260 General: 265 GLE - Proud new owner

[Seb Spiers]

Originally Posted by CTCNetwork

Get yourself a Haynes Manual ( green version )

Good idea! I can only find the Red one though; http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/s...3285&langId=-1

Will this not do?

[Steve and his 244]

Hi! Nice car!
We both have something in common - we both inherited our Grandfathers blue volvo 200's and want to do some work on them! Except youre old enough to drive it lol

Have a look in my gallery at what the virgo wheels would look like (theres a pic of the old wheels on the car aswell)

Give the car a real thorough clean and wax. Hoover all the carpets and seats etc. Condition the leather (it looks a bit dry). Clean all the engine bay as best as possible.

Then before even thinking about wheels etc get the rust sorted before it gets much worse! You will probably need to take the back window out to sort that rust on the boot. The rust behind the mud flaps is an easy fix - you could just fill it or you could buy one of the easily available repair panels and have it welded in and sprayed.

Mine was rotten in the same place when I inherited it - we spend quite a while over repairing it but the end result was excellent using halfords paint matching service.

265s are rare cars these days so look after it!

Steve

[JIM C]

Hello and welcome to the forum.
A Volvo 265 is a rare car now a days. Well worth a bit of effort and a set of GLT alloys would set it off.
Best of luck with the car.

[stevo48]

Hi Seb and welcome to the forum, you've got yourself a nice project car their, a little tlc and elbow grease and she will be good for many years to come.
Suggestions from me, you could restore the leather (there are products on the market to do this, just google) clean the engine and engine bay, polish and paint engine components.
Check out this thread, lots of very useful info,
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=41523

[Steve and his 244]

Originally Posted by stevo48

Check out this thread, lots of very useful info,
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=41523

Hey! What about a link to my project thread!? (not that theres much useful info on it lol - its just me letting everyone know what ive been up to lol)

[Mike_Brace]

Hi and welcome to the forum.
Lovely rare car that we all hope will be cared for and loved. Nice to hear you hope to do somethign with it. Certainly a set of Virgo GLT) wheels would look good on it. There are lots of people here willing to give you help and advice. I'm trying to produce a series of articles on a lot of common maintenance jobs on the 240 which covers the 260 as well (except) engine.

Mike

[Steve and his 244]

Originally Posted by CTCNetwork

Hi,

Likely you'll get a set for £150 or a bit less.
Keep your eyes peeled on these forums as they do come up every now and then...
Ian sold a set recently, bit more than the above price if I remember.
Also keep eyes on ebay.
Check Salvo and Braydons as well.

Welcome, BTW, to the forums. Enjoy your new Volvo and your time here..

Des. . .

I would say you should get some virgos much cheaper than that if you are willing to restore them - I got mine from Simon Ward of Lancaster for £50 and restored them (again, see my gallery)

If you are unsure of how to restore them, then just ask because I know the perfect way to do it without going to any professional restorers or wheel refurbishing companies.

Steve

[James A]

There can't be many of those left now. Keep it standard and look after it. Keep the TOGs sticker in the back window, too. Adds a sense of irony

[Steve and his 244]

Originally Posted by James A

There can't be many of those left now. Keep it standard and look after it

Insert the word "reasonably" before standard and youve got an excellent 265.

Put some mint virgos on it and get the rust sorted and look for some original volvo upgrades and extras.

[Seb Spiers]

so is GLT a higher trim level than GLE?

I thought my grandad bought top spec