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Vol240vo's '78 Beige 242

Vol242vo

Vol242vo

Keep it clean...
Joined
Feb 24, 2005
Location
Spokane, WA
Yet another '78 242, although this one has minimal dings/dents and little to no rust! I bought it for $850 with 140XXX original miles on a b21f. After purchasing this 242 I immediately swapped the Bilstein TCs, iPd 25/25 Sways, TME Springs, R-Sport Steering Wheel, 17x8 Voxx MGs, Skinny Bumpers, E-Code Turn Signals and later Front Spoiler. It already had a decent MagnaFlow exhaust and a Mint GT Grill w/ Fogs. The car was previously owned by a local Volvo Parts Dealer Service Rep., so the car has been very well maintained, runs absolutely flawless!

The day I brought it home:

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Installing 25/25 iPd Sway Bars, Bilstein Shocks/Struts and TME Lowering Springs:


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Skinny bumpers and later front spoiler swapped:


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This weekend I've been stripping the interior out to completely clean the inside:


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Deep Clean

So I finally finished putting the interior back together. Each and every piece was cleaned thoroughly, the e-brake assembly was disgusting! All the carpet under the seats were packed with smashed candy, gobs of dirt etc. Also had a great opportunity to remove some sound deadener. All for now, more progress to come...

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Small suggestion on the sound deadening:
Go down to the grocery store on a cold winter day and buy about 20lbs of dry ice for $20. Take a mallet and smack the floor and all the sound deadening should jump off in the place where the big bag of dry ice was applied. Grab a bit of paint thinner and the remaining glue washes off with minimal chemical removal. Then paint all of the floor with a good rust paint and seam seal the drains. Make sure the windshield doesn't leak going into the winter or else your wiper relay, fuse box and msot importantly driver rear floor pan often suffer.

I hate how the early windshields leak, but with a -78, I'd also want to keep the awesome chromie trim that yours has in such good condition.

I like it. I really like the 78-80 242DL front end. The only thing I'd change on yours is i'd paint the front airdam body color. Both John and my pukey redwood metallic 240s with flathood look odd without the airdam painted. Not sure what it is with that front end, but it is like there is too much black plastic to it without the airdam painted.

Yours is really beautifully rusty free. Nice catch!
 
945ti said:
Small suggestion on the sound deadening:
Go down to the grocery store on a cold winter day and buy about 20lbs of dry ice for $20. Take a mallet and smack the floor and all the sound deadening should jump off in the place where the big bag of dry ice was applied. Grab a bit of paint thinner and the remaining glue washes off with minimal chemical removal. Then paint all of the floor with a good rust paint and seam seal the drains. Make sure the windshield doesn't leak going into the winter or else your wiper relay, fuse box and msot importantly driver rear floor pan often suffer.

I hate how the early windshields leak, but with a -78, I'd also want to keep the awesome chromie trim that yours has in such good condition.

I like it. I really like the 78-80 242DL front end. The only thing I'd change on yours is i'd paint the front airdam body color. Both John and my pukey redwood metallic 240s with flathood look odd without the airdam painted. Not sure what it is with that front end, but it is like there is too much black plastic to it without the airdam painted.

Yours is really beautifully rusty free. Nice catch!
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The deadening is already gone, came out fairly easy too. I'll have to photoshop the painted airdam to get an idea of what it'd look like. Thanks for the thoughts and compliments!
 
car looks good. when you took out the carpet it looks like you removed all that foam stuff underneath? did you put anything underneath the carpet before you put it back in?
 
vicskimmer said:
for some reason, ive only liked those wheels on your black car and now this one. good work
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Thanks, not because it's my own car but...I agree. I think Voxx MGs suit the 76-78 rear end and chrome trim a lot better than seen on some newer 240's.
 
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