ashvolvo

Elring, thank you so much for a warm welcoming. I really appreciate it. If you'd like please email me with what you're interested in and I will find out shipping prices on the items. We fabricate the majority of what we sell ourselves. Strut braces, endlinks, sumpguards are all produced in house. We're always trying to work on new things, but as theres only two of us, it has been hard to work on many new products recently as demand for our current products has been very high lately, but will have some new items available in early 2006 including a strut brace from Volvo 360 as well as some new 850 and P1 car components. Thank you again for your kind words. Please email me - ashdavies AT optusnet DOT com DOT au Regards, Ash

Oops, I'm sorry I keep forgetting that this is a Norwegian based forum - I guess its probably like calling Australians New Zealanders! :) I found a link to bilforumet on the turbobricks forum, I wanted to check it out and hopefully learn some more about what everyone on the other side of the world is up to. Details on the car are: 1990 240. Originally was an automatic, but converted to M47 on the day after I bought it in 2001. MODEL: 1990 Volvo 240GL ENGINE/TRANSMISSION: Volvo B230F H grind cam (242GT) Modified 530 head (soon to be replaced with modified 405 - 531 head is very hard to get in Australia) M47 5 speed manual transmission fabricated airbox, behind left headlight Hurricane Extractors & 2.25" exhaust system Adjustable timing gear 8.8mm spark plug leads Davies-Craig thermo fan SUSPENSION/BRAKES: Custom made front and rear springs Koni Sport adj. front shocks. 8641-1245SPORT Koni Sport adj. rear shocks. K26-1129SPORT DVS Strut tower brace DVS Lower chassis braces DVS Adjustable swaybar end links DVS torque rods with urethane bushes DVS Adjustable panhard bar All front end bushes replaced with Urethane Stock tower-to-firewall braces Volvo sway bars - 23mm F & R (242GT?) Slotted front discs & four-spot front calipers Stock rear discs DVS Vented front brake backing plates DVS Stainless steel brake lines EBC Greenstuff brake pads Volvo rear wheel spacer kit & longer studs Ford heavy duty longer front wheel studs Aluminium fabricated front wheel spacers (15mm) WHEELS AND TYRES: 16" Volvo 850 T5 columba wheels Yokohama A539 205/50/16 tyres or 17" Volvo 850 T5R tital wheels Bridgestone Potenza G3 205/45/17 tyres MISCELLANEOUS: DVS Aluminium sump guard. Battery mounted in battery box inside the car. BODY: Custom made front spoiler and splitter Early, flat-type (pre '86) boot lid Group A rear spoiler 240GLE boot lid moulding 240GLE bumper bar mouldings (all black) 240GLE indicator mouldings US Spec (clear) indicator lenses late model volvo clear side indicator lenses clear rear indicator lenses black painted headlight mouldings custom made grille modified bonnet with bonnet scoop removed all volvo badges INTERIOR: No interior behind the front seats - no carpet or rear seat. Cobra Monaco S race seat Sports steering wheel Sparco 'Storm' shift knob Aluminium Checker plate centre console Fire extinguisher Volt meter Autometer Ultralite water temp guage Autometer Ultralite oil pressure guage AUDIO: Alpine MDM-7741R Minidisc reciever/head unit Alpine CHM-S620 6 disc cd changer Alpine MRP-T130 Amplifier Pioneer TS-C1002 4" Split system - front doors Pioneer TS-E1070 4" rear speakers - rear doors Sony Xplod XS-V6935M 200watt 6x9 speakers I think thats all at the moment, but we're always working on it. We use the car for club level motorsport and compete in track days, hillclimbs and motorkhanas. Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming and friendly despite the fact I cant speak norwegian! Here are some more pictures:

My parents live in Keilor, which is a Suburb of Melbourne but I live in Geelong which is near the surf coast and some great beaches, etc Do you know Melbourne well?

Sorry I can only speak English. I am beginning to read a little in swedish and norwegian, but can only understand a couple of words.