Cameron Daline's 240 Projects
Please note: Cameron Daline no longer works at IPD. His blog has been very popular so we posted it permanently.
The Newest Project -- 1978 242 GTX
The newest Volvo orphan to join my stable is this beige 1978 242. I purchased it as a rolling shell from a friend in Spokane, WA a couple months ago and have been tinkering on it ever since. For a full write up on the progress, check out the project thread on Turbobricks: https://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=232792
Here's what I started with:
First order of business was to clean it up and mount the new wheels I refinshed specifically for this car - It cleaned up pretty good:
Next order of business was to pull the old B21 and refinish the engine bay:
New motor I put together for it is another B230/B234 hybrid engine. This one is staying non-turbo. Shaved the head to up the compression to 10.5:1, H beam rods, B234 pistons. Running it with LH Jetronic 2.2:
Also built some new coilovers for the front and upgraded to vented brakes:
Finished assembling the new motor, and put it in the car. Also installed the E-Code headlights I imported from Europe:
And something I splurged on for the car!
Almost done with the motor install:
Testing out the function of the newly rebuilt, LED converted R-Sport cluster after I installed it:
Previous 16v Turbo Project 245 Info:
Check out the slideshow below for detailed pics of my last project, a 1980 245 that saw a complete makeover. For a more detailed write up you can check out my project thread over at www.turbobricks.com: https://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=160306