1991 244 Build Thread by Smokeyfan1000

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Well it was too cold over the winter,and got sidetracked this Spring on landscaping in the yard.

But now I'm back on the car. Did this little mod. Remember how the plastic plate under the sun roof crank & the one that covers the mirror mounting place & the sunvisor's mounts turn a ugly off white/yellow look when they age on a n/a 240 sedan?

Also painted the white side of sunvisor too. I was not trying for the "ricer" look I just wanted something better than the yellowed plastic look and something that would look acceptable, so now it's "two tone" black on white.

And I painted those hideous gold chromated mounting screws too. Now they are also black & nearly now invisible An improvement IMO. [/B]And it's now different from the norm.







5/12/11

Maybe ya'll remember I had Avalanche Performance make my OEM Volvo shift lever into a "short throw shifter"?

This is the next small mod I'm working on...and when finished it'll look like this.

And I'm making them for sale,and I currently have a group buy going to have custom shift knobs with the M47's shift pattern engraved on it. We need a minimum of 20 buyers to get the custom made knobs at a decent price.

In this pic, that's a Hurst 5 spd shifter knob with incorrect 5 spd shift pattern on it.

But I needed a knob to go by to get started. I believe this idea was caused by a flashback to my Chevelle days. Actually ,I just don't like it when the OEM knob comes off in my hand.

So I've made a weld-on/JB Weld on adapter(your choice) , that will let the lever accept a shift knob that threads on, like a Hurst shifter or such. And a polished aluminum sleeve to cover the lever's serrations and a polished SS shouldered jam nut for the knob. Came out pretty well, IMO.





5/19/11

Well, pics probably look about the same, but I did finish installing my thread on shift knob adapter into the lever, & lever reinstalled in the car, and greased the pivot with that IPD green grease. Very stringy grease, so should stay in there longer IMO.

Shifter is done till I get a custom M47 shift pattern knob made.In the meantime it's a incorrect 5spd pattern Hurst knob. I want a custom M47 white knob.





5/28/11

I've had this done for some time. Old School Grille Mods.