Letting go of one thing that has been within the household for years will be robust for anybody.
This 1989 Volvo 740 GLT, which I got here throughout on the 2024 Elmia Customized Motor Present, belongs to Viktor Persson, a 33-year-old service technician from Trelleborg, Sweden. Viktor’s grandfather bought the automotive in 1993 and drove it till he handed away in 2007. It was offered shortly after.
Viktor can vividly keep in mind spending time together with his grandfather within the 740, and ever because it left the household, he was keen to purchase it again. In 2020, after talking with the then-current homeowners and thoroughly explaining how a lot the automotive meant to him, the 740 GLT turned his.
Within the 4 years since then, the Volvo has undergone some main modifications. The obvious replace is within the engine bay.
The place there was as soon as a 2.3L Volvo engine now sits a 3.0L BMW M60B30 V8 from a BMW 530 E34, which has been refurbished to look model new. To maintain issues good and easy, Viktor has saved the engine naturally aspirated, however he has plans so as to add increase into the equation sooner or later.
The BMW engine appears proper at dwelling within the Volvo’s bay, however the work required to suit it was difficult. The mounts and gearbox cross-member have been custom-made by ASS in Sweden. The manifold and radiator hoses have been additionally one-offs, whereas the cooler was particularly designed for this automotive by DO88 Efficiency.
Energy finds its solution to the rear wheels by way of a BMW ZF transmission from an E46 330d.
Viktor’s different challenge, a Toyota Supra that he displayed at Elmia final yr, has pretty easy exterior modifications, and the identical strategy has been taken right here.
The entrance and rear bumpers, aspect skirts and winglet are all comprised of fiberglass and are faithfully modelled off the add-on package that Volvo supplied in interval for the 740. Lastly, a contemporary coat of Volvo 601 Traditional Crimson was laid down.
The Speedline Mistral 3-piece wheels – Viktor’s favourite facet of the automotive – measure 17×8-inch within the entrance and 17×9-inch out again.
The simplicity continues into the Volvo’s cabin, which is my favourite half of the construct.
The Recaro entrance seats got here from a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth and, like the unique rear Volvo bench, have been retrimmed in purple suede and black leather-based. Viktor has additionally added an MKM Motorsport brief shifter and a Sparco steering wheel.
When you peek over the again seat you will notice the exhausting traces that lead as much as the air tank and twin Viair air compressors of the Air Elevate Efficiency suspension system.
For Viktor, this automotive holds such sentimental worth that stepping into it, turning the important thing and stepping on the fuel, awakens these cherished reminiscences of his late grandfather.
Alen Haseta
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