Bought an Amazon together with my dad about 4 years ago, which was in a pretty good condition - even owned by a swede. He had taken good care of it, and had had some work done to it. So it had a newly rebuilt axle and all the suspension parts were new, windscreen had been swapped and some more things I don't remember anymore.
On the way home, we had parked at a shop to get some soda, and in those 10 minutes, some punk keyed it. Really nice, bro.
Almost every panel had key marks. Now, the paint wasn't great to begin with, but this sucked. But I filled in the marks with paint, wet sanded it and polished. It came out pretty good.
So this was the paint, very faded. It turned out it was a paintjob from the 1980s, and it wasn't the greatest. But I gave it a good rubbing and polish, and it turned out quite alright for the next 2 years.
Then, last fall we decided upon a respray. Since it wasn't the original paint anyway, could as well make it shine the "easy" way. Delivered the car to a retired painter I've used before on the 240.
He stripped it and started sanding it down.
Then sometime later it had been sprayed and I had ordered some new parts to replace worn parts and trim.
Previous owner had opted for silver Volvo-lettering on the bonnet. Replaced with year-correct gold lettering.
These rubbergaskets were quite brittle after 50 years... New and fresh
The old paper cards weren't in a good shape anymore, replaced with some plastic. I hope that's alright.
Had to replace the ashtray - TB to the rescue, and I received this from a fellow forum lurker. Thanks northTH!
So, it came out very good, pleased with the paintjob. The exterior is pretty much done now, so I'll spent some time on the inside sorting out some details.
On the way home, we had parked at a shop to get some soda, and in those 10 minutes, some punk keyed it. Really nice, bro.
Almost every panel had key marks. Now, the paint wasn't great to begin with, but this sucked. But I filled in the marks with paint, wet sanded it and polished. It came out pretty good.
So this was the paint, very faded. It turned out it was a paintjob from the 1980s, and it wasn't the greatest. But I gave it a good rubbing and polish, and it turned out quite alright for the next 2 years.
Then, last fall we decided upon a respray. Since it wasn't the original paint anyway, could as well make it shine the "easy" way. Delivered the car to a retired painter I've used before on the 240.
He stripped it and started sanding it down.
Then sometime later it had been sprayed and I had ordered some new parts to replace worn parts and trim.
Previous owner had opted for silver Volvo-lettering on the bonnet. Replaced with year-correct gold lettering.
These rubbergaskets were quite brittle after 50 years... New and fresh
The old paper cards weren't in a good shape anymore, replaced with some plastic. I hope that's alright.
Had to replace the ashtray - TB to the rescue, and I received this from a fellow forum lurker. Thanks northTH!
So, it came out very good, pleased with the paintjob. The exterior is pretty much done now, so I'll spent some time on the inside sorting out some details.
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