Interior

Got the dash and the rest of the interior out. Found some French, English and Euro coins. Also found holes on all 4 parts where the floor meets the wheel housing. Hopefully the replacement pieces will fit when I remove all the rust.

I can also tell you that it aint fun to remove the rounded-off bolts which are used for the steeringwheel and ignition lock.

Naked ass

Next to removing the front panels, I also removed the bumpers, towing hook, all lights and other stuff on the back. A naked ass!

Removing the front panels

On the left side the front panel was quiet rusty. I was really wondering what it would look like when I removed the indicatorlight. I also made the holes bigger by removing the worst rusty parts with a screwdriver.

Looks horrible. I'm glad I have a panel to replace this.

What it looked like when I removed the panel. Lots of dirt makes it look worse. I found an old repair, the front-end has a new part welded in. Doesn't look like a quality job... And lots of tectyl!

The right side, without dirt.

Introduction

This is my 1972 Volvo 142 Deluxe. It has got a B20A 2-liter engine and a 4-gearbox.

I bought this car in August 2011 from a family who drove the kids to school with it. They sold it because there was work on the car they didn't want to do. Also the car already had a quite some rusty spots.

The engine in the car at that time, a B18, had over-pressure so the oil came out througt the airfilter. As soon as I could replaced the engine with the B20 I had.

After more then a year driving this car everywhere (I put 25000km extra to the 400000km already on it) it is time to give this car what it really needs. I have to restore a lot of parts, including the engine, and get all the rust removed.

From this point I would like to use this blog to show the whole proces of taking a Volvo 142 to pieces, restore it and put it back together.