940 front end on my 740

[V-Jet]

Originally Posted by affa

2. The cowl panel should be replaced by the plastic unit like the 7/960/s/v90. does this plastic panel fit once I remove the existing metal cowl panel?

In my Volvo brochure for '90 740 and 760, there are photos of the car in its basic chassis framework, and you can clearly see that the 740 and 760's firewall is quite different. I don't think you can just bolt on the plastic cowl panel from a late-760 / 960 onto a 740 / 940 once you remove the scuttle panel, unless you are planning to modify the firewall as well. I can scan and post those photos if any of you guys are interested.

Originally Posted by ravennexus

strange, today i saw a late model 740 turbo with the wipers in the stock postion but with a 940 front.

The '90 Volvo 740 Turbo and 740 GLT 16V came standard with 940 front, with black egg-crate grille.

[Magnum TE]

Originally Posted by V-Jet

[quote:e58b9f26b1="affa"]
2. The cowl panel should be replaced by the plastic unit like the 7/960/s/v90. does this plastic panel fit once I remove the existing metal cowl panel?

In my Volvo brochure for '90 740 and 760, there are photos of the car in its basic chassis framework, and you can clearly see that the 740 and 760's firewall is quite different. I don't think you can just bolt on the plastic cowl panel from a late-760 / 960 onto a 740 / 940 once you remove the scuttle panel, unless you are planning to modify the firewall as well. I can scan and post those photos if any of you guys are interested.

Originally Posted by ravennexus

strange, today i saw a late model 740 turbo with the wipers in the stock postion but with a 940 front.

I would love to see those pics, thank you.
The '90 Volvo 740 Turbo and 740 GLT 16V came standard with 940 front, with black egg-crate grille.[/quote:e58b9f26b1]

[DoubleV]

Originally Posted by ravennexus

strange, today i saw a late model 740 turbo with the wipers in the stock postion but with a 940 front.

The late model 700s came with the 700 series hood and a 940 front.

[V-Jet]

I posted the image here - http://www.pbase.com/sabredog/inbox

Note the area just in front of the windscreen and the firewall - it's evident that the 740's is different to the 760's. As 740 and 760 evolved into 940 and 960 respectively, I believe they are the same as the 900 series.

Originally Posted by V-Jet

The '90 Volvo 740 Turbo and 740 GLT 16V came standard with 940 front, with black egg-crate grille.

Sorry, I should've clarified that I was referring to the European release of '90 Volvo 740 Turbo and 740 GLT 16V...

Okay, when 740 got a facelift in 1990, there were 2 front ends. The "base" front end without fog-lights, also called "Alt-1" and the one with fog-lights next to the grille also called "Alt-2". In fact "Alt-2" was first introduced 2 years earlier on the new 760, except on the 760 it had an aluminium hood while on the 740 it still had a steel hood. The steel hoods for "Alt-1" and "Alt-2" are different, as well as different front bumper and grille.

In 1991 when the 900 series was released, it received the "Alt-2" front end as standard (with aluminium hood on the 960), while 740 lost the "Alt-2" front end and was only available with the "Alt-1" front (960 replaced 760 in '91). Furthermore, the "Alt-1" front on '91 and later 740 now has the same hood as the "Alt-2", persumably to reduce part variety. As a result, the '91 and later "Alt-1" frond end has a different hood, grille and headlight trim panel compared to the '90 "Alt-1" front end.

[WindowsBreakerG4]

OK I know this is a super old thread but I am trying to figure out about changing hood and cowl on a 91 940 to make it a 960/760 lookalike, I like the obscured wipers better and it seems like the aero would be much better. I am having a hard time getting a clear answer on what must me done here to make this work.