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Seen at a local Volvo meet. Can anyone explain this one to me? Looks like an Amazon wagon was the starting point, but with 1800 fins? I'm assuming this was a well-done custom job but I've been surprised with some of the stuff the factory put out over the years.

For those that didn't see this in Tonight's Volvo Orphan, a buddy threw this together for kicks (and after no small amount of judgement-impairing substances) At long last the making-of video is up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1vV1gspjKE

'80 NA 240, stock k-jet So about two blocks from work this morning, my AMP light came on, gauges died, signal lights stopped working, radio stopped, basically all electrical. The car was still running though, and I made it to my parking spot a few minutes later where the car thoughtfully died...

mostly stock '80 b21f In the last little while I've noticed my voltage has been jumping around for the first several minutes after a cold start. The issue first showed up as a bouncing needle on the volts gauge when idling, say +- 1/2 V. Now, the gauge shows just under 14 V for a few seconds...

Has anyone done this for a 240? http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=109613 One of the blanks in the console switch panel is begging for it.

For the last while, I've noticed around town that I get a little vibration whenever I accelerate from a stop. The initial takeoff is normal, but after 1-2 seconds there's another 1-2 seconds of shuddering, then it continues normally. I've only noticed it in first before, and especially if I'm...

I did a bit of a gravel tour with a few guys this weekend. Not a real rally, but two of the cars/teams were rally regulars, two of the other teams had some pretty good experience, and the other guys (me included) were just trying not to break anything. This is all north of Vancouver, roughly...

I'm guessing this is a bit of a long shot for participants around here, but just in case - the 3rd annual Rallye de Chilliwack is just over a month away, set for Sept 15th. Details on the event are here: http://www.classiceuropeancarclub.com/RDC12-a3.htm There is a $25 registration fee, which...

I've started hearing a pretty high frequency noise in the cabin in the last few days, something like 10,000 Hz. I can generally reproduce it when coasting or cruising at part load. It isn't there at idle or when accelerating, and the frequency will drop a bit if I apply light throttle. Hard to...

A couple of things turned up over the weekend that I suspect are related. I've had the car for over two years with no prior electrical glitches other than phantom bulb warnings and occassional fast blinking on the left turn indicator. Sequence of events: Installed R-sport gauge cluster about a...

For the past three years I've entered a weekend vintage car tour that covers around 1,200 km of secondary roads through central BC. It's open to cars from 1979 and earlier. This year I snuck in my '80 244 on the basis that the model was exactly the same as the '79s. 73 cars were in it this year...

In the last couple of days I'm noticing an audible click when I take my foot off the gas. Seems to be right at the pedal pad itself. The car is a 1980 k-jet with no lambda. Is this just a spring in the pedal or is there some kind of switch in there?

Is this a plug & play swap? Would the b21 intake & exhaust manifolds mate up to the 405 head or would you need the b23 versions? Same fueling? I couldn't find any threads on the subject. Likely because the more typical answer around here is +T.

Here are a few shots from the latest Thunderbird TSD rally in BC. A few Volvos were out and competing hard: Plus a bunch of other teams - 60 in total. There wasn't too much snow but LOTS of mud and plenty of icy sections. Those didn't work out so well for everyone. The worst carnage I...

I've been having trouble logging in all day with IE8. I enter my username and password as usual, get the 'Thank you for logging in...' window, but them I'm right back to looking at the guest screen. Meanwhile, my user name does show up in the Currently Active Users box. What gives? I've seen...

Sorry for yet another question on this, but there seem to be so many subtle differences depending on donor and recipient vehicles. I may have a line on a donor 940 turbo, and I have a few questions and confirmation requests. 1. Is LH2.4 with a harness from a LH2.4 240 a reasonable route? If so...

Does anyone know the light output (in lumens) from the stock sealed units found in the quad round setup? I like the sound of the H1 lamp and 55W +50 bulb setup, such as those sold by Daniel Stern, and want to know what improvement I can expect. Thanks.

I'm looking to pick one of these up and am wondering how tough it is to open them up and check for broken cross shafts. I'm not especially mechanically skilled so if there are spring loaded bits that want to explode I'll leave it bolted up. But, if the only trick is the reverse threaded bolts...

This is for an aux driving light relay. I've seen references to running the wire through an existing hole in the bulkhead, but after looking around a bit under the dash and in the engine nothing is jumping out at me. Can anyone point me in the right direction with a photo or diagram? Thanks.

These both came out of a 242GT parts car: I'm assuming one was for front fogs and one for rear. Sound right? I'd like to put one in for future aux driving lights while I have my dash apart for another job, so was doing some searching here, but have a couple of questions. I understood these...