Hey People!

I've had shitloads of work to do the last couple weeks so the volvo 242 has been put in a corner in my shop and doing no good. However, i've done some major work to it with help from friends. For example cutting out metal that was to rusty and replaced it. Unfortunately I had to get new front fenders for it aswell as a new hood. They were way to rusty to even consider recovering so I went to my local junkyard and was lucky enough to find a 242 similar to mine. It had no engine however the chassis and overall car looked to be in decent condition so I scavanged some parts from it. Im considering buying it to have as a parts car but that will come later down the road. Want to focus on getting the car done



Oh, I got a trunkdoor for it aswell. This was also taken from the 242 at the junkyard. It has been debadged which doesnt bother me at all. I would probably end up doing that too. After all im not doing a restoration here so whatever floats my boat will be done.
I relocated the battery to the trunk for more room. I also gave the enginebay a nice wash once the old blown engine was out. That was quickly done, I just removed the components bolted to the firewall and other components throughout the enginebay and that was it.
Now for the engine I picked up!



When I was at the junkyard looking for parts for the car I stumbled across a 1990 Mustang Foxbody. It was in sad shape, it seemed like the car was rearended at some point which sucks since the rest of the car looked good. I could see aftermarket parts all over it. It had aftermarket suspension, seats and a bunch of stuff. Most importantly it had an engine. Looked completely stock other than the intake being custom-made.
Anyways, I talked to the owner of the junkyard and it turned out the engine was running when the car arrived however it had been parked at the yard for a long time. I ended up picking up the engine without knowing that it ran. So when I got home I immidiately started working on it. I managed to turn it over so my fear of the engine being clogged up was gone. Now I started to see hope!



After many days of blood, sweat and tears me and my friends got the engine in the car and got the car running. However it wasnt that easy. We obviously had to fabricate new engine mounts aswell as hammering out the transmission-tunnel. I forgot to mention that I got the driveshaft and rearaxle from the Foxbody aswell. The driveshaft had to be shortened to fit the 242 but eventually we got it. I also went ahead and welded the diff and degreased most of the driveline components. After that they got painted with high-temperature spraypaint.

Here are a small list of things that will be done:
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-New suspension components and brakes
-Rims and tires( Let me know if you got any 16 inch rims laying around that ur willing to sell)
-Headlights and tailights
-Bumpers front and rear
-Windows
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Thats all for now. Next time you see the car it will hopefully be lowered. That is if my parts are delivered in time