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 Post subject: The Leg Lives to Ride Again!
PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:02 am 
0-60 in VERY FAST
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Well, things got delayed with the previous interested party, and having three cars at a hotel didn't help. then the del sol started going through a litre of coolant every week...( water pump seal or pump its self going). So I made a push to get the leg running. Bought another carb from airport pyp and rebuilt one good one from 3. Eventually got to replacing the coil...bingo, we have fire! Tuned but not running great but manageable. Talked to Craig about window frames and thank-you to Craig as he built me a plastic template i ended up using as a window, so now one plastic and one cardboard...lol...

So anyhow, We took it on its maiden voyage to panarama! It made it with no issues. While there, I made a cold call to a guy who was selling a bunch of random tires, wheels, manuals and other stuff of which was a set of virgo rims for $150 bucks. Turns out he had a 240 that had been stolen and had some volvo parts lying around. We picked up a complete 2 binder set of green volvo manuals, a Bentley volvo manual, flame trap, tie rod and spare carb for $80.

Nice haul, nice trip...

LoL, Pat thinks i should enter the leg in street wheelers.... :roll: we'll see...

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 Post subject: Re: The Leg Lives to Ride Again!
PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:40 am 
First volvo in outer space
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Congrats on the revival, I passed you on the Jail Road yesterday and was surprised to see the Leg "walking" again. Also, nice score on the other stuff!!! Oh, and Street Wheelers for sure. =D>

P.S. Anything new or interesting at PnP?

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 Post subject: Re: The Leg Lives to Ride Again!
PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:56 pm 
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Hey Jim,
Nope, last volvo that came into the yard is pat's old brown wagon, b21a i think m46. Looks like it had been parked for a bit. Otherwise no new volvo's. There's a saab, a subaru legacy outback, a running chevette(lol),and some odds an' ends.

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1979 Mercedes 300TD
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1994 Honda Civic dx hatch
2015 Mazda CX-5
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 Post subject: Re: The Leg Lives to Ride Again!
PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:08 pm 
First volvo in outer space
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Unico wrote:
Hey Jim,
Nope, last volvo that came into the yard is pat's old brown wagon, b21a i think m46. Looks like it had been parked for a bit. Otherwise no new volvo's. There's a saab, a subaru legacy outback, a running chevette(lol),and some odds an' ends.


Can't believe you left a running chevette behind. :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: The Leg Lives to Ride Again!
PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:32 pm 
Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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I've been wanting to fart with a Chevette for a while now!


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 Post subject: Re: The Leg Lives to Ride Again!
PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:27 pm 
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It was a good blank sheet, no major rust or body damage, all glass there, manual to boot... although it was one of the newer black bumper ones, not as nice as the older 70's versions but still neat, and it was a 2dr too...

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 Post subject: Re: The Leg Lives to Ride Again!
PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:54 pm 
Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!

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Ugly Duck wrote:
I've been wanting to fart with a Chevette for a while now!


That conjures up some bizarre images... :lol:

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