'87 745 Turbo Theis K1

[reiernumans]

Thanks! Just running slip on spacers on the stock studs I assume? I like how it looks!

 

[GrafKroete]

Yes, slip on. But for more than 10mm spacers I would recommend some longer studs.

 

[GrafKroete]

I finally got all the parts to complete the A/C, since a lot of the parts from the donor car didn't survived the crash. Everything is complete, put together and the A/C is blowing ice cold now.

A few weeks back I helped another brick owner finding a mint headliner for his 740. As thank-you gift he made me this shirt.

 

[JW240]

Great car man! Really like how its getting better step by step.

 

[GrafKroete]

I'm working on the next upgrades.
My plan is to retrofit the ABS system, mastercylinder + brakebooster and the whole rear axle from the crashed 940. While working on the brake system I'll upgrade the front brakes from the standart 14" I have right now to the 16" brakes from the 850/V70I. I already collected all the needed parts and started painting the calipers.

I started working on another longtime project as well.

Inspiration came from the triple gauge pods, Volvo offered for the 240s. The console I used was originally for retrofitting a radio to some classic car - no clue which one.

As gauges I plan to use some VDO voltmeter and boostgauge, modded with the needles and faces from the factory gauge cluster. The third slot should be filled with the OE ambient temp gauge made to fit.
The new free space in the gauge cluster should be filled with the rare OE Accessory oil temp and oil pressure gauges, like here:

For this project I'm searching for those two gauges (metric) and a earlier boost gauge with the red and yellow scale or at least the face of it. If somebody can offer me one of those gauges / parts, feel free to contact me.

 

[lookforjoe]

Nice work! Any alternative steering wheels in the works? That would finish out the dash mods.

Did you try the headlamp surrounds in chrome? Somehow the black doesn't flow with the nose.

 

[GrafKroete]

I realy do like the stock steering wheel. But the almighty R-Sport steering wheel would be a dream. Or maybe the correct one for the bodykit: The classic 3-spoke Nardi.

In my opinion the headlight bezels is, that it need to be the same style as the grill surround and it need a bit contrast to the paint. Chrom suits the darker paints, black the brighter paints.

 

[lookforjoe]

I realy do like the stock steering wheel. But the almighty R-Sport steering wheel would be a dream. Or maybe the correct one for the bodykit: The classic 3-spoke Nardi.

In my opinion the headlight bezels is, that it need to be the same style as the grill surround and it need a bit contrast to the paint. Chrom suits the darker paints, black the brighter paints.

Any leather wheel would do - there was a leather version in the stock form factor, if I remember correctly.

Yeah, to each his own - I'm definitely no fan of chrome, so I get it. Keep up the good work!

 

[GrafKroete]

The center of the optional leather wheel looks odd in my eyes. It looks like it was somebodys first try to wrap a steering wheel...

I got the first two gauges for my gauge pod conversion. The ambient temperature gauge I got for dirt cheap straight from sweden, because the wiring and one mounting tap is mission - so ideal for my plans.

The second gauge I sourced I came across by accident and it was a bit more expencive. This one won't get hacked to pieces, so it was worth it's money. It came new old stock from a collector in france.

 

[GrafKroete]

I used the time when TB was offline to do some work on the Theis again.

The 30+ year old lowering springs and shocks got replaced by some K.A.W. lowering springs (-65mm front / -50mm rear) and some Bilstein B4 gas shocks. The struts got replaced by the ABS version and I installed the 302mm brakes from the 850/V70I.

This weekend I pulled the 1041 axle from the donor car, replaced all the bushings with Strongflex PU bushes, put on some new brake disks and hand brake pads, painted the calipers and installed some longer wheel stuts for the new 20mm spacers.

 

[GrafKroete]

I got myself a set of Cibie Oscar LED-spotlights as birthday present. Had a NOS mounting braket laying around for ages - now it's in good use.

 

[adomz]

That looks interesting!

Love the headlights! Would be interesting to see the pattern of the beam.

Good luck!

 

[GrafKroete]

The headlights are JW Speaker 8800 Evolution 2 with asymetric LHD light pattern. There are a couple of videos on youtube showing their pattern and comparing them to other LED headlights. I'm more than happy with the light output and the beam pattern itself.