafdaffer) for the help and advice they have provided. Wll go out for a drive in it this evening i think :D
1978 Volvo 343 DL Black Beauty (sold)
1976 Volvo 66GL estate sold
1976 Daf 46 van (sold)
1972 Daf 55 coupe for sale
1974 Daf 33 van sold
1968 Daf Pony
1964 Daf 31

Stefan
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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty Now with MOT

Post by Stefan » 23 Jun 2009 12:59 am

Re: Daf 77 volvo 343 Body work
« Reply #27 Today at 11:51pm »

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Well as most of you will know the rear wing on the black beauty looks something like this. :x :(
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Which is not the look I am going for with this car. So i have put a few hours in today.
First it looked like this
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And then this, thats dafdaffer (paul) fixing the fuel sender
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Then a very good looking fat man did some of this. :wink:
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That made alot of dust end ended up with things looking like this at the end of playtime. :)
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All i have to do now is finish it before princethorpe on sunday :?
1978 Volvo 343 DL Black Beauty (sold)
1976 Volvo 66GL estate sold
1976 Daf 46 van (sold)
1972 Daf 55 coupe for sale
1974 Daf 33 van sold
1968 Daf Pony
1964 Daf 31

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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by MCHUDD » 23 Jun 2009 08:37 pm

Hi mate.
Where did you manage to get a set of those wheels? I have been looking for a set like that for my mk1
for years.By the way,your car looks fantastic.
Cheers Mark.

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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by volvosneverdie » 23 Jun 2009 08:42 pm

MCHUDD wrote:Hi mate.
.By the way,your car looks fantastic.
Cheers Mark.
i dunno.
i think there might be a bit of filler in that rear panel. :lol:
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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by trabitom99 » 23 Jun 2009 09:30 pm

MCHUDD wrote:Where did you manage to get a set of those wheels? I have been looking for a set like that for my mk1
for years.
"Black Beautys" had them as standard ...

Was that dent from the fork lift truck, Stefan :? ?

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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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by MCHUDD » 23 Jun 2009 09:46 pm

Hi Tom.
Thanks for that.I don't supose you know of any still kicking about.
Cheers Mark.

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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by Stefan » 23 Jun 2009 10:06 pm

Hi yes that is the fork truck damage from the scrap yard :( . Only a little filler :D

Yes wheels were standard on the car probably not many sets about now just glad i have a set of 5.

car now looks like this
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not much diffrent but it is smother and just about the right shape :)
1978 Volvo 343 DL Black Beauty (sold)
1976 Volvo 66GL estate sold
1976 Daf 46 van (sold)
1972 Daf 55 coupe for sale
1974 Daf 33 van sold
1968 Daf Pony
1964 Daf 31

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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by trabitom99 » 24 Jun 2009 11:20 am

MCHUDD wrote:Hi Tom.
Thanks for that.I don't supose you know of any still kicking about.
Cheers Mark.
Not ATM ... I got mine from the bay, recently there were a set of brand new ones on German Ebay, they went for huuuge monies. They turn up in Holland too from time to time, but shipping is an issue, as you can imagine!

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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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by Stefan » 25 Jun 2009 10:00 pm

Did a bit more on the car today started with this :?
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did some of this :)
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and this :)
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and ended up with this :D
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then did some of this sm4
1978 Volvo 343 DL Black Beauty (sold)
1976 Volvo 66GL estate sold
1976 Daf 46 van (sold)
1972 Daf 55 coupe for sale
1974 Daf 33 van sold
1968 Daf Pony
1964 Daf 31

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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by volvosneverdie » 25 Jun 2009 10:21 pm

Good work fella!

and mrs. :lol:
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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by trabitom99 » 26 Jun 2009 03:53 pm

That's getting along nicely :-)

Tom

PS Please keep the stripes?
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

Stefan
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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by Stefan » 26 Jun 2009 11:14 pm

stripes will stay mate did some more on it today
1978 Volvo 343 DL Black Beauty (sold)
1976 Volvo 66GL estate sold
1976 Daf 46 van (sold)
1972 Daf 55 coupe for sale
1974 Daf 33 van sold
1968 Daf Pony
1964 Daf 31

Stefan
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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by Stefan » 27 Jun 2009 09:57 pm

so after alot of wet flatting and polishing it looks like this
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not perfect but alot better and it is now presentable so very pleased with my weeks work. sm4
1978 Volvo 343 DL Black Beauty (sold)
1976 Volvo 66GL estate sold
1976 Daf 46 van (sold)
1972 Daf 55 coupe for sale
1974 Daf 33 van sold
1968 Daf Pony
1964 Daf 31

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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by volvosneverdie » 27 Jun 2009 10:35 pm

looks awesome dude.

How did you re-apply the stripes?
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Re: VOLVO 343 DL Black Beauty body work

Post by SteveP » 27 Jun 2009 11:37 pm

Great work! Jesus, still can't believe that car was gonna get scrapped!!
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