|
140/164 Series General Forum for the Volvo 140 and 164 cars |
Information |
|
I've Just bought a 1971 144 GLViews : 13902 Replies : 76Users Viewing This Thread : |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
Nov 7th, 2011, 13:22 | #21 |
Rodney
Last Online: Aug 4th, 2016 06:02
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: On The Street
|
|
Nov 7th, 2011, 20:00 | #22 |
member since 1979
Last Online: Sep 28th, 2021 09:30
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Pwllheli North Wales
|
Volvo 144gl
Hi Simon, many years ago i also had a 1971 gl K reg, mine was metallic gold , with a black leather interior however it did not have a sunroof.
The car had only covered 40k miles and was completely original , it had never been painted and so i set about a light restoration. I had the bottom half from wheel arch to wheel arch reprayed as there where some small surface rust scabs on the door bottoms . I replated all the visible bolts in bright zinc and had the wheels repainted. When finished , it was the best condition car i have ever had, the only negative was i could not find any new spotlights and so had to recover the refector lens in cooking foil. When i entered the car in a few shows it won many , even best post 70's saloon at Tatton / Arley park. However to cut the story short when one is young and without money, you quickly get bored and so i sold at auction and got a fantastic price for the car. In my opinion the 144 gl is a very fine car and i hope you enjoy yours as much as i did. Regards Julian |
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to julek780 For This Useful Post: |
Nov 7th, 2011, 20:39 | #23 |
VOC Member
Last Online: Oct 30th, 2017 10:31
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Lincoln
|
That is a good find, my old boss in the late seventies had one of these
__________________
2000 Phase two C70GT 2.3T5 in Moonstone |
Nov 8th, 2011, 07:16 | #24 |
VOC Member
|
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to john h For This Useful Post: |
Nov 8th, 2011, 20:20 | #25 |
Simon king
Last Online: Dec 3rd, 2023 20:58
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Bourton
|
utube clip -very cool, looks like i need to get a tweed jacket & a large gold fish bowl ! LOL
cars been in for a once over by an MOT guy and the floor and Sills are all OK he seemed surprised.... - Good news. :-) I've been quoted a worse case scenario of £700 to replace both the inner (If they need doing) & outer rear wheel arches both sides, by a local garage, they've reciently restored the body work a mercedes 190SL for some one I know and made a cracing job of it. so hopefully I'll get it booked in in the next couple of weeks, I'll take some photos and will update and post some updates |
Nov 8th, 2011, 22:43 | #26 |
New Member
Last Online: Jan 20th, 2013 19:40
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: oporto
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to franciscosousa For This Useful Post: |
Nov 25th, 2011, 18:11 | #27 |
Simon king
Last Online: Dec 3rd, 2023 20:58
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Bourton
|
One rear wheel arch done (Not by me I hasten to add :-)
just need to save up again for the other side |
The Following User Says Thank You to volvo144gl For This Useful Post: |
Nov 25th, 2011, 18:46 | #28 |
VOC Member
|
Looks good!
John |
Dec 3rd, 2011, 19:05 | #29 |
New Member
Last Online: Jan 20th, 2013 19:40
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: oporto
|
gl
very good body work
|
Dec 4th, 2011, 14:39 | #30 |
Simon king
Last Online: Dec 3rd, 2023 20:58
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Bourton
|
Shiny new paintwork
collected car today,
Car has been christened Phil More (Said in Tom and Jerry style "Thomas... !" Philmore....)and is now part of the family The previous owner said the car was known as Phil as he was always going to fill her up and it seems to have stuck with the family and it’s now know as PhilMore! or Phil for short. Plugs and points have been changed which made a world of difference to the starting (which is still not good , but acceptable for an old car) Takes 2 – 3 turns of the key , fires each time , but just doesn’t keep going and feels like it wants to stall when it is running till it warms up Any thoughts on what to look at next would be appreciated - short term I think I’ll live with it. Just drawing up a list of faults and trying to prioritise what to look at next, I’m hoping to have the other wheel arch done around Feb of next year Here’s a couple of photos of the finished wheel arch – shame the rest of the car doesn’t look as nice |
The Following User Says Thank You to volvo144gl For This Useful Post: |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|