Ghost's 1988 Volvo 240 Wagon

[Ghost]

Just picked up a Volvo 240 Wagon, 2.3L of raw Swedish fury, a car so good it outlived it successor in production.

The Soviet's being the fine connoisseurs they were, decided this was the model they must have for their embassy and so it was purchased, by them, new in 1988.

 

363,000 KM's later (the odometer stopped working shortly after) here it is:

 

 

First job is to get it road legal..

[Ghost]

New tail lights arrived from Germany:

 

Out with the old, in with the new sparkly replacements:

 

Done, big improvement:

 

Gave the car a quick clean, bumpers removed to be painted.

 

Forgot to take a photo of the engine bay, will try and remember this afternoon.

[Ghost]

Been way too busy last month to even touch the car, bumpers are stipped but not sure if I should paint them or leave them as-is (since the rest of the paint on the car is falling off..)

"New" plates on the car

 

Also need to clean the engine to try and find the source of the oil leak, although I suppose it is to be expected with 360,000 of wear and tear.

 

 

[Ghost]

My brother ended up taking over this project, bumpers are now painted, broken interior parts replaced etc etc.
He even managed to get it a WOF!

 

I used it a couple of times last week to pick up car loads of parts, hasn't missed a beat yet.

[logan360]

That's because these good old redblock volvos just don't die. Usually the car will rust around the drive train.