Short time lurker and totally ignorant of all things Volvo so asking for forgivness in advance.
This will be a thread for a collobarative build with my brother Tim. We've both built numerous cars of many and varied types over the years and wanted to do someting we can share and enjoy together. Tim has a sickness for FX/FJ Holdens and has just put his Group Nc LJ Torana race car back on the road. I completed my BMW M3 powered 240Z a few years ago and neeeded another project in the shed.
So what to build? We both like wagons and I'm an unashamed big fan of this thing:
https://youtu.be/pdsBvNvD0vg
We found a suitable candidate in QLD and managed to get someone to check it over for us and he gave it an unequivocal tick of approval so money was paid and transport down to Melburnistan was arranged.
The LOLvo is well worn with 319,000 ks on the clock but rust free and apart from the passenger side doors being repainted shows no sign of accident damage.
Plan is for a LS with single turbo, TH400 and 9inch. We need to get the car registered in Vic before tear down and shenanigans can begin so needs a RWC. Biggest issue was the rear main that was pissing out so went to remove the trans which requires the removal of the trans dipstick tube and subsequently found out that they dont like being undone and the thread was destroyed. Big thanks to @timbo and @ramrod for steering me in the right direction for a replacement tube.
The old rear main was well truly munted, also replaced the flame trap and got the PCV system working properly while at it.
The beige interior is pretty good except for the front seats where the foam had pushed through the frames and was not supported in any way so had to rebuild the foam and put new webing in the backs and fix the bases. Came up pretty well considering.
Have to make the old girl look more respectable so needed to tackle the really badly oxidised paint
End of long first post!
LS's are not easy to come by at the moment so hit me up if you have one for sale or any leads. Preferably complete with accessories and ECU and harness.
Cheers.
David
