This is something I worked on several years ago - a custom cold air intake for my 850 Turbo. I built the original input model in cardboard to verify fit, then a nicer one out of black foamcore, then built it digitally in Rhino. I even made a presentation panel for it. I haven't messed with it in yea...

Welcome to 240 world. This one looks like my 1987 240 from about 50 feet. I drove 240s for about 20 years. Odometer problem is likely a broken gear in the dash. Does the speedometer work? Dash lights all replace from the back side of dash. Dash remove out the front easily. Transmissions are very rob...

Very tidy!

There is also an great 240 resource group at brickboard.com
They are more about the older Volvos than newer models covered well by MVS.

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Looking really good. My 1987 White 240 is called Dodo (extinct bird).

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The car looks great. I need time to work on my 240.

That's a really nice offer, but I don't really need anything right now. I am still looking for a hood and trunk lid for my nautic blue S70, but I don't think I can ask you to bring one back for me :o That's exactly the kind of thing I'm offering to transport: stuff which is too hard to ship. I've g...

But to get back to your question, wheel shops not only make wheels wider (or narrower I'm sure), but they also make them larger, like a 16-inch into a 17 or 18-inch wheel.

Over the last few years, I've found that that has gone from a common practice amongst rodders and wheel shops, to very rare. Hard to find a wheel shop who will do this now - maybe lack of demand, maybe liability. 1 - You can either "band" them, meaning the barrel is cut in two halves and t...