B230Tank
New member
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2008
- Location
- Da Bang'em to Da NOLA
Well I probably should have started this when I first came to TBricks...but oh well better late than never right? This is a restoration with slight mods so OEM+.
I have always loved Volvo 240's since I was a kid and we had one along with everyone else in the family.
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Well the whole getting into a Volvo came much sooner than expected do to a tree and tropical stom Fay here in Jacksonville. Which Crushed my Volkswagen B4 VR6 Passat.
So after a lenghty fight with my insurance company I ended up stubbling upon this gem on craigslist...
The guy wanted $3100 which seemed pricy...but I kept seraching and saw that he had a double listing with a friend at a car dealer and it was listed for $2650...so I called and he agreed on the $2650...
I got the car the same weekend as Halloween so I had been with out a car since August 22 to October 31st. The 244 had a huge oil leak due to a clogged flame trap so the engine needless to say was covered in oil. It was also in need of some door pockets body trim and a couple other minor things. I was suprised when I looked in the glove box to find a Tourist and diplomat sales owner's book. The car was previously owned by a Major in the armed forces. The stickers on the windshield were all clearence stickers for a small airstrip and such. I got that all cleaned up and debuted to ya'll as this...
And I finally got some refunds from school and started to add the following things:
OEM Exhaust Kit
New Airbag and cover off e-bay(was sliced open and kept cutting me when i turned the wheel)
ATE Power Stop Disc Front and rear
Volvo Brake Pads Front and rear
Kilen Lowering Springs(1.6)
Bilstien Touring Shocks
New Flame Trap(done when I first got it)
K&N Filter
IPD Spark Plug Wires
NGK R plugs
GT Upper Strut Bars
Also a full set of Volvo hubcaps that matched with new centers
Sony Xplod CD/iPod/Hd radio/SAT deck, Infinity Speakers all around and Bazooka Self Amped 8" in the trunk with Dynamated Back deck.
And here is the Current State of it:
Things to come:
Gt Sway Bars(philskiflood)
Small Tach(philskiflood)
Volt Gauge(philskiflood)
Hella Dual trumpets
Side Markers
Dracos(hopefully)
candy purple valve cover(madadder)
E-Codes?
I have always loved Volvo 240's since I was a kid and we had one along with everyone else in the family.
Pause for Sweet Moment
OK
Well the whole getting into a Volvo came much sooner than expected do to a tree and tropical stom Fay here in Jacksonville. Which Crushed my Volkswagen B4 VR6 Passat.
So after a lenghty fight with my insurance company I ended up stubbling upon this gem on craigslist...
The guy wanted $3100 which seemed pricy...but I kept seraching and saw that he had a double listing with a friend at a car dealer and it was listed for $2650...so I called and he agreed on the $2650...
I got the car the same weekend as Halloween so I had been with out a car since August 22 to October 31st. The 244 had a huge oil leak due to a clogged flame trap so the engine needless to say was covered in oil. It was also in need of some door pockets body trim and a couple other minor things. I was suprised when I looked in the glove box to find a Tourist and diplomat sales owner's book. The car was previously owned by a Major in the armed forces. The stickers on the windshield were all clearence stickers for a small airstrip and such. I got that all cleaned up and debuted to ya'll as this...
And I finally got some refunds from school and started to add the following things:
OEM Exhaust Kit
New Airbag and cover off e-bay(was sliced open and kept cutting me when i turned the wheel)
ATE Power Stop Disc Front and rear
Volvo Brake Pads Front and rear
Kilen Lowering Springs(1.6)
Bilstien Touring Shocks
New Flame Trap(done when I first got it)
K&N Filter
IPD Spark Plug Wires
NGK R plugs
GT Upper Strut Bars
Also a full set of Volvo hubcaps that matched with new centers
Sony Xplod CD/iPod/Hd radio/SAT deck, Infinity Speakers all around and Bazooka Self Amped 8" in the trunk with Dynamated Back deck.
And here is the Current State of it:
Things to come:
Gt Sway Bars(philskiflood)
Small Tach(philskiflood)
Volt Gauge(philskiflood)
Hella Dual trumpets
Side Markers
Dracos(hopefully)
candy purple valve cover(madadder)
E-Codes?
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