+Kardboard+
Chinese guy/Swedish rides
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2008
- Location
- Vancouver, Canada
In 2009, I bought my first car.
In 2012, I briefly had a second car, which unfortunately I had to sell.
In 2013, a very good buddy of mine sold his 1982 242 GLT to me.
As modded as it ever was
Stock as purchased by the previous owner
<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8570161983_1f8203f542_b.jpg">
As a Canadian model car, it has the B23E engine and a K cam. The car has an M46 with working overdrive, is lightly modded but is suffering from some rust in the buttcheeks. The clock read 345,215kms (214,507mi) on it when I bought it, but mechanically it was fairly good. That said, it was showing signs that it needed a new head gasket.
Did I mention that it has an M46? I need to mention that I've never driven manual before. If I taught myself guitar, I can teach myself how to drive manual, right? What could possibly go wrong?
The answer is, not much, actually.
Drove the car every day for the first two weeks that I had it and it has really, really grown on me. "We'll see what ends up happening to the car, but for now, a proper restoration is needed first," I thought.
Yeah, right.
Less than a month since I got the car, I've been on Turbobricks snagging stuff for this car already...
EDIT (APR/2019):
However, as with many projects, life takes priority. I ended up not being able to work on the car nor drive it for the better part of 3 years, and eventually it got sold...and a lot of its goodies ended up in another 240 I ended up with.
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As Modded As It Ever Was, Aug/2016
Engine
Exhaust
Suspension
Wheels/Tires
Exterior
Exterior Lighting
Interior
Interior Lighting
Entertainment
In 2012, I briefly had a second car, which unfortunately I had to sell.
In 2013, a very good buddy of mine sold his 1982 242 GLT to me.
As modded as it ever was
Stock as purchased by the previous owner
<img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8570161983_1f8203f542_b.jpg">
As a Canadian model car, it has the B23E engine and a K cam. The car has an M46 with working overdrive, is lightly modded but is suffering from some rust in the buttcheeks. The clock read 345,215kms (214,507mi) on it when I bought it, but mechanically it was fairly good. That said, it was showing signs that it needed a new head gasket.
Did I mention that it has an M46? I need to mention that I've never driven manual before. If I taught myself guitar, I can teach myself how to drive manual, right? What could possibly go wrong?
The answer is, not much, actually.
Drove the car every day for the first two weeks that I had it and it has really, really grown on me. "We'll see what ends up happening to the car, but for now, a proper restoration is needed first," I thought.
Yeah, right.
Less than a month since I got the car, I've been on Turbobricks snagging stuff for this car already...
EDIT (APR/2019):
However, as with many projects, life takes priority. I ended up not being able to work on the car nor drive it for the better part of 3 years, and eventually it got sold...and a lot of its goodies ended up in another 240 I ended up with.
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As Modded As It Ever Was, Aug/2016
Engine
- Airbox delete, replaced with K&N 3" cone filter that doesn't quite fit right (came with car)
- Kingsborne Wire Werks 8mm ignition wires in blue with boot insulators
- thelostartof silicone radiator hose kit
- revolve40's custom powdercoated B21FT/B23FT valve cover in neon orange with polished chrome B21 oil filler cap, chrome acorn nuts and washers
Exhaust
- Custom 2.5" exhaust, dual resonators, no cat (came with car)
Suspension
- iPd 25mm/25mm anti-sway bars (came with car)
- Unknown polyurethane sway bar link bushings (came with car)
- Bilstein HD struts & shocks (came with car)
- TME Sweden lowering springs, unknown number of cut coils? (came with car)
- iPd upper strut brace by Cherry Turbo (came with car)
- Custom painted '78-'80 Volvo 240 GT strut tower to firewall braces in gold
Wheels/Tires
- Summers: 16"x7" ET20 CSA Star (HDT Momo Star replicas from Australia)
- Fuzion HRi 205/55R16 91H M+S rubber
- Fake RAYS billet aluminum valve stem caps in purple
- Custom painted centre caps in gold
- Keephimatbay 60mm Volvo 3D gel centre cap decals
- Winters: 15"x6.5" ET25 Volvo steelies painted white
- Gislaved Nord*Frost 3, 195/65R15 91T M+S rubber
- 15" iPd steel beauty rings
- '80-'85 Volvo 240 metal centre caps
Exterior
- Thule 300 towers, 50" load bars, various attachments, late-model fairing
- OEM '74-'85 Volvo 240 snowcap
- '75 Volvo 245 flathood in orange
- '78-'80 Volvo 240 7" round headlight bezels
- 200K High Mileage badge with smokeyfan1000's grille bracket
- '78-'80 Volvo 240 flathood grille
- Euro-spec GLT grille badge
- '89 Volvo 240 front and rear bumpers, bumper shocks, trim
- '93 Volvo 850 front bumper lower valence in silver, fog light holes cut out
- '82+ Volvo 240 sedan rear d?cor panel
- Early Volvo 240 chrome and gold exterior rear roof corner trim plates
- RSI stainless licence plate badge in rear
- VMS Racing billet licence plate nuts rear in orange
Exterior Lighting
- Hella E-code H4 7" round housings
- eBay ceramic H4 headlight adapter harnesses
- 35W 3000K bi-xenon HID headlights, slim digital ballast setup
- '74-'85 Volvo 240 E-code front corner lights
- White CREE projector LED front running lights
- eBay HOVA replica red/clear six-panel tail lights with black trim
- Aftermarket licence plate light housings, white LEDs
Interior
- Lower half of an OEM Volvo 240 dash coin tray in black (came with car)
- OEM Volvo 240 plastic floor mats in black (came with car)
- Kaplhenke racing hub, Momo RACE steering wheel
- OEM Volvo 240 plastic trunk mat set in black
- Adapted Volvo M46 shift knob with securing screw
Interior Lighting
- LED trunk light in white
Entertainment
- JVC KD-G310 CD deck (came with car)
- Pioneer speakers in front, Premier speakers in rear (came with car)
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my old 245 is somewhat easy to dig up iirc but overall it looks like an great start
