- What Vehicle did I customize?
- 1986 Volvo 240DL
- When?
- 2000 to 2003
- What was done?
- Paint colour change from Volvo Camel to Volvo Laser Blue (V70R colour)
- New windshield installed
- Transmission change: Automatic to 5 speed standard
- Replaced rusted doors with rust free ones
- Interior swap – from original brown to navy blue
- GLT gauges installation on dashboard
- Volvo GT steering wheel
- Upper strut tower braces
- Lower cross member braces
- 1986 Pontiac Firebird rear spoiler
- Volvo Virgo wheel paint jobs – chrome (not very durable), then gun metal grey
- New headlights
- Applied 1993 Volvo 240 colouring of grill and headlight eyebrows and removed chrome
- New front cornering lenses with mat black inner surface (chrome had already peeled off)
- Cooper Cobra tires for the white lettering and period feel
- Respray of the side mouldings and mud flaps
- Aftermarket car stereo installation
- Who?
- Apollo Volvo (Toronto) for parts and transmission swap out
- Carstar Auto Body and Paint (Kitchener)
- Me – Interior swap, wheels, stereo, trim, braces, gauge installations, headlights and cornering lights
First Iteration – Stock Colour and Condition
Second Iteration – Fresh Body and Paint Completed
Third Iteration – Interior, Manual Transmission, Chromed Wheels
Fourth Iteration – Gun Metal Grey Wheels
