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Volvobrage's widened 242

volvobrage

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Jan 17, 2011
Volvobrage's widened 242 -- Alot of pictures every day!

Hey guys, girls and transsexuals!

I have a 242 project i have been working on for a bit over a year:)The car is a loong way from finish, but it is starting to look like something..I will copy the posts with dates from the norwgian volvoforum and try to translate them(my english suck:rofl::oops:)

Hope you enjoy my work!

The car is a 1980 modell 242 where I am the fourth owner..The plans for the car is a total resturation with a 2l turbo engine from v70:oogle: and a new suspension. The rest of the plans you can find out by following the project!

11.05.2011

On my way home with the car:)The b21 was leaking cooling water and oil s? i had to refill 4 times on three miles:p
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Finally arrived at my work, where i was going to store it for a little while
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Bad paintjob!
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The snowcap will stay on when the car is repainted!
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The orignial paint..It is not sanded down under the new paint:wtf:
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Some parts that are waiting for assemble:)

Frontplates for the 1976 front that is going on the car!
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Had to weld many holes and straiten it out after some jerk ripped it of the car it belonged to..
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Old type front lip
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Original glass and the us type glass:)I will use the us type, but i need new ones since these are in bad conditiong..
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Black floorcarpet from 1980 volvo 242
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Black carpets for dash
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All the parts for the roof in black from a 242 gt:)
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The old type elctrical mirrors, complete with wireharness and controls!
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Front!Everything is in VERY good condition!Never been painted and nothing is broken..
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New front I'm going to send for blasting:)
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16.06.2011

Me and my friend decided to rip out the old engine since it was crap anyway..
Took of the hood and found the toolbox!
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The engine on its way out:)My friend is very happy since he got the permission to destroy the enigne after we took it out:lol:
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A minor problem while I was cutting the gearbracket under the car, a 9" anglegrinder can be cruel..
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Almost out!Went very good exept from the grinder accident and that the engine mounts where ****ed and would not go out..
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After a few drops from 3-4 meters!:rofl:The volvo engines are strong!!
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26.07.11

Got the body replacement parts for the car..They looked not so nice:omg:
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The crossover for the radiator i ordered to have extra, dont now if I am going to use it..
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Startet on the new torque rods!
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After some time in the lathe:D
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And finish
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Pipe in the right dimension
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Here you can see it will be stronger..NB! Not the right lenght on the new pipe, only for testing
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Me, my father and my brother both this tig machine togheter:)A bit easier to produce parts in the garage then:oogle:
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I have also finished the test for welding so now I am a fully educated welder:-D
 
25.08.2011

Took the car on the trucklift to check out the status on it:)
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Took of the rest of the parts under witch is going to the trash
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Started taking the gastank down, but didnt finish
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The worst side!But no problem, I have seen it worse:)
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The other side..Going to change the spare wheel "casing" and the lower pease of the rear fender here also
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Here it looks good!
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Also here after washing!
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Some rust in the paint, but nothing serious:cool:
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27.08.2011

Started cleaning up the engine compartment!
Batteribox looked horrible so I wondered what was under:omg:
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But it was not so bad!Will fix this whit blasting:)
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Looked like this
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And finished like this
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Also started inside the car..This is how all the wiring looks like:wtf:
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This is going to be replaced by a sparco or r sport stearing wheel:)
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Also got some parts!These to will be mixed togheter, electronic speedo and RMP gauge
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3 pod in very good condition!
The turbopressure will be replaced with a new VDO gauge with numbers:)
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07.09.2001

Cutted the pipes in correct length:)Now i can adjust 4cm in and about 1cm out..The treads are m20 by 2,5..
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Made the pipe fit good against the ends!
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13.09.2011

Took out the old speedo and cleaned the housing
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And put in the elctronic speedo with the RPM!:-D
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And I also did some welding on the torque rods:)
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Finished one!
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26.09.2011

First of all, this is how it looks at home!I have a very nice family:-D
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Transporting the car home:)Thanks to my friend how drove it home for me with my fathers 940 turbo:)
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Finally home!
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Started taking the front appart!
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Some people should just stay away from cars:wtf::roll:
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Looked good "under" the front:)
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Also looked good under the front fenders
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Brand new springs and koni struts on the car:)
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Ripped of the bumper
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Somebody towed it a little bit to hard:rofl:
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Looked like som hobo lived there many years
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But after some cleaning it actually looked good again:nod:
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im gonna be watching this one, that front end "bodywork" :wtf::wtf:

keep us posted, we need more projects like this!

Yeah I love "bodywork"!Have a Amazon wagon also with a lot of work from the formal owner..Its sad!

I will!!

Have little bit over 500 pictures of the project till now:-D
 
get to the widened bit!

Easy now, I must start on the beginning!:-P

26.09.2011

More parts!
Plenum for inntake manifold
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Not sure what this is called, but its for the intake manifold, made in cnc lathe:oogle:
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Endplate and flange for the throttle
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Flange from 6 sylinder enigne, Im going to cut the last sylinder off
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i also have one of these!
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Stainless plates cut with waterjet
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Turbonetics rg45 wastegate:cool:
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And fuelrail for the new intake manifold
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And three bonus pic of a intake manifold I welded for a friend, made from the same pieces i have:)I did not make the parts, only welding
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17.10.2011

The last pieces for the gauges!
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And i removed the rubber from the extra supesionparts wich is going for blasting:)
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31.10.2011

Finished the first part of the other torque rod
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Grinden the ????? for the rear suspension:)
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Welding paint
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Spotted the plate on when the paint had dryed
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Finish welding!
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And grinden over it
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Cleaned the front fenders of turnsignal, trimmings and straitened out a dent
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