VulvaFour

[Grendel]

So, I am in the middle of planning a Volvo Shooting Brake that Volvo never built - a marriage of a 262C and a 245.




But this thread isn't about that.

It's about the 1992 Volvo 740GL Wagon my buddy Giff built in a rush for the Deathwish Mud Buggy Show last year and I just stuck a deposit on.

As she sits: 6.0 LQ4 engine, 4l80 trans, np261hd t case, kingpin d60 front with high steer, 4w disk brakes, 4.10 gears, corp 14b ff rear, g80 4.10, 37x12.5x17 swampers on bead locks, aluminum radiator, 9k winch, dual rear mount batteries, hydroboost brakes. on the factory Volvo chassis.

The front suspension needs some changes.

So, this one will get the few items it needs, mechanically and get driven through the summer, while I build the Shooting Brake.

Here's some pics as is.

 

[Grendel]

I plan to get it 100% mechanically while I dink around with it, never taking it down for more than 24 hours.

These are all his pics.

Will get on my fixes next month, when I do things like gauges and fill in the fender well cuts and grind them smooth.

 

[4Eyedturd]

Saw it posted but was to slow apparently

 

[Grendel]

Saw it posted but was to slow apparently

Wut?

 

[YotaAtieToo]

I saw the videos with this thing in it and I can not get over how much it just looks like an XJ

 

[Grendel]

I saw the videos with this thing in it and I can not get over how much it just looks like an XJ

I love that it looks like a chopped XJ.

 

[Grendel]

I started collecting parts for the next phase. Four link front on a SD60 front with locker, keeping the leaves in rear, but a Sterling 10.5 with e-locker.

4.88 gears.

 

[Dumptruck.the.wookie]

quivering Vulva

 

[4Eyedturd]

Wut?

Saw it posted for sale but was to slow to get it apparently. Unless you’re John G. and still trying to sell it

 

[Grendel]

Saw it posted for sale but was to slow to get it apparently. Unless you’re John G. and still trying to sell it

John G is one of my best friends.

 

[4Eyedturd]

Good cause I didn’t need it, carry on sweet heart.

 

[Grendel]

Good cause I didn’t need it, carry on sweet heart.

Dude, really?

 

[Massxj]

That's slick looking

 

[Grendel]

That's slick looking

Coming for a ride soon?

 

[aczlan]

Very cool, I like Volvos (had a 1986 764TD, a 1989 745, a 1993 945 and a 1997 V90 over the years).
If you need parts for the nose (hood, fenders, lights, etc) that appears to be a post facelift (1990+) 740, 940 or 960-I front clip on it.
The original front clip would have had quad sealed beams and different marker lights and the hood and the front trim around the lights/grill is a different shape.
Local junkyard used to have a decent selection of 700 series (havent looked in a while) and I have a friend who has probbaly parted out a hundred of them over the years if you need shippable parts.

Aaron Z

 

[Grendel]

Very cool, I like Volvos (had a 1986 764TD, a 1989 745, a 1993 945 and a 1997 V90 over the years).
If you need parts for the nose (hood, fenders, lights, etc) that appears to be a post facelift (1990+) 740, 940 or 960-I front clip on it.
The original front clip would have had quad sealed beams and different marker lights and the hood and the front trim around the lights/grill is a different shape.
Local junkyard used to have a decent selection of 700 series (havent looked in a while) and I have a friend who has probbaly parted out a hundred of them over the years if you need shippable parts.

Aaron Z

I am looking for a 262.

 

[aczlan]

I am looking for a 262.

I'll ask if he knows anybody with one for sale.

Aaron Z

 

[Grendel]

BTW, I love the nose on this one.

I am not a purist. I am a "best of" kind of guy.

 

[aczlan]

BTW, I love the nose on this one.

I am not a purist. I am a "best of" kind of guy.

I like it as well, I like the nose on the 960-II/S90/V90 better (part of that is just having glass headlight lenses versus plastic, but I also really liked my 965-II).

Aaron Z

 

[Grendel]

I like it as well, I like the nose on the 960-II/S90/V90 better (part of that is just having glass headlight lenses versus plastic, but I also really liked my 965-II).

Aaron Z

BTW, I have no idea what those are

 

[aczlan]

BTW, I have no idea what those are

960-I used the same nose as your car (or a version with fog lights in place of the white panel between the grill and the lights).
960-II was 1995+ and got a shorter nose as well as IRS, body colored door handles and different lower trim (same doors, just different trim), body colored roofracks, different tailights (instead of yellow and white lenses like yours has, both lenses are white and the turn signal uses a yellow bulb), etc. Looks like this:

Source: Volvo 960 Wagon - New Member - Volvo Forums - Volvo Enthusiasts Forum


Aaron Z

 

[Grendel]

960-I used the same nose as your car (or a version with fog lights in place of the white panel between the grill and the lights).
960-II was 1995+ and got a shorter nose as well as IRS, body colored door handles and different lower trim (same doors, just different trim), body colored roofracks, different tailights (instead of yellow and white lenses like yours has, both lenses are white and the turn signal uses a yellow bulb), etc. Looks like this:

Source: Volvo 960 Wagon - New Member - Volvo Forums - Volvo Enthusiasts Forum


Aaron Z

Sorry, I should say, I don't care what those are

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

We taking bets on which one of the many projects you have going doesn't get finished first?

 

[Grendel]

We taking bets on which one of the many projects you have going doesn't get finished first?

I'll take all those bets.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Subscribed

 

[arse_sidewards]

FYI the worcester pick-n-pull has or recently had a couple 80s Volvos if you need a random scrap of floor pan or door sill or something when re-working it.

 

[Grendel]

FYI the worcester pick-n-pull has or recently had a couple 80s Volvos if you need a random scrap of floor pan or door sill or something when re-working it.

Thanks. If you go there, please grab as many fender cuts as you can. I plan to fill in the fender opening cuts

 

[arse_sidewards]

Thanks. If you go there, please grab as many fender cuts as you can. I plan to fill in the fender opening cuts

Maybe in the next month or two, no promises.

 

[Grendel]

Maybe in the next month or two, no promises.

I'll trade you Ford brackets.

 

[arse_sidewards]

I'll trade you Ford brackets.

Got a 460 head kicking around? That would get me down there after work some day this week.