Said it before and I'll say it again, I can't get over how nice it is on here!

BTW - last person who suggested I "might get lucky in Holland" ended up trying to take me to the cheap end of the red light district. Hmm.....

Theres an Expensive end !??
Dunno about that but there's certainly a "bargain bucket" end - in every sense of the word, apparently! :shock:

Welcome to the forum! Well done on rescuing what's by now a very rare car.

It makes a difference when in '78 the car was built. If you're lucky, and it's a '79 "model year" car (from about September '78 on) it'll have an instrument panel which was fitted to cars up to around 1982. You might find ...

Hi Mark,

As soon as I've got it rolling I'll be posting pics, don't worry!

At the moment it's in someone's back yard sandwiched between a brick wall, an old chicken coop full of rubbish and a *yack* *spit* Mk4 Ford Escort.

Hi,

I've got a 1978 Volvo 343 which I'm currently doing a load of welding on. The dash panel where the speedo goes has had a later panel crudely hacked in and I'd like to put this back to the original.

I know this is a difficult panel to get - haven't found any on Ebay. Just I think it would be ...