Skip forward three-four years and some muppet pulls out on me whilst running in the engine on the motorcycle I've spent all winter building. My arm got realy badly broken & even after a chunk of physio my left hand couldn't operate a clutch, so I had to start looking at cars again having not had one for a few years. Had a look around & found myself looking at the photo's of the old Volvo...turned out it was one of the only cars I could insure! Got on the internet & had a look for another 340 when one showed up...Gillingham? Great. I'll have that. Made arrangements to view, then realised there was a Gillingham that wasn't in Medway, Kent. D'oh...diddn't want to let the guy down & couldnt find another so I took the train down there to have a look & ended up buying this;
A grey 1.4 with lowering blocks, a welded diff & chopped springs.
I stripped it out;
The cat seems to appreciate his new bed/climbing frame;
Put a cheapy tacho in, diddn't want to blow it up.
Telltale seemed to think that it was revving to 7k+ which can't be good for it. Set about fitting a rev limiter.
Modified the renix to have two takeoffs for the coil. Not that the 2nd hand limiter I'd bought actually worked, so I bought an Accuspark item;
FItted some landrover dampers;
And some new wheels;
Rolled the arches myself with a heat gun, hammer and some patience;
No damage to the paint at all, I was quite pleased!
I bought Seb's old seats & fitted those;
And then swapped the wheel out for a Momo Peugeot 205 boss & an unbranded wheel;
I've grabbed a K&N air filter, and a new backbox that I need to fit & plan to re-paint the rocker cover as the paint is flaking. Get them fitted this week I hope, weather dependant. Master cylinder shat itself mid-week so spent my day off swapping that out & flushing/bleeding the entire car. Would also like to put a hydraulic handbrake in as the cable one is hopeless despite my attempts to adjust it!
Perhaps someone could advise on the hydro - where's good to put it, what's a good buy? Plumbing it in looks simple enough - but handle length & cylinder size seem to be varied depending on car/brake setup.
Cheers guys!
