Cleaned rusty. Pics inside.

[L14MNP]

For the first time ever I Autosol'd the Volvo's chrome/polished bits and was surprised how well it came up. I didn't polish it but I think it was lucky enough to get dried by a means other than a blast down the bypass. lol

I'm also running a new grille and splitter, plus the louvre so I guess it's changed a fair bit.

I was pretty happy with it so had a short run out with my mate and we took some pics with his DSLR and new lens. They're only full auto and point and click as we intended to go elswhere for further pictorial mincing but I got sidetracked.

Show some boxy RWD love lol

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/itsallac0nspiracy/Dusty%20Drifter/IMG_7049-vi.jpg
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/itsallac0nspiracy/Dusty%20Drifter/IMG_7066-vi.jpg
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/itsallac0nspiracy/Dusty%20Drifter/IMG_7050-vi.jpg
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/itsallac0nspiracy/Dusty%20Drifter/IMG_7064-vi.jpg
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/itsallac0nspiracy/Dusty%20Drifter/IMG_7069-vi.jpg
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/itsallac0nspiracy/Dusty%20Drifter/IMG_7065-vi.jpg
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/itsallac0nspiracy/Dusty%20Drifter/IMG_7054-vi.jpg
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/itsallac0nspiracy/Dusty%20Drifter/IMG_7061-vi.jpg
and me wireless lol.

Comments and criticism welcome.

I'm not entirely finished with the grille, but I wanted to 'de-Volvo 300' it a bit. lol

Will look right when I add an oil cooler IMO. Also gonna start looking for an Ashley or similar exhaust to chop about for her. :thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Mk1/Mk2 Golf front splitter ?

Looks very cool and 'retrotastic' :)

[Cle]

I love the look of that :thumb: i want one lol

[L14MNP]

Aye Vaughan, mk1 GTi large duckbill. Cheers mate. :)

Thanks Cle. I'm pretty happy with the front end now. It seems 'deeper' lol. I want to look into single round headlights. Dunno how that would look though. lol

[vaughanmc]

Splitter suits the car mate!!!

[Andy]

loving the wireless,ideal for those times when your feeling a bit of "new monkey" or the like lol

[L14MNP]

Yeah Vaughan, goes well with the skinny bumpers with it being an earlier model IMO. Kinda keeps my old skool JDM want down a bit too. lol

Andy, av got me monkey tapes in ere innit
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/itsallac0nspiracy/Dusty%20Drifter/IMG_7060-vi.jpg
lol

[Andy]

lol,whos that fella who does all the shouting?? stompin or summat lol lol

[L14MNP]

lol You windin me up? I have Tiesto and Fabric Live in there ATM.

[Spudly]

Haha good skills limp i likes the old girl, complete slice of the 80's lol

[Andy]

lol lol

[John]

mega cool! love the rear window slattage! What's it say on the plaster?

[L14MNP]

Haha good skills limp i likes the old girl, complete slice of the 80's lol
:thumb: Ta mate. You're the reason I have my louvre. :d

Someone rep this man! (even if you don't like the louvre - cos I do) lol

[L14MNP]

Cheers John. Aye the rear window deals are like rocking horse sh!t. I think that's one of 3 known of in the UK now. lol

I always find what I'm looking for :d

The plaster says 'Do not want' I had it made by a signmaker. It covers a paint split in the quarter big scrape and 'kinda' covers two dents left by some tw@t who pushed the bumper corner in etc when I left it parked somwhere. :(

I know they're scene, but I have that for a reason. lol

[LEWI007]

Looks nice and old skool, i think the grille would be better if it had straight slats in it like a nova. and cut a section out for yer cooler.

[Spudly]

Haha cos of that picture i fired you up from the Retro Rides thread, i feels all special now cheers dude:thumb:

[L14MNP]

I have considered straight slats Lewi but tbh I like the more hardcore/deep look of no slats.

Like I say it's kinda how a lot of the old skool Jap stuff runs, but I made some fixings so I can still have the grille frame to tidy things up.

Aye Spud, you linked me the abandoned thread, I PM'd the pic taker who told me no dice on the one in question and then two days later sent me a PM with an eBay link which I saw 14 mins before the end of the auction. :)

It's all you baby. lol :thumb :hugz: etc.

[Spudly]

I can feel the luvz dude lol

Very welcome and im glad you had some epic fortune on that one as i kinda know how rare they are :eek:

[Connor]

Love this

[hybridturbo]

Nice i think it suits the louvre alot better than i thought it would :)

[L14MNP]

Cheers gents. :thumb:

Aye Joe, I wasn't impressed with it at first, but once it was blacked up it made all the difference. It sounds daft but that on it's own could help me sell the car if/when I want to. lol

[Markyc]

My mates ovlov totally different to yours lol

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h6/markyc66/24138_10150157442540634_593485633_1.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h6/markyc66/24138_10150157442525634_593485633_1.jpg

**** quality because there copied from FB

[L14MNP]

Haha. Awesome mate. I still skid mine. I just look after it a bit. TBH if there was places to use that weren't miles away it would look more like your mates!

It still has it's share of war wounds off me but I have to say I have grown reasonably fond of it. lol

Is your mates a 16v conversion?

[daverobson]

looks good mate:thumb:

love these cars. not because there rwd, just old skool cool. plus i do love a volvo lol

[Markyc]

nah its was a 1.4 n he droped the 1.7 in it.

Its welded diff, coilovers on the front, 5link on the back, hydrolic handbrake, stripped out with bucket seats and fuel tank in the back!! lol

Goes well in the wet but just not enough power nor clutch when dry!

Also another mate has a 5door stripped again with the willaims 16v on bike carbs!`

[Dod]

That thing is soo bad its class!! What ever happened the Primera?

[Jack]

lol You windin me up? I have Tiesto and Fabric Live in there ATM.
Admin rep for Fabric Live.

Looking fine Limp. Pics show good skills too.

[muzzy]

That is pretty cool, there's a couple going about up here at the moment, a brown one and white, these cars look so old skool!

[L14MNP]

Marky C - nice spec on your pals 1700 any pics of the 5 link? Williams go well in 340's my mate's had a couple in his on twin webbers. :thumb:

Cheers Dod :) , Primera's still here. having a break from cars (building) atm. just been doing other sh!t, mtb, bmx etc. I'm thinking of doing the C2C with a few mates so need some practice lol.

Jack :thumb: I love that lens, some of those pics were took by me, some by mate, gotta love the effect though for very little effort

Ta Muzzy the local ones sound interesting, is the white one a 5dr with buckets? Never seen a brown one on the forum lol. old skool.:cool:

[Jack]

What lens is it?

[L14MNP]

10mm. That's all I know lol. Will text and find out.

As taken from his Fotki (http://public.fotki.com/marksheridan/car-stuff-1/other-peoples-cars/liams-volvo-360/)

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[L33 LEG]

That is looking really cool now mate :cool: :thumb:

[wwmnw]

Love it! Looks awesome in my opinion.

[L14MNP]

Ta Lee and wwmnw. :thumbs: She's getting there. :)

I need to get me a decent set of fans this weekend and take off the viscous / find an oil cooler sharpish.

[wwmnw]

As we've discussed many times, I would love a Volvo and it would have to be that one.

[L14MNP]

You may change your mind if you seen the 4/500bhp T5 motor with Corvette gearbox/axle WIP that's currently happening lol.

I am in the process of hunting down one of these bad lads (the badge)
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/itsallac0nspiracy/Random/rep.jpg

Ideal for when I go turbo. lol

[muzzy]

Ta Muzzy the local ones sound interesting, is the white one a 5dr with buckets? Never seen a brown one on the forum lol. old skool.:cool:

Both 3 doors, I think it's the same guy that owns them. Both stripped with buckets and a bike can on the back lol

[wwmnw]

You may change your mind if you seen the 4/500bhp T5 motor with Corvette gearbox/axle WIP that's currently happening lol.

Link2?

[L14MNP]

That's one too many Muzzy, or some may say two too many. lol

woomanawoo (http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=7900)

[Steve]

Really like that mate, whats the difference with 360/340? Ive just picked up a 1.4 340, needs a real good clean and some more power but its cool for now.