sundog
Wednesday 2nd April 2014, 18:43
i have never done a build thread before so i thought i would try piece on together for you here,
i now present to you my not very interesting volvo 340 project, the basic idea behind it was to re-live my days of being a 17 year old hooning around but with a little more skill. and the car was as cheap now as it was then 5 years ago.
we start this story around a year ago when i came across a volvo 340 for sale in rutland on RR and i basically told the guy if i got there and it started i would drive it home. which i did.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/03092569-B639-411C-AC30-7BB79AA8E709.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/03092569-B639-411C-AC30-7BB79AA8E709.jpg.html)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/E0F01440-317D-40CF-814F-58A0D7B58685.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/E0F01440-317D-40CF-814F-58A0D7B58685.jpg.html)
i must say i drove absolutely horribly, so it suited me just fine. so i started stripping it down,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/02998BED-D837-4675-8C02-7090B884247D.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/02998BED-D837-4675-8C02-7090B884247D.jpg.html)
reviling this beauty where the battery once lived,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/FCBE90F5-637C-49C1-924F-3ADE89EE79CD.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/FCBE90F5-637C-49C1-924F-3ADE89EE79CD.jpg.html)
so it was time to make some templates and cutting some metal,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/7F84FB05-53E2-42BC-BABF-ECF36B060D0A.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/7F84FB05-53E2-42BC-BABF-ECF36B060D0A.jpg.html)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/B81B2570-F793-474C-A3E3-FAC0EB73F79F.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/B81B2570-F793-474C-A3E3-FAC0EB73F79F.jpg.html)
then chop chop
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/3C8514F4-93C1-4CA9-B79F-15B7BEB6D10B.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/3C8514F4-93C1-4CA9-B79F-15B7BEB6D10B.jpg.html)
doing some certainly not weld porn on it, trying to figure out my first personal industrial welder.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/AB2AF339-849A-43D0-A968-AFA2AC7B0BEF.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/AB2AF339-849A-43D0-A968-AFA2AC7B0BEF.jpg.html)
the pictures are a bit hit and miss whether i actually took them at the time, so now we jump to making 2 wings into one
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/1F232165-A111-470B-B580-2768A69D2958.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/1F232165-A111-470B-B580-2768A69D2958.jpg.html)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/BC3209DF-8A0B-4425-8A67-D233B89F389E.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/BC3209DF-8A0B-4425-8A67-D233B89F389E.jpg.html)
then for adding some power through badges lead to this
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/C20C11B7-7CE7-4D13-93D1-7C983F64BC47.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/C20C11B7-7CE7-4D13-93D1-7C983F64BC47.jpg.html)
it gets more interesting soon i promise, around this point i ripped the gearbox out to weld the diff so i made some solid mounts for the gearbox crossmember.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/CDC67A3B-494C-48C9-954C-9C5E0CE443E2.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CDC67A3B-494C-48C9-954C-9C5E0CE443E2.jpg.html)
and i dont have a picture of them finished :D
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/0A1C2AA3-98BE-46B2-8691-97B3E1B583B2.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0A1C2AA3-98BE-46B2-8691-97B3E1B583B2.jpg.html)
mocking up seat height for my super comfy lounge chair
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/83B11710-AAF0-4F1B-948E-219D5D519E90.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/83B11710-AAF0-4F1B-948E-219D5D519E90.jpg.html)
i now present to you my not very interesting volvo 340 project, the basic idea behind it was to re-live my days of being a 17 year old hooning around but with a little more skill. and the car was as cheap now as it was then 5 years ago.
we start this story around a year ago when i came across a volvo 340 for sale in rutland on RR and i basically told the guy if i got there and it started i would drive it home. which i did.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/03092569-B639-411C-AC30-7BB79AA8E709.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/03092569-B639-411C-AC30-7BB79AA8E709.jpg.html)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/E0F01440-317D-40CF-814F-58A0D7B58685.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/E0F01440-317D-40CF-814F-58A0D7B58685.jpg.html)
i must say i drove absolutely horribly, so it suited me just fine. so i started stripping it down,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/02998BED-D837-4675-8C02-7090B884247D.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/02998BED-D837-4675-8C02-7090B884247D.jpg.html)
reviling this beauty where the battery once lived,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/FCBE90F5-637C-49C1-924F-3ADE89EE79CD.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/FCBE90F5-637C-49C1-924F-3ADE89EE79CD.jpg.html)
so it was time to make some templates and cutting some metal,
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/7F84FB05-53E2-42BC-BABF-ECF36B060D0A.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/7F84FB05-53E2-42BC-BABF-ECF36B060D0A.jpg.html)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/B81B2570-F793-474C-A3E3-FAC0EB73F79F.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/B81B2570-F793-474C-A3E3-FAC0EB73F79F.jpg.html)
then chop chop
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/3C8514F4-93C1-4CA9-B79F-15B7BEB6D10B.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/3C8514F4-93C1-4CA9-B79F-15B7BEB6D10B.jpg.html)
doing some certainly not weld porn on it, trying to figure out my first personal industrial welder.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/AB2AF339-849A-43D0-A968-AFA2AC7B0BEF.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/AB2AF339-849A-43D0-A968-AFA2AC7B0BEF.jpg.html)
the pictures are a bit hit and miss whether i actually took them at the time, so now we jump to making 2 wings into one
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/1F232165-A111-470B-B580-2768A69D2958.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/1F232165-A111-470B-B580-2768A69D2958.jpg.html)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/BC3209DF-8A0B-4425-8A67-D233B89F389E.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/BC3209DF-8A0B-4425-8A67-D233B89F389E.jpg.html)
then for adding some power through badges lead to this
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/C20C11B7-7CE7-4D13-93D1-7C983F64BC47.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/C20C11B7-7CE7-4D13-93D1-7C983F64BC47.jpg.html)
it gets more interesting soon i promise, around this point i ripped the gearbox out to weld the diff so i made some solid mounts for the gearbox crossmember.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/CDC67A3B-494C-48C9-954C-9C5E0CE443E2.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CDC67A3B-494C-48C9-954C-9C5E0CE443E2.jpg.html)
and i dont have a picture of them finished :D
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/0A1C2AA3-98BE-46B2-8691-97B3E1B583B2.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0A1C2AA3-98BE-46B2-8691-97B3E1B583B2.jpg.html)
mocking up seat height for my super comfy lounge chair
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q181/sundog_ses/Mobile%20Uploads/83B11710-AAF0-4F1B-948E-219D5D519E90.jpg (http://s136.photobucket.com/user/sundog_ses/media/Mobile%20Uploads/83B11710-AAF0-4F1B-948E-219D5D519E90.jpg.html)