difference in louvre?

[tim-andre]

Whats the differnece between mk 1-2-3 louvre?
Got a louvre, but it does not fit mine perfectly, it also does not fit 240's, 740's, 940's, a couple of fords, including escort mk2, some bimmers, and some old opel/vauxhall's

Its to short for my window, but i gues ill glue it on or something

[trabitom99]

Hi Tim,

the main difference is that different 300s had different rear windows. Mk1 & Mk2s had the same rear hatch, here the louvre is clipped under the window seal. The same is the case for saloon cars.

MkIIIs had a larger, bonded windscreen - here you can only glue the louvre to the window itself.

Try a search on the subject of fitting:
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... 13&t=10916

The different louvre types:

Mk1/2 hatch


Mk3 hatch


saloon


Cheers

Tom

[tim-andre]

the one i got looks like the saloon one
the window on them are shorter than the hatch im guessing
its wide enough for my window, but not long enough

thanks for reply!

[trabitom99]

That's OK ...

I think you can go by

Mk1/2 5 "grilles"
MkIII 6 grilles
saloon 7 grilles

Saloon and MkIII louvres are very rare, certainly worth looking after!

Cheers

Tom

[tim-andre]

its allready broken thou, cracked some things here and there, but everything can be fixed

[tim-andre]

it says auto-plas on it to, dont know if that means anything or not

[tim-andre]

will get another pick of it up soon

[tim-andre]

[MCHUDD]

Hi tim.
looks like you have a very rare piece of kit there.
Cheers Mark.

[tim-andre]

Best thing about it is that it was free

[trabitom99]

Maybe it's not for a 300 after all? The Autoplas saloon louvre I sold to Mark was a KH334 and had seven horizontal bits to it:


I'm sure I have the measurements, somewhere ...

Tom

[tim-andre]

i have no idea, thats why i ask
would have been fun to find one, and dont have to pay for it thou