Yeah that's what I was thinking, the material alone never mind the time to start piecing something in makes $53 seem almost ridiculous. Like you said it almost makes me wonder how thin it is, although their price for fenders was comparable to Vlvworld.com so who knows? I should have another look at the fenders at PNP again, I looked at the red one quick last week and didn't think it was all that good.

Jim

Glad to see someone took this car whether or not it gets put back on the road or ends up as a parts car.

I was just at PnP here in Calgary this last weekend. I think there were 2 or3 740s and a 760 there.

The weekend before there were five 240s and four 7 series so lots of parts up here for your car.

If you decide to use it for a parts car and want to get a solid rust free 740 or 940 out of the US I have a friend (Roy) down in Oregon who buys, fixes and sells old Volvos for a living. Very honest and decent. I bought my '95 940 T off of him and would not hesitate to buy another car from him again. With out a doubt Roy could get you a really nice rust free 940 or 740 at a very reasonable price.

Also, Laureen and I are thinking about maybe selling our sexy red '89 American 740 Ti. I just got a 2002 Toyota 4Runner SR5 for work when I go in the field. I don't use my 940 Ti much during the week because I commute by bike so the 940 is always at home during the week. We really don't need to have the SR5, 740 and 940 kicking around for her to use during the week so it makes sense to sell the 740. Laureen's kind of attached to her red seven so it's not for sure that we'll be selling it. We're still talking it over...

Roj

Thanks Roj, will be looking for PNP parts for sure to try and piece this one back together for cheap to try and pass an OOP and go from there. I need to sell my truck first but would definitely be interested in your red 740 if you decide to sell. I was still lurking back when it got posted for sale and was very close to phoning but you beat me to it, plus I still need to find the money so time to work a little harder on unloading the truck.

Jim

Well it's running and it took very little to get it going. I took out the plugs a couple of days ago and shot some PB Blaster followed by a few squirts of some old 10W40 I had kicking around in each cylinder. Turned over by hand and left it sit. I pulled the plugs today, buffed them up, gapped them properly and reinstalled. I'm saving my new plugs for after I get done Seafoaming etc. I installed the new wires and my new battery, left the distributor as is. Turned the key and it fired immediately, runs fairly smooth although it's got a bit of a tick to it. Backed it out on to the street and rolled a couple hundred feet, then reversed back to the house, seems to shift Ok (for the little bit I did). The brakes feel kinda spongy, will have to look at this some more. Also going to have to figure out where the smoking under the hood is coming from. Appeared to be around the turbo, might be left over grunge I couldn't get to down under but I have a feeling it's the turbo, although I thought it was coming around the plugs too?

Also got the new angle grinder out and cut out a window around the worst part of the rocker panel. From what I can see the inner rocker and center support look pretty good. There is a tiny bit of surface rust quite clean actually, but no bubbling and definitely not as bad as the rust on the bottom of the doors. I'm no expert but I think they should be Ok if the outer rocker gets patched. Craig, I might have you look at it before I go to far with welding a patch in to the window I cut to confirm it's going to be OK to repair just the outer section.

One last thing, changing the oil filter has now become the least favorite car we have for this. The 86 GLE couldn't be easier, the turbo could be worse but I haven't had a car yet that is. Any tips other than having a hoist so you can stand out of the way when the oil splashes out at you when the filter drops off? Other that that I am very pleased, tons left to do obviously, getting it going that easily put a smile on my face.

Define smoking...I'm willing to go with the theory that this is crud burning off after you washed it - and it will do that for a while as the water and oil that were splashed around etc get dried off. If it is a continuous thing, then check for exhaust leaks or a cracked manifold (the seafoam will make that obvious). Glad to hear it generally works. Time for a good going over of the braking system. Did the peddle go down once you pumped it up and turned the key on? If so then the booster is most likely good. Check the flex lines and junctions for leaks. If all's well, check the MC. IIRC your brake fluid was nice and black - so it should be flushed as well and could give you a spongy peddle.

I've got a cold, so this weekend is out for rocker inspection. Sometime next week should work when I'm back on my game.

Craig