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Nice car! That should be really cool when it's finished. Thanks I'm almost on the same boat like johnrh's in his 1973 Volvo 164 RS... So it will take some time to be finished but not to johnrh standards, it's too much off budget but will still look good...
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Needs a bit of tidying up, but that should be a really cool car! Thanks... I've already started on that... I think I've removed 80kgs of trash, dirt , sand, underseal, etc... The engine and gearbox was taken out by hand by lifting the front of the car.. easy peasy... so i could clean, derust and paint the engine bay. It has some rust holes in the usual places... But it's going... slowly but going...
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Jan 31, 2011 22:17:48 GMT
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Hi. Another happy Volvo owner who still doesn't know if his car drives but starts to restor it anyway... And i know why...Volvo's are for life.... I have a '73 164 and it happen the same thing, it just wouldn't start ... had fuel in the carbs, spark in the spark plugs but still wouldn't start... So one day I thought and went to by new spark plugs... It started first try... a bit lumpy but started after being 8 years parked in a garage with no doors... So keep up the good work and in no time it's done...Then it will slide it's tail on the corners from joy....
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Jan 31, 2011 21:42:27 GMT
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Hi... ;D It's now time for some long awaited pics of my volvo 164... The original registry paper... From the add on the internet... Now already at home... and the start of finding out why it wouldn't start It still had the original spark plugs.. The worst part of the paint... The back seat... The engine number... The body number... The identification plate... That's all for now...
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Nov 15, 2010 13:48:20 GMT
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Hi... have you heard anything about the german dude who sold you the front bumper??? I'm still waiting for him to reply... On the ebay add he says that only send it to germany?!?!
As usual keep up the good work...
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If you want to know anything that I have not covered in the thread, e.g. parts suppliers, don't hestitate to ask. Send a PM or ask on the thread; I'm easy Thanks i'm sure i'll need it...but not at the moment... i'm almost ending the chassis and body metal repair... still undone the boot lid, the 4 doors and one spare wheel well... the rest it's already on primer... Read more: retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=post&thread=58505"e=1185142&page=14#ixzz14e7Bk8YTYesterday, I also won a '73 164 bumper on ebay, so when that gets here from Germany, I'll have a choice. I may look into the cost of replating, so I can make the front match my NOS rear bumper. All for now, John I was not able to bid higher on this bumper, I was working when it ended... so you won it then it still in good hands... ;D But i did win the dash for 1 Euro because mine has some big cracks in it... and i won a new ATE master cylinder for 50 Euros on ebay... My current supplier is vpautoparts from sweden and i just bought a new fuel pump and the brake caliper repair kit for all calipers ... So I think that with good tires i will be able to stop.. ;D Thanks and up the good work
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Hello. My name is Cesar Barbosa. I'm from Porto Portugal and I'm here presenting my retro ride... It's a 1973 Volvo 164 3.0l straight 6 B30A M400... At the moment it's all dismantle for a major restoration... Now some fotos of it taken from the add on the internet... www.volvoforums.org.uk/album.php?albumid=580The future holds for it a turbo conversion with the stock engine ...I'm going to need some help from you guys... ;D
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