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Post a pic of your real car
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That 6 on the "V6" keeps looking like an 8 at first and it almost always gets me confused
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Not long after this pik I managed to blow out a rear tire at 160kph, stayed surprisingly stable.
Red dot had near extra 400whp on me. Really put power in perspective.
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My dad and I have been working on this 300c for about 6 months now, with the goal turning it into a track car. It's been completely gutted, has a full rollcage, repaired roof, fully adjustable coilovers, Dodge Challenger 6speed manual (only one in Aus), matte black paint (not finished), comprehensive engine work, and it fired to life for the first time yesterday! Here's a before and after photo of our progress so far 
More details can always be found in my car thread
More details can always be found in my car thread
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Ok. Time to show off my rides.
First we have my daily driver. Nothing special, just a regular 2001 Volvo V40. The things done to it is that the stock grille is dechromed and plastidipped black and the headlights and turn signals is replaced with aftermarket ones. They look just like the ones that came with the 2003-2004 model of the same generation of V40's, with black internals. I've also had them tinted black (obviously) like the foglights, taillights and the sidemarkers in the bumpers.
Legal you ask? Hell no says the police and the inspector during the annual inspection. But during that inspection, I have extra reflexes mounted with doublesided tape on the rear window, wich makes the taillights "legal". Too bad that they keep falling off
The headlights are yet to be inspected (fingers crossed).
Sitting kind of high on coilovers, but I'm thinking of turning them down a bit more when it's time for those 17-inch summerwheels again. It's currently sitting on factory 15-inch with wintertires (like I said, daily driver = all year around
). All the plastic trim on the doors and bumpers are painted gloss black with clearcoat.
The only thing that's done to the interior is a 2-DIN stereo with DVD (for my sons sake) and 2x12-inch Beyma-subs with crappy 5,25's in the front doors and tweeters hidden in the dashboard.
And that's really everything about it.
And then we have my precious 1974 Volvo 142. I bought it at fall 2014, when it had been sitting for ~10 years. The old man I bought it from had bought it with the intention of cutting the rear off of it to renovate his limo, but realized how good condition it was in, so he didn't (thank god for that). It's in REALLY good condition. So good, that I believe that the ~120000km on the odometer is true.
There's nothing really special/exiting (for you) about this one either. It has the entire front end (grille, the trim around the headlights and the part with the vents beneath the grille) from an older model. 1972 I think. The grille is debadged and plastidipped black. The disgustingly big turnsignals that's originally on the corner on the fenders has been removed, and the turnsignals is now in old park lights, wich are now in the headlights. The headlights are aftermarket parts for Golf MkI (or basically just regular 7" lights), and are blacked out (as you can see). The last thing that's done to the front end is that the enormous parkbench that Volvo used as front bumper is removed.
It's currently sitting on a set of 15-inch steel wheels that I've borrowed from a friend.
They are stock wheels from a Volvo 740, that has been reversed. They will eventually be replaced by a set of 14-inch Shelby Cal.500 that I've kept from my last 142. But before that, I'll buy some tires and mount these that I just bought.
15-inch reversed steelwheels from a 940. I'll have them sandblasted and powdercoated, after that I'll use them.
The rear fenders have been rolled a tiny bit to get rid of the rubbing that made me feel as if I was doing a 100 kilometer long burnout before the fenders got rolled.
The rear bumper is also removed, and replaced with sheet metal to make it smooth. The trunk opens electronically with a push of a button. The taillights is stock, but they have been exposed to sunlight so long that the orange part has faded so that they are white/red now. They might be black/red in the future though.
It's lowered, by a previous owner, by cutting the springs. Those will be replaced by real lowering springs/shocks or coilovers in the future. But that won't happen until I've put the Shelby wheels on. It will drop about 50 millimeters with the tires I'm thinking of getting. And since it's a daily driver during the brief summer here in Sweden, I want to keep it drivable. Scraping? Sure. No problem. But not constantly.
The external rearview mirrors are some sort of aftermarket ones that makes me wanna throw up every time I look at them. They'll be replaced by stock ones, that'll be dechromed and made black.
The last thing about the exterior is that every piece of chrometrim has been removed, and the mountingholes have been welded shut.
The interior hasn't got many modifications done to it...yet. So far it's just a Pioneer somethingsomething stereo with Bluetooth and so many functions that I'm only using 1/10 of what's available.
Custommade (not very goodlooking) doorcards with 6,5" DLS speakers and cheap-ass 6x9" speakers in a fiberglass hatrack. The hatrack was originally made for a Volvo 850, but we made fit my car.
The trunk is the home of a trio of DLS amplifiers, and 2x12" Magnat subs.
The only mods that I've done, with the help of some friends, is the stereo, changing the headlights (not bolt-on), changing taillight lenses, the blackening of the grille and the rolled rear fenders. I've also given the car a brand new undercoat from the gearbox to the trunk to protect it from rust. Everything else was already done when I bought it.
The main reason I bought it was the lack of the bumpers and front turn signals and the colour. I used to have a 1974 142 when I was in my early 20's, and wanted the exact same mods on that, but never got to it, so I sort of "had" to buy this car.
It's currently sitting in winterstorage without engine. The stock engine (2-litre castiron with pushrods) that was in it got a crack in the head, so I'm replacing it with a "new" engine just like the old(er) one. The new one is painted in red metal flake though, so that should give ~120 extra horsepower
I have to decide if I'm gonna use the stock carburetor, my Weber 36 or my twin SU's.
Other than that, it has a 2,5 inch exhaust and might get the stock manual 4-speed gearbox replaced with another 4-speed with overdrive.
The future plans involves a completely new interior from a ~30 years newer car, a more modern engine (maybe a 5-cylinder from an 850/S/V70) and a complete overhaul/upgrade of the brakes and chassi. And with that, a powdercoated front and rear suspension. And because I work for a powdercoating company, that should be the cheapest thing to do. But since I'm not getting rid of this one, I'm in no hurry to get it done. I refuse to have in the garage during the summer.
First we have my daily driver. Nothing special, just a regular 2001 Volvo V40. The things done to it is that the stock grille is dechromed and plastidipped black and the headlights and turn signals is replaced with aftermarket ones. They look just like the ones that came with the 2003-2004 model of the same generation of V40's, with black internals. I've also had them tinted black (obviously) like the foglights, taillights and the sidemarkers in the bumpers.
Legal you ask? Hell no says the police and the inspector during the annual inspection. But during that inspection, I have extra reflexes mounted with doublesided tape on the rear window, wich makes the taillights "legal". Too bad that they keep falling off
The headlights are yet to be inspected (fingers crossed).Sitting kind of high on coilovers, but I'm thinking of turning them down a bit more when it's time for those 17-inch summerwheels again. It's currently sitting on factory 15-inch with wintertires (like I said, daily driver = all year around
). All the plastic trim on the doors and bumpers are painted gloss black with clearcoat.The only thing that's done to the interior is a 2-DIN stereo with DVD (for my sons sake
) and 2x12-inch Beyma-subs with crappy 5,25's in the front doors and tweeters hidden in the dashboard.And that's really everything about it.
And then we have my precious 1974 Volvo 142. I bought it at fall 2014, when it had been sitting for ~10 years. The old man I bought it from had bought it with the intention of cutting the rear off of it to renovate his limo, but realized how good condition it was in, so he didn't (thank god for that). It's in REALLY good condition. So good, that I believe that the ~120000km on the odometer is true.
There's nothing really special/exiting (for you) about this one either. It has the entire front end (grille, the trim around the headlights and the part with the vents beneath the grille) from an older model. 1972 I think. The grille is debadged and plastidipped black. The disgustingly big turnsignals that's originally on the corner on the fenders has been removed, and the turnsignals is now in old park lights, wich are now in the headlights. The headlights are aftermarket parts for Golf MkI (or basically just regular 7" lights), and are blacked out (as you can see). The last thing that's done to the front end is that the enormous parkbench that Volvo used as front bumper is removed.
It's currently sitting on a set of 15-inch steel wheels that I've borrowed from a friend.
They are stock wheels from a Volvo 740, that has been reversed. They will eventually be replaced by a set of 14-inch Shelby Cal.500 that I've kept from my last 142. But before that, I'll buy some tires and mount these that I just bought.
15-inch reversed steelwheels from a 940. I'll have them sandblasted and powdercoated, after that I'll use them.
The rear fenders have been rolled a tiny bit to get rid of the rubbing that made me feel as if I was doing a 100 kilometer long burnout before the fenders got rolled.
The rear bumper is also removed, and replaced with sheet metal to make it smooth. The trunk opens electronically with a push of a button. The taillights is stock, but they have been exposed to sunlight so long that the orange part has faded so that they are white/red now. They might be black/red in the future though.
It's lowered, by a previous owner, by cutting the springs. Those will be replaced by real lowering springs/shocks or coilovers in the future. But that won't happen until I've put the Shelby wheels on. It will drop about 50 millimeters with the tires I'm thinking of getting. And since it's a daily driver during the brief summer here in Sweden, I want to keep it drivable. Scraping? Sure. No problem. But not constantly.
The external rearview mirrors are some sort of aftermarket ones that makes me wanna throw up every time I look at them. They'll be replaced by stock ones, that'll be dechromed and made black.
The last thing about the exterior is that every piece of chrometrim has been removed, and the mountingholes have been welded shut.
The interior hasn't got many modifications done to it...yet. So far it's just a Pioneer somethingsomething stereo with Bluetooth and so many functions that I'm only using 1/10 of what's available.
Custommade (not very goodlooking) doorcards with 6,5" DLS speakers and cheap-ass 6x9" speakers in a fiberglass hatrack. The hatrack was originally made for a Volvo 850, but we made fit my car.
The trunk is the home of a trio of DLS amplifiers, and 2x12" Magnat subs.
The only mods that I've done, with the help of some friends, is the stereo, changing the headlights (not bolt-on), changing taillight lenses, the blackening of the grille and the rolled rear fenders. I've also given the car a brand new undercoat from the gearbox to the trunk to protect it from rust. Everything else was already done when I bought it.
The main reason I bought it was the lack of the bumpers and front turn signals and the colour. I used to have a 1974 142 when I was in my early 20's, and wanted the exact same mods on that, but never got to it, so I sort of "had" to buy this car.
It's currently sitting in winterstorage without engine. The stock engine (2-litre castiron with pushrods) that was in it got a crack in the head, so I'm replacing it with a "new" engine just like the old(er) one. The new one is painted in red metal flake though, so that should give ~120 extra horsepower
I have to decide if I'm gonna use the stock carburetor, my Weber 36 or my twin SU's.
Other than that, it has a 2,5 inch exhaust and might get the stock manual 4-speed gearbox replaced with another 4-speed with overdrive.
The future plans involves a completely new interior from a ~30 years newer car, a more modern engine (maybe a 5-cylinder from an 850/S/V70) and a complete overhaul/upgrade of the brakes and chassi. And with that, a powdercoated front and rear suspension. And because I work for a powdercoating company, that should be the cheapest thing to do. But since I'm not getting rid of this one, I'm in no hurry to get it done. I refuse to have in the garage during the summer.
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Finally fixed the oil leak! Also did the timing belt and stuff and it's running like a top. But now it's leaking gas, the bastard.
There's always something
There's always something
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Thanks! Me too
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More travels 
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I think the 718 would be a lot better on fuel and gearbox/clutch wear. Both the Cayman and 986 Boxster I had were already about 10 years old when I bought them with about 40,000 miles on them each. They were both Manuals. The main expenses was rear tyre wear, fuel, a couple of exhaust issues (caused by the rust attacking the bolts on the underside of the car... UK roads), and the Cayman began developing some minor, but unpleasant mechanical sounds when changing gears. This was after about 10,000miles of driving. The mechanic said it was early signs of gearbox problems, which is not great in a mid-engine Porsche, so that's when I sold it. I love my manuals, but you should go for the tiptronic if you're looking for durability.
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