You need good 14 or 15 inch tires?
El Wifeo's 91 244GLE
14s, yes.
Spac14s, yes.
I'll see what the date codes are on them
Another one saved! Yay! :)
Nice, glad it's getting used and getting some love
I've got a set from the 23rd week of 2010.....
Philia_BearI've got a set from the 23rd week of 2010.....
Interested in they are something decent (not Chinese junk).
Spachttps://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/176807#Comment_176807
Interested in they are something decent (not Chinese junk).
made in china :-(
As is everything now
Even pirelli tyres are made in china
Hence why I specified “Chinese junk” and not simply “Chinese made” which would have captured the Chinese made non-junk.
SpacHence why I specified “Chinese junk” and not simply “Chinese made” which would have captured the Chinese made non-junk.
It's China junk,
F$&k.
Now I am one of those weirdos who owns four 240s (again).
This is an 87 GL. Brake pedal goes to the floor, and the power steering pump is AWOL but it is a decent car overall.
Again, being local, fairly priced and a non-f$@khead seller... Plus El Wifeo was with me, so negotiations went like they always do: Her saying “Yeah yeah buy it”...?
Current thinking is that we will get the gold one registered and see how much we like having an old car again, and work out where to go after that.
7 days later
Tinkered with the white car today.
Vacuumed it, replaced the busted plastic cover over the fuel filler tube, lubed the bonnet hinges and fitted a stereo & speakers in the front doors.
Also replaced the broken horn button with the one from the wreck - will see if I can repair the broken one so I can use the small diameter 87 wheel from the wreck in the gold car.
Speakers are actually semi-decent Sony jobbies, that I salvaged out of some race car or wreck in the past.
240 Lyfff....
10 days later
As an ardent non-smoker, I am continually disgusted by the filth of smoking in cars. It grosses me out so much that it is probably a diagnosable condition...
The white car has been smoked in. Pretty much stink free, but the ashtray was grossing me out badly.
So today I converted the ashtrays from the white car and the parts car to coin trays.
Disassemble, remove the ciggy holder parts. Then bead blast and squirt with some paint.
Both were slightly burned on the plastic. Some sanding cleaned that up nicely (not perfectly).
240grit, followed by 600 and then 1200. Photos in whack order because OzVolvo.
Then cut up some old toolbox drawer liner and rivet the front back on.
Photos in whack order because still OzVolvo.
OCD much....
I like!
LOL reminds me of the time I bought a 1-way MEL-SYD flight ticket to buy a "nice" 240 wagon...small fry dealer picked me up at the airport and took me to his factory. Quick walk-around and I could see a few more dents and dings than description and pics showed...opened door and the strong odour of a heavy smoker's car hit me like a brick (excuse pun). I was a bit pissed because I specifically asked on the phone before I made the flight booking "it doesn't stink or anything" and I got a "no" from seller. His comment to me when I expressed my disappointment in the stench was "just put a couple toilet cleanser blocks under the seats". I thought great, now it smells like a toilet where some arse-hat is smoking in the stall next to you and it's a f**king non-smoking area. Needless to say Mr Salesman drove me 30 mins back to Sydney airport where I got a ticket back. About $250 wasted but better than wasting $4k on a stinking smoker's car. :)
3 months later
- Edited
El Wifeo is enthused about getting Goldy registered, so doing some work on it again today.
Patched up the silver wreck’s handbrake cover, because the original had exploded.
Then realised that we needed holes for the external rear view mirror joysticks.
Knowing that 30 yo plastic is brittle, I tried a few test drills on the remnants of the original console...
They did not go well.... And the tan console felt more flexible than the replacement black console.
Worked out that I could drill a 5mm pilot hole without cracking the plastic, and then use a countersinking bit to drill all the way through. Then carefully use a round file to enlarge the holes enough to fit the joysticks.
Which is how drilling two holes took nearly an hour...
Swapped the tail pipe with the wreck’s one...
Also remembered that I own the one on the left.
Took the tatty car covers off, washed it, put new cover on and it will probably be ignored for another twelve months...
8 days later
Blue slip today.
No brake lights, centre rear seatbelt missing, and a bolt missing from the factory strut-to-firewall brace.
Bolt already replaced, haven't looked at brake lights, and need to decide what to do with the seatbelt.
The centre seat belt is integral with the buckle for the RHR seat belt. I can't use just this part from the 1987 model wreck because the buckles changed by 1991. Am hoping that the belt from the 940 will work, but ran out of daylight before I thought to check.
I know that I've said this before, but it drives a lot better than it looks.