Another Update
So i got the volvo to my house and my handy dandy dolly i made worked, besides the tow truck driver didnt lay the bed to the ground which caused the front two caster wheels fall off but i fixed them the next day. i then cut the radiator support to slide the motor in the engine bay to save some space, plus kinda see what im working with.
Well once i got it in i decided to deal with the sound deadening crap, read up dry ice works but didnt want to spend the money on it so i used a torch which i figured it would be nasty and make it sticky but actually came up really easy, spent about an hour with a hammer and chisel and took off less than quarter of it off on the tunnel but with the torch spent a good 15 minutes and got ALL of the sound deadening in the whole car. So note to self (or anyone else in which this could help): If you need to get off sound deadening, use a torch if dry ice isnt easy to come by. But from scrapping all that off i took off a full ten pounds on the dot.
And heres the final result.
I started to lighten the doors, so i took the windows out and cut off the "skeleton" (what im going to call it) and let me tell you, they are a **** ton lighter. To be exact, i actually cut the weight in half in each door, the rears weighed 50 pounds cut them down to 25, the front doors were 60 pounds and cut those to 30 pounds so a total of 110 pounds of the doors alone. 17 Pounds were from the rubber seals. Well heres a photo of the before and close to finish, youll notice the crash bar is still in the door but i actually took them all off since i plan on having the rollcage go into the door, if that make sense. Sorta like a nascar cage.
I also swiss cheesed the bumper, and got a front lip off of a newer 240 i found at the junkyard. And i like it ALOT. Another thing is that when i was at the junkyard i got my whole front end from a few e46s, i already had the crossmember, so i got the knuckles, crontrol arms, a spare knuckle (to practice cutting and welding them), and a passenger side strut.
Like i had mentioned on my last update i am short on money at the moment, but thank god for tax returns. So im getting a whopping $700, wooo, not really but its something. And here is where i think i might need some help. Deciding what i should do with that money, my options are to either get coilovers, finish my body work completely (as in finish the rear strut towers, and tunnel), build the motor, or what my brother-in-law is suggesting, which is to get the transmission so that i can line up the motor/tranny. But heres my thoughts, to finish the body work, so i can then have a rolling shell again, but if i do that ill need the coilovers, but if i only buy those, i wont have money to get anything else, and if i get the tranny (which i can find one for like 200 bucks) and then spend rest on body work.. idk im in a rut right now.. But well see when i get it to decide what ill do, unless someone is willing to give some helpful advice.