Hello!
So I finally bought my first Volvo, a brown 244 for 200$. I was always wondering about owning a classy lowered 240, and right now my dream project begins.
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At first it was for sale for about 800$, then they decreased it to 600$. We checked it with my brother, and seen some rust underneath, and in some other places, but overall it is good looking, and the tan interior is almost perfect, plus it has commandos, airdam, 5 panel taillights, and LPG, the pieces i wanted to have on a 240. They used it daily and serviced regularly, but it has some problems too, because of 430'000kms in its clock.
The passenger side is damaged, steering column is broken, steering rack has a big play, usual worn out bushings in some joints, old and tired BW55 automatic, rust, but hey, the engine has good compression, its head was rebuilt in 2012, runs and stops good.
I offered 200$ for the car because of the problems, i really did not wanted to pay more than this price, and fortunately they accepted it.
There was no problem when i came home with it from 250kms (Szolnok-Győr). Right after that i arrived at home, i picked up some of my buddies, and had a good time cruising with it and doing a photoshoot.
The car also turned heads, because it's not a usual '90+ car, and has the big ass commandos. (and maybe because the passenger side is smashed, i don't know )
But if you were wondering I have never seen a 240 in my city...
7886561_1 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
7886561_4 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
7886561_3 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
7886561_5 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
Halfway home:
2014-05-29-109 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
2014-05-29-110 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
It was a fun 6 hour trip to home. Unfortunately the autotragic did not let me go faster than 100-110kph, so I felt a bit nervous about the overtaking cars...
"Short" term plans - DONE by 2017.05.25
-repair the damaged passenger side - DONE
-repair rusted out parts of the floor - DONE
-put a manual gearbox in it - DONE
-make it safe - steering, shocks, bushings etc. - DONE
-paint the repaired quarters and right doors - DONE
-get it inspected - DONE
-few coils.. - DONE
Future plans... Because we are always dreaming:
-Turbo on a block with stronger rods - 300hp?!
-Gearbox which holds that power
-LSD or torsen
-proper suspension
-bigger brakes
-chassis bracing
-air conditioning
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Specs:
Most of the stuff came from the dutch 1989 244 donor car...
-Powerful '89 B230F/LH2.4 with noisy valvetrain & A cam + piston slap
-Stock exhaust with good working catalytic converter
-Low mileage M47II gearbox
-3,54 open diff rearend
-GT rims with 185/70R14 Continental tires, 25mm spacers and 25mm longer studs at the back
-Stock sedan springs, -2coil front, -1 at the back, stock shocks, no rear stabilizer bar
-Stock brakes, completely rebuilt brake calipers
-Electronic speedo adapted into an early VDO cluster
Most recent pictures:
20201023_110541 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
IMG_3909 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
20200603_171201 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
2017-05-21-3011 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
2017-05-21-3013 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
So I finally bought my first Volvo, a brown 244 for 200$. I was always wondering about owning a classy lowered 240, and right now my dream project begins.
To be able to see the locked photobucket images in chrome browser, install this photobucket hotlink fix: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/photobucket-hotlink-fix/kegnjbncdcliihbemealioapbifiaedg
At first it was for sale for about 800$, then they decreased it to 600$. We checked it with my brother, and seen some rust underneath, and in some other places, but overall it is good looking, and the tan interior is almost perfect, plus it has commandos, airdam, 5 panel taillights, and LPG, the pieces i wanted to have on a 240. They used it daily and serviced regularly, but it has some problems too, because of 430'000kms in its clock.
The passenger side is damaged, steering column is broken, steering rack has a big play, usual worn out bushings in some joints, old and tired BW55 automatic, rust, but hey, the engine has good compression, its head was rebuilt in 2012, runs and stops good.
I offered 200$ for the car because of the problems, i really did not wanted to pay more than this price, and fortunately they accepted it.
There was no problem when i came home with it from 250kms (Szolnok-Győr). Right after that i arrived at home, i picked up some of my buddies, and had a good time cruising with it and doing a photoshoot.
The car also turned heads, because it's not a usual '90+ car, and has the big ass commandos. (and maybe because the passenger side is smashed, i don't know )
But if you were wondering I have never seen a 240 in my city...
7886561_1 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
7886561_4 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
7886561_3 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
7886561_5 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
Halfway home:
2014-05-29-109 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
2014-05-29-110 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
It was a fun 6 hour trip to home. Unfortunately the autotragic did not let me go faster than 100-110kph, so I felt a bit nervous about the overtaking cars...
"Short" term plans - DONE by 2017.05.25
-repair the damaged passenger side - DONE
-repair rusted out parts of the floor - DONE
-put a manual gearbox in it - DONE
-make it safe - steering, shocks, bushings etc. - DONE
-paint the repaired quarters and right doors - DONE
-get it inspected - DONE
-few coils.. - DONE
Future plans... Because we are always dreaming:
-Turbo on a block with stronger rods - 300hp?!
-Gearbox which holds that power
-LSD or torsen
-proper suspension
-bigger brakes
-chassis bracing
-air conditioning
----------------------
Specs:
Most of the stuff came from the dutch 1989 244 donor car...
-Powerful '89 B230F/LH2.4 with noisy valvetrain & A cam + piston slap
-Stock exhaust with good working catalytic converter
-Low mileage M47II gearbox
-3,54 open diff rearend
-GT rims with 185/70R14 Continental tires, 25mm spacers and 25mm longer studs at the back
-Stock sedan springs, -2coil front, -1 at the back, stock shocks, no rear stabilizer bar
-Stock brakes, completely rebuilt brake calipers
-Electronic speedo adapted into an early VDO cluster
Most recent pictures:
20201023_110541 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
IMG_3909 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
20200603_171201 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
2017-05-21-3011 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
2017-05-21-3013 by P?ter Gede, on Flickr
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