dreadnought
Wednesday 14th August 2013, 23:17
hi guys. thought I`d put up some pics of my 740 turbo and the slight intro to how I came to be a Volvo owner.
here starts the sermon.
car mad for ever. got into jap stuff many years ago and never looked back. have had 4 skyline r32`s, pulsar gtir and finally wanted a big jap saloon. so I bought my Nissan laurel as a standard car and ended up with this.....
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/laurel%20from%20day%201/IMAG0002-1.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/laurel%20from%20day%201/IMAG0002-1.jpg.html)
lot of work put into this. but it did confirm that I frickin love big rear drive cars.
then a tractor did this........
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0669.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0669.jpg.html)
chuffing gutted.
meanwhile I had bought a 940 hpt for the engine to go into the laurel, but as this never came about I had to use the 940 as an everyday hack for a while until the organised crime syndicate called "insurance" tried to stiff me on pay out.
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0609.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0609.jpg.html)
now the 940 was fine but had done galactic miles and was still a bit to modern for me.
so once the pay out was in my bank I set out to find a big turbo rear drive piece of Sweden`s finest.
940`s were out due to the age. so I came across this 740 on autotrader.
pics.........
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0732.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0732.jpg.html)
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0733.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0733.jpg.html)
plenty of room for little monster,
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0739.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0739.jpg.html)
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0736.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0736.jpg.html)
the all important FT engine code.
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0738.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0738.jpg.html)
love this interior.
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0734.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0734.jpg.html)
and yes that milage is original
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0735.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0735.jpg.html)
am very pleased with it. have had it for a while now(six months) and its excellent.
I`ve recently lowered it by taking two coils out of the springs.
then got an MBC and gauge and its currently running 10psi. has trouble getting traction now.
plans are further engine mods when I find out what rods I`ve got. also decent wheels as the ones on there nowi really dislike.
thanks for looking.
opinions please
here starts the sermon.
car mad for ever. got into jap stuff many years ago and never looked back. have had 4 skyline r32`s, pulsar gtir and finally wanted a big jap saloon. so I bought my Nissan laurel as a standard car and ended up with this.....
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/laurel%20from%20day%201/IMAG0002-1.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/laurel%20from%20day%201/IMAG0002-1.jpg.html)
lot of work put into this. but it did confirm that I frickin love big rear drive cars.
then a tractor did this........
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0669.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0669.jpg.html)
chuffing gutted.
meanwhile I had bought a 940 hpt for the engine to go into the laurel, but as this never came about I had to use the 940 as an everyday hack for a while until the organised crime syndicate called "insurance" tried to stiff me on pay out.
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0609.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0609.jpg.html)
now the 940 was fine but had done galactic miles and was still a bit to modern for me.
so once the pay out was in my bank I set out to find a big turbo rear drive piece of Sweden`s finest.
940`s were out due to the age. so I came across this 740 on autotrader.
pics.........
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0732.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0732.jpg.html)
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0733.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0733.jpg.html)
plenty of room for little monster,
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0739.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0739.jpg.html)
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0736.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0736.jpg.html)
the all important FT engine code.
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0738.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0738.jpg.html)
love this interior.
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0734.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0734.jpg.html)
and yes that milage is original
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy128/dreadnought1/IMG_0735.jpg (http://s784.photobucket.com/user/dreadnought1/media/IMG_0735.jpg.html)
am very pleased with it. have had it for a while now(six months) and its excellent.
I`ve recently lowered it by taking two coils out of the springs.
then got an MBC and gauge and its currently running 10psi. has trouble getting traction now.
plans are further engine mods when I find out what rods I`ve got. also decent wheels as the ones on there nowi really dislike.
thanks for looking.
opinions please