Kc'sEX Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Hi there, after selling and parting out some of my projects i thought i would return to work my dream car, a dirty old volvo. Weighs 2 tonne, and has a measly 2.3L 4 cylinder with 4 speed auto. plans enginewise is either a supercharged 3.8L buick v6, or turbo'd 4.1L falcon straight 6 I also have a 1979 Mazda S1 Rx7 with a 12a bridgeport as a sunday cruiser. My 1989 Volvo 740 Brick Wagon When i first bought it around 3 years ago from Takaka. The brakes didnt work and by the time i pulled the gearbox out of the guys other volvo 740 sedan for a spare, it was dark. then i found out the lights didnt work. i was also unqualified to drive it at the time (learners license) and i had also only bought 20L of petrol to get it back to nelson. but it got there! After i got it home (Finally) it flew through a wof so i tidied it up a bit and did a little cutting of the springs After that, i decided to cut the springs alot, put white walls on it and put a loud exhaust (which will soon be replaced by straight pipes) as the paint was F**cked, i got a little crazy and aimed at a rat rod them and got to this point, (desprung) which ended with this: so while its off the road (waiting to find some standard springs) i decided to screw around with paint options and came up with this then, to current time. i decided to put a dog fighter plane style mouth on the sides 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kc'sEX Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Tell me what im doing wrong here: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/51685-kcs-89-volvo-740-wags/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kc'sEX Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Todays mess around, bit of paint, nothing major. also made a hood ornament. Thats all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kc'sEX Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Oh yes! i almost forgot, my brother in law got some springs in christchurch and they are getting to me soon, so hopefully get this beast woffed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kc'sEX Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 took the bitch for a wof after putting the factory spring in (ugh, its so high) failed on a few things but nothing too major car with factory springs after warrent, currently with the old shocks out, i guess i can admit they were a little bit rooted the thing that pissed me off is that the wof people said my speedo didnt work. i showed them that the slowest speed on the speedo was 20kph and told them it wasnt a speed machine (yet) and that it couldnt get up to 20kph in their 5m long entrance. after a long arguement i convinced him to jump in the passenger seat and took it for a fang around the block. "its working now" he sez. fu**ed me off but he crossed it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kc'sEX Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 oh and for those wondering why my horn needs to comply, and not that its not working....? Heres why: Haters gonna hate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kc'sEX Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 today was a good day! the owner of the vtnz station was there today, he noticed me straight away, gave a nod and got the sticker jaws are finished on the sides, and im loving it! the bloody thing is soooo high you could fit a bus underneath but will consider putting the cutties back in untill i find some legit ones. also, to find some of the parts for the wof i located a 940 wagon over in Riwaka so travelled over there to find that it was a 7 seater! so grabbed the back seat, seatbelts and trim to match for $100, Fu*king score!!! also got the exhaust manifold for $50 which i will be welding a straight to the ground pipe via electronic valve. Pics: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kc'sEX Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 so last nights mission was to get the rear facing seats in. I was very impressed that my wagon (which had never had the rear seat before) had all the seat mounting points and seatbelt mounting points. they all had rubber bungs to protect the tread aswell! also very impressed that the seat was out of a 940. yes the similarities are next to identical between the 940 and 740 but it was still really impressive. bring on the booze trips!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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