Crusty Volvo 440 Turbo, Manuel

[jamesy12345]

Being pretty hopeless with bodywork, does anyone have any ideas how to sort these arches out... can they be saved by cleaning all the crap off & re-painting or too far gone...?





Any advice/info about your own experiences would be much appreciated. I needed the car for the engine (to resurrect my 480), so it owes me nothing, but seems a shame to scrap it as there are not many about.

[Doingitsideways]

"Manuel?" Is that it's name, or is it a manual after all?

If memory serves, J, there are two, maybe three layers of metal there to cut out and build back up. Plus the back end of the inner and outer cills will be rotten, so MOT fail.

Probably looking at about a grand at a decent bodyshop.

That's why I ended up breaking an otherwise perfectly good 460 GSi a couple of years ago, even had working A/C and everything. Such a shame.

[jamesy12345]

"Manuel?" Is that it's name, or is it a manual after all?

If memory serves, J, there are two, maybe three layers of metal there to cut out and build back up. Plus the back end of the inner and outer cills will be rotten, so MOT fail.

Probably looking at about a grand at a decent bodyshop.

That's why I ended up breaking an otherwise perfectly good 460 GSi a couple of years ago, even had working A/C and everything. Such a shame.

A bag of sand! Peas & rice!! I guess that is the price for a proper job. Don't fancy sinking that much money into it.

It's an auto mate but I would like it to be a manual, so named it Manuel. If I close my eyes & wish very hard....

[wiganer31]

you wont get away with cleaning them up mate, by the looks of it there two far gone, with the paint still being ontop of the rust it will have rusted through from the inside, they need grinding back and then cutting and welding were needed, wouldnt be to bad as a diy job if your not to bad with a welder and grinder, im not great with a welder and i would have a go at that on my own car. were abouts are you located? i know of a guy in wigan who owns a moblie body shop in wigan but has a unit, seems to be pretty good and dose a decent job, done a few bits for my mates

[craigoodwood]

i had an F reg 440 turbo as my second ever car on the road, that was a manual

[no1tosh]

i would say they are defanatly to far gone mate, you need to weld in a couple of dog legs.
depending where you are pal im a painter based in bolton. we certainly wont charge a grand for that lol.

send me a pm mate if your intrested

[Doingitsideways]

i would say they are defanatly to far gone mate, you need to weld in a couple of dog legs.
depending where you are pal im a painter based in bolton. we certainly wont charge a grand for that lol.

send me a pm mate if your intrested

Bloody hell, careful what you say Mate...

I'll have a steady stream of rotten 400s coming your way! lol

[jamesy12345]

Thanks much much for the advice chaps! And yes I would be interested to find out how much work like this would be so will pm you both.

I've haven't got the car back to my place yet, I need to look at the rest of it, see if it worth doing. Same owner for the past 18 years...! (So it will be either a dog or mint )

i had an F reg 440 turbo as my second ever car on the road, that was a manual

Craig, bet you didn't think you were driving what would become one of the rarest Volvo's on the road atm

[Doingitsideways]

Craig, bet you didn't think you were driving what would become one of the rarest Volvo's on the road atm

Not quite



Pmsl

Seriously though, I hope you rescue it, Jay.
Would be good for a 440 and a '60 in the same colour lining up at York

[jamesy12345]

Not quite



Pmsl

Seriously though, I hope you rescue it, Jay.
Would be good for a 440 and a '60 in the same colour lining up at York

hehe yeah not as rare as Ray!

Ray le Otter "££££ you, monsieur"

and

Manuel "Que?"

[Doingitsideways]

You know what trim it is yet, J?

Just looking at Howmanyleft. Sadly, the CD like Ray died out in 2008

[jamesy12345]

You know what trim it is yet, J?

Just looking at Howmanyleft. Sadly, the CD like Ray died out in 2008

No mate, I only found out it was an auto by guessing the missing part of the reg & looking on My Car Check, which doesn't give any trim info

Looking on that How Many left it could be a...

Turbo - 11 on the road
Turbo S - 1 (probably not this one is this is a mark 2 trim level I think)
Turbo GS - 6 (trim level doesn't exist according to parkers/wikipedia website)

Clear as mud then, probably the first one - lowered suspension, sunroof, spoiler, ABS

//edit

just noticed comment on Wikipedia about GS spec...

the Si and GLT models were replaced by the GS, which had all of the Si's equipment and some of the GLT's, such as ABS

...so that must be a mark 2 spec also

[Doingitsideways]

Ooh... Excited

Any help you need on this one, gimme a shout, Fella.

Loves me a 400.
Perhaps you noticed?
didn't know if it was obvious, so thought I'd put it out there.

[jamesy12345]

Ooh... Excited

Any help you need on this one, gimme a shout, Fella.

Loves me a 400.
Perhaps you noticed?
didn't know if it was obvious, so thought I'd put it out there.

cheers fella much appreciated...if it's in decent nick it will be game on, but engine swap for Pollution the 480 first!!

[no1tosh]

Bloody hell, careful what you say Mate...

I'll have a steady stream of rotten 400s coming your way! lol

[jamesy12345]

FOund some rear arch panels for 30 quid a side....in Poland:



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1703088161...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Hope they are true to the original items by being made of chocolate. If it seems to good to be true....

[jamesy12345]

I was a bit surprised to see that for 30 quid all in, you get tracked delivery....

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Even if the bits don't turn up I've enjoyed myself for a few days

[MaxTS]

James, you will probably receive a printed picture of it haha

[jamesy12345]

James, you will probably receive a printed picture of it haha

hehe just like that Rolex I got.....

[jamesy12345]

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