Putty and paint will last, but not for long. Welding will ensure you will never have to do it again.

ok weld it is now all i need is some one to weld it

il start askinf family members, most can weld but have not done it for 20 odd years

ty360volvo wrote:ok weld it is now all i need is some one to weld it

il start askinf family members, most can weld but have not done it for 20 odd years

Well thats good news at least man.
Finding someone who can do it is 50% of the problem.
GETTING them to do it is the other 50%.

OK finely made some progress,
got my dremill out and sanded the rust all the way back and painted it with rust conversion paint and got some bondo with metal in it put a peace of mesh in there and bondoed it all up and sanded it back primed and painted worked great needs to be buffed but other then that is all good
also got new tires for the back:)
ill get some pics soon
also painted my drum brakes black and then found a broken spring. the one that pulls the pads back in.

so all thats left is a few parts then windscreen and then rego

also mounted 2 new speakers in C pillers looks pretty cool there wired up but not atached to any thing yet

You can get a repair section for that for a proper job;

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hey guys long time no progress but i got some things done
i went to wreckers and got some stuff i got a new wing:)
i got new steering rack gatters and a ash tray for the center console. new door handle yay!!!!
and iner door handle serounds
and a washer for the front hub
also a spring for the rear drum brake the spring at the top that retracts the pads

also got 2 sets of wheels of ebay one set of na mx5 wheels
and one no name 5 spoke ones


new wing sicaflexed on with wheels as waight to hold it down

not having a registered car means i took a train for an hour each way and walked 4 ks with this:)



back out on to the street now that i have brakes:)

also a chin made from bunnings stuff actully left over stuff from a friend of mines chin
his cost $9

nice work!!
you car makes me want a GLT bootlid

oh also mounted 2 6 inch speakers in the rear 1/4 panel

ill get pics later

A 4-km walk pushing a set of wheels and tyres, if that isn't dedication to the Volvo 300 cause, then I don't know what is

Where did you get the steering rack gaiters from? I could do with a pair...

apparently you can still get them brand new thu volvo i got mine at the wreckers they had a new set on the shelf.
i think theres a part number on the bag they came in ill post it tomorrow coz there in the car,

also my 3rd set of wheels came this morning:)
ill post some pics tomorrow
there 14" by 7"
there 5 spoke i started work on one of them today i got the tire of with a lot of brute force, ignorance and lucubration.
then a started sanding it back it had some curb damage so i lifted one side of the back of my car and mounted the rim and started the car put it in first then sanded the lip with the wheel spinning it was taking too long so went up to 2nd then 3rd. witch worked better almost smoothed the lip completely still needs more on the lip also gave it a once over by hand tomorrow ill get my dremil onto it and do the little nooks and cranny s.
then again with some finer grit and so on i am thinking of making them charcoal. let me know what you think:)
this is the only pic i have for the moment


this is how it sits at the moment covered in dust.
ill get a fem more pics up tomorrow when i find my i phone cord.

this is when i started

this is a bit later in 5th works a lot better a little scary

its getting there i also paint striped it, witch worked a bit needs more, also a dremil worked wonders

Like your style man, not sure on the rims but love the sanding jig!!

agreed i am not 100% on the rimz if i don't like them when i am done ill try them on my friends mx5 if not back on ebay