svinkle
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Are the lower (behind bumper) sheet metal interchangeable on early 140's?
My '71 145 took a right-front hit long before I got it. The RF fender and sheet metal behind/below the bumper were replaced with non-original parts (the fender is an earlier low-arch), and the center piece doesn't have the vertical slits.
Certainly seems like it should bolt to the lower radiator support, but the holes on mine are not in the same places as the support, and there is a ~1/2" gap that someone filled with what looked more or less like caulk. A few years ago I took it apart, scraped the caulk stuff out, then put everything back together with the gap and no bolts.
This is my front end (I promise it's a '71, just has an early grill):
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Can sort of see how things don't meet up in front of the radiator.
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It also doesn't follow the bumper line exactly, though I think I've seen a few other 140's that look similar:
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Mine doesn't have the vertical slits that I believe a '71 should have. I believe this photo (not my car) shows the correct one.
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Did Volvo change the shape and bolt spacing between different years?
My '71 145 took a right-front hit long before I got it. The RF fender and sheet metal behind/below the bumper were replaced with non-original parts (the fender is an earlier low-arch), and the center piece doesn't have the vertical slits.
Certainly seems like it should bolt to the lower radiator support, but the holes on mine are not in the same places as the support, and there is a ~1/2" gap that someone filled with what looked more or less like caulk. A few years ago I took it apart, scraped the caulk stuff out, then put everything back together with the gap and no bolts.
This is my front end (I promise it's a '71, just has an early grill):
<a data-flickr-embed="true"href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/vtslickster/50101453033/in/album-72157690575891703/" title="Untitled"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50101453033_2e853e5a70_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Untitled"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Can sort of see how things don't meet up in front of the radiator.
<a data-flickr-embed="true"href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/vtslickster/50101452968/in/album-72157690575891703/" title="Untitled"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50101452968_78245abfc5_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Untitled"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
It also doesn't follow the bumper line exactly, though I think I've seen a few other 140's that look similar:
<a data-flickr-embed="true"href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/vtslickster/50101452933/in/album-72157690575891703/" title="Untitled"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50101452933_aee6b7f93b_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="Untitled"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Mine doesn't have the vertical slits that I believe a '71 should have. I believe this photo (not my car) shows the correct one.
<a data-flickr-embed="true"href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/vtslickster/50102076686/in/album-72157690575891703/" title="Untitled"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50102076686_19f382715d_z.jpg" width="640" height="421" alt="Untitled"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Did Volvo change the shape and bolt spacing between different years?