1990 Volvo 740GL - Clive

I know some of what's planned - awesome!!

Right, the headlining in the Volvo was curse word so I decided to rip it all out and line it with a different material.



Also got some new plates made up courtesy of DaveyBoy20 (checkout small print )


Next up it was the tinting of my rear lights, think block colours on a car like this can look really good.

Cheers!

Ripped out all the lining, I decided to re-use the board underneath. Can see it will be a total pig to make this work, first job was to create a workable base. I did this by stiffening the fragile lining board with fibreglass.









The plastic skirts holding the lining in place were no good either, all cracked and broken. Previous owner had tryed to do something with the lining before but had a mega fail. I decided to fab some up out of aluminium.



Cut the fabric to size and used PVA to stick, tryed fabric adhesive at first to make it work but it doesn't dry hard so this is the second go









So far so good, will be work in progress getting it back in the car and fitted properly!

Wahey! Looking cool seeing those spring chopping pics brings back what an absolute of a job getting it all off was! Can't believe we were both standing on the end of an 8ft breaker bar!! Worth it though, looks ace I won't let on to the other plans

Ha ha total sod of a day, but I think the results were well worth it in the end!

Cheers for the cool purchase Ben, been making quick work of the wheels. Slightly rushed but just need to get them on before my current tyres are bald!

Still have alot of plans for the car. Will prob have a bit of a stop gap to try and hoard parts, re-group and do some serious modding

Found this cone at the back of my garage, bit cheap and nasty but thought it would do for know


Made this purchase a few weekends ago, cheers Ben and Kev once again!


Got them on the car just to get a good idea of tyre sizes etc. thanks for the help Dave!






Removed all the surface rust and scratched up all the paint





Got some Hammerite on the back and outer dish




After waiting a few days for the Hammerite to dry gave them one final rub down and let loose with the primer



Just waiting fot the colour coat to go off at the moment, will hopefully get the clearcoat don't on Thurs, tyres Sat morn ;D
Will get some photo's up asap

Well what a feckin weekend!
Had a bit of a knightmare getting the tyres on the car, as it turns out the steels have been extended from the wrong position. The seat for the tyre to pop onto when being fitted has not been extended, resulting in it being a total mare to get a tyre on. I didn't notice until it came to put tyres on

First place I went to was adament that a tyre would not fit the wheels, so I decided to take them to another place for a second opinion This other chap managed to pop a tyre on the first wheel in minutes, a bit of struggling but it was on!!!!
I left the wheels with them for the rest of Saturday to struggle on, as it turns out they had to pull the shutters across the shop and leave the air feed going until they heard the faithful pop 100psi later the tyres where snug on the wheel ;D Happy fear filled days, thats what I call service!!

Banded Steels just before they went on the car!


One on




Here are a few fancy pics for the old album

Cheers, can't stop looking at it at the moment Aesthetically still want to do a few bits before some serious tuning
I picked it up from Bournemouth so its wasn't a million miles away!

I originally bought mine as a work horse/run around, now I'm at a stage where I just love modding it and kicking that boxy old grandad tail out

Ha ha cheers, I did take more photo's. Will have to chec tonight what I have done with them. See if I can get t them posted