240 General: - H Reg 240, Project Thread

hreg240 · Mar 21st, 2023, 10:33

Good morning all,

As promised, I have made this thread to document the acquisition, enjoyment, and frustrations of my newest car - a 1990 Volvo 240 GL estate.

A few of you may have seen me commenting on other threads and generally making myself present on this lovely corner of the internet. I also posted up a thread about an electrical gremlin I encountered when I collected the car. Link to that thread is here.

So without further ado, let's delve into the specifics of the car.

It is a 2.0 5 speed manual, blue (need to get paint code) with a blue interior. 122,000 miles on the clock, with the cambelt changed 20,000 miles ago and it's not missed an MOT.

From the history provided with the car, as well as what I was told by the motor trader / friend I bought it from, this 240 was owned by one family from new. First bought from Fisher's of Horsham by a gentleman who worked for West Sussex Council. At some point in its history, he then transferred the V5 into his wife's name.

The story goes that the car went in for a primary injector and MOT work, which was completed, only for the owner to say they no longer needed the car. It then went to my friend who is a trader, I saw the car and bought her.

There are some great bits of paperwork, like the original service book, dealership contact cards, et al; as well as a guide to English country pubs and some West Sussex event flyers from the mid '90s.

The car drives very nicely, albeit a bit lumpy on idle. The bodywork isn't amazing, with rough rear arches and tattiness all round, but overall is quite tidy. Welding work has been done on the sills and door shuts but this looks to be of a good standard. The boot area looks quite solid.

The wiring on the boot is very poor, and is on my list of things to fix.

The plan is:

Service the car this weekend (as it is payday)

Get it running less lumpy

Tidy up any areas I can, on a reasonably small budget

Take her to shows and enjoy!

I will also look at having the arches welded later this year, I've just gotten a gasless welder (as am restoring a '68 Beetle in my spare time) so may attempt to do the job myself. I also intend on Waxoyling later this year.

The car is my only working vehicle and thus my daily driver. I don't anticipate her to ever be in showroom condition, but I aim to polish her up a bit more than the previous owner did - she was certainly bought as a workhorse and fixed as such.

Now for some photos:

Mar 21st, 2023, 10:33	#1
hreg240 Member Last Online: Jan 22nd, 2024 10:59 Join Date: Mar 2023 Location: South East	H Reg 240, Project Thread Good morning all, As promised, I have made this thread to document the acquisition, enjoyment, and frustrations of my newest car - a 1990 Volvo 240 GL estate. A few of you may have seen me commenting on other threads and generally making myself present on this lovely corner of the internet. I also posted up a thread about an electrical gremlin I encountered when I collected the car. Link to that thread is here. So without further ado, let's delve into the specifics of the car. It is a 2.0 5 speed manual, blue (need to get paint code) with a blue interior. 122,000 miles on the clock, with the cambelt changed 20,000 miles ago and it's not missed an MOT. From the history provided with the car, as well as what I was told by the motor trader / friend I bought it from, this 240 was owned by one family from new. First bought from Fisher's of Horsham by a gentleman who worked for West Sussex Council. At some point in its history, he then transferred the V5 into his wife's name. The story goes that the car went in for a primary injector and MOT work, which was completed, only for the owner to say they no longer needed the car. It then went to my friend who is a trader, I saw the car and bought her. There are some great bits of paperwork, like the original service book, dealership contact cards, et al; as well as a guide to English country pubs and some West Sussex event flyers from the mid '90s. The car drives very nicely, albeit a bit lumpy on idle. The bodywork isn't amazing, with rough rear arches and tattiness all round, but overall is quite tidy. Welding work has been done on the sills and door shuts but this looks to be of a good standard. The boot area looks quite solid. The wiring on the boot is very poor, and is on my list of things to fix. The plan is: Service the car this weekend (as it is payday) Get it running less lumpy Tidy up any areas I can, on a reasonably small budget Take her to shows and enjoy! I will also look at having the arches welded later this year, I've just gotten a gasless welder (as am restoring a '68 Beetle in my spare time) so may attempt to do the job myself. I also intend on Waxoyling later this year. The car is my only working vehicle and thus my daily driver. I don't anticipate her to ever be in showroom condition, but I aim to polish her up a bit more than the previous owner did - she was certainly bought as a workhorse and fixed as such. Now for some photos:

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