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Volvobrage's widened 242

21.01.2012

I want to put these on the 5 sylinder I'm going to put in the car!:nod:
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Will cut of the first and make a new place for the tps sensor..
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Got a polish guy at work to do this for me, I'm not so steady on tolerances in the lathe..The new is in black steel and not stainless since I'll be making a black steel header eventually
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Some pictures of the car when I took it back to the workshop!
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Out with the front window and some more parts
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Will be blasted here:)
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Rear window and some more parts there
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Under the rear window it looked good!:-D
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Started on the "plates" inside the car..**** work!
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Almost finish with the car, but I need to make the last finsih here
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Planning to make a new one in aluminium, will make the connections in the lathe some day I have time:)
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24.01.2012

Pulled out the headliner..Will be new skin with black color there!
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Took out more **** inside
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Finished the mats and took out some parts that were left for the heater
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Cutted away the batteri box..Not sure if i will change the rusted peace or just sandblast it yet
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Some parts for the exhaust, 3,5" bends and a reducer that is going on the turbo..There its 3" so in need a peace from 3" - 3,5" from the reducer there
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28.01.2012

Got the parts form blasting and priming!
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Started on the last reinforcement in the rear:)
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And a new coat of primer..Another type of primer the painter recomanded me..Used for ships!The grey was zinkprimer..
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Took these of the car and cleaned them and grinded them
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Put some more primer on them to
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29.01.2012

Polyrethan busnings!
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Masked the bushnings and painted with the blue top color:)
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The picture that shows the color best
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Put them in my warm bedroom so the paint would dry..Woke up with a headake the next day:rofl:
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11.02.2012

Got a front rims home to test also:)
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Not so wide edge in the front but I think thats cool on 240's..
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Good space with 8,5" wide brock rim:oogle:
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Up
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Front
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Back
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And marked up for the new headlights, going to cut it out soon:)
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12.02.2012

Cutted out for new taillights!
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Finished the big mat in the trunk
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Here I made a mistake when I removed the reinforcement so i need a new plate here..
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Took it from an extra front fender I had
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Removed the plate on the torpedowall
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And the brake"thing"
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18.02.2012

Both these to, they will go for sandblasting next time I send something..
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The plate on the way out!
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And its out:nod:
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Looks good but here I need to blast or maybe weld in new peace..
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Glad I took it out, because here it needs blasting and some welding..
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Welding
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19.02.2012

Started a little bit on the doors..
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And finished the trunk:)Just wait a little bit before I take the glue so it will go easier
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This looked like ****..So I tought it was because of the widening:(But I took it of, oiled it and bender a little bit so now its flush again:-D
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21.02.2012

Cutted this on the cnc plasma at work:)It will go from the crossmember in the front to the rear bushning for front "arms" to support..Not my design, a guy on volvoforum was so kind to give me the drawings:)
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25.02.2012

Prepared for blasting:)
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Cutted out the old rusty peace and started on the new one!Put some welding paint under the plate against the crossmember and let i dry the rest of the day..
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Started on removing the antenna!
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And finished this..I am not satisfied with what I did here, it looks bad..So I will fix it, but dont now how yet
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27.02.2012

Finish welding..Looks okey, but the finish will be under the car:)There I will grind the weldings all down, thats why I keep it on the inside..Anyway, will be a carpet there:lol:
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Wide and good:)Really excited to see how it turns out with the rims on!!
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Norwegian volvo build thread checklist:

complete teardown, widening, seam welding of a volvo 240
modification for wide wheels and some extreme engine choices

check!
 
dont use a course sanding disk for getting the paint off! it takes off too much good material, just use paint stripper of 60 grit sandpaper and do it by hand or eccentric sander
 
really cool bodywork :)

Awesome work. This thread literally makes me want to cut apart everything I own.

Norwegian volvo build thread checklist:

complete teardown, widening, seam welding of a volvo 240
modification for wide wheels and some extreme engine choices

check!
Hahaha:lol:Thanks guys!Its really cool to hear that after spending alot of the time in the garage:)It gives me a really good feeling:cool:
dont use a course sanding disk for getting the paint off! it takes off too much good material, just use paint stripper of 60 grit sandpaper and do it by hand or eccentric sander

I have used this small tool for grinding welding, not angle grinder:)If you mean on the rear fender..I was planning to use this black thing on angle grinder to take the paint, but I think you just gave me a really good idea to use paint stripper!:)
Just bought a REALLY strong one to that Im using on my rims right no:)So Ill test that on the car also..

Thanks!
 
04.03.2012

Started on the other door also
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And then I tested the new front on the car!:)Looks like it fit good, but will not know for sure before I put the front fenders and hood on..
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And the lighthousing!:)
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18.03.2012

Pictures of the trunk after welding:)My neighbor uses the workshop no so I can not work on the car for the moment:(
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Nice room for wheels!:nod:
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And new hood and trunk "top"
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22.03.2012

Washed it real good
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The picture in the top shows how dark it was:)Looked really cool I think!Need new glass tough
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