Volvo 740 fixes! Door pocket! OG Radio! Door mirror! All done!

The Volvo deserves a few updates, so here we refit the original radio which has been repaired, replace the cracked door pockets and paint the flaking mirror mounts. Not a bad days tinkering
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[@martinjogan2001]

I worked at the Volvo factory when your car was built, all Volvo radios at that time were made by Alpine! Cheers from Gothenburg 😀

[@teamJJontour]

Hi Matt, you know what, the more I think about it. Keep the Volvo. Apart from the fuel consumption, that car will outlast every other car on the fleet. It was a classic from the the day it was built. Cheers from Hamburg

[@danielrussell446]

Can’t agree more back when Volvo made fabulous cars safe solid and comfortable

[@arthurdardalis]

Well said, sell all that Rover rubbish, keep the Volvo and the Alfa

[@pigeonpoo1823]

What did Volvo do structurally to keep them so solid? Plenty of older ones seem to laugh in the face of rust

[@GoldenCroc]

@@pigeonpoo1823 Good quality steel, paint and wax. Dont remember which year this car is, but some years 740s are partially or even fully galvanized.

[@bobjohnson205]

@@GoldenCroc From the '87 model year onward they were constructed using Zincrometal.

[@StuK323]

Three things in life I truely love, my Family, my football team (they’re rubbish but still) and all Things VOLVO!!!!! Wonderful machine

[@cme2cau]

I can truthfully say that when I bought a 740GL new in 1988, the thought of it ever being a cool car never even considered crossing my mind. Fabulous thing, though.

[@Canalsman]

It's your best car, and will probably last forever. I had a 760 Turbo Estate seven seater. It's the best car I ever owned, it simply ate up the miles on a long trip such as to the south of France. It never rusted, covered getting on for 250,000 miles and still felt and looked like new. Every time I climbed aboard it was like slipping into your favourite slippers and putting your feet up. Just so welcoming and relaxing. The best cars Volvo ever made in my view.

[@habsom1406]

Totally agree with you Canalsman, I had a 740GL 2.3 Estate 7 seater and yupp, one of the most comfortable cars' I've ever had, it too had 250,000 miles and never missed a beat, lots of battle scars but no rust. I should have kept it, but ended up with a Mercedes W124 300te which had self levelling suspension and a silky straight six.

[@RichieRouge206]

That is my absolute favourite car of the Furious Fleet. It really is a faithful old friend. Great little improvements there Matt!

[@skodakatie7341]

This Volvo is a timeless classic, I like the refitting of the factory radio, the restoration is really coming along now, I like it ❤.

[@Fastwunz]

Love the Volvo - seriously happy memories of being driven in one by my best mate and his mum in lackock Wiltshire when we were kids - windows down, listening to fleetwood Mac, warm sunshine and a strangely comforting creak of the leather

[@lukemallory7832]

Similar happy memory here, getting driven by my Mum in our 740 GLE, hot sunny days, leather boiling, windows down, sunroof open, just-released Abba Gold playing on the tap cassette..! And my Mum didn't hang around on the country roads..!

[@morgman43]

How perceptions change. My parents has a 1990 740 GL estate when I was 16 in 2002, and I'd have rather walked the 4 miles to my school prom than been dropped off in it. I despised it.

[@malcolmherbert5127]

If you take a small piece of removable plastic trim in the correct blue to an auto paint shop they can usually analyse it and produce an aerosol for you. A spray over of primer followed by the blue should look pretty good I’d think.

[@wholeladalovenorthernireland]

Do you need plastic-specific paint, or do normal aerosols work ok?

[@malcolmherbert5127]

@@wholeladalovenorthernireland To be honest I don’t really know, but as most of these paints nowadays are water based I’d be rather surprised if there was an adverse reaction. I also think that you can buy a “barrier” primer which is supposed to stop any damage being caused.

[@peterriggall8409]

@@malcolmherbert5127 They can mix you specific paint suitable for plastic. Also you can get specific paint mixed to match your vinyl/leather upholstery. Done this often and had good results.

[@sunilraj7692]

Thats a good idea. I think the primer is key. Rough it up and spray an adhesion promoter and spray whatever you want on it.

[@lupulflamand5673]

Don't paint plastic. The paint will flake off in no time.

[@volvo480]

If you hadn't done a trip to the Continent already, you should have gone to The Netherlands next Sunday, where a very large Volvo event will take place in Best (Volvodrive). I will take both the 480 and S70 there. Otherwise there is the Volvo Klassiekerbeurs in Rosmalen on 23-24 September.

[@jameskyle380]

Nice to see some Volvo content. I'm biased. Had a 1985 340 GL 1.4. A 1986 740 GLE 2.3 carb bought in 2002 for £425. My first car. 1989 240 GLT Auto Estate in 2009 for £350, owned 10 years. Sold with 234,000miles in 2018. For the last 6 years a 1996 940 LPT SE auto estate. Used as my work van. Paid £250 for it and runs very well at 208,000 miles. Just fixed my AC. Looking for an electric sunroof switch, as opened up to clean and lost one of the little rocker pieces! Keep the Volvo, no major trouble and just soldier on!

[@shepshepherd]

Long live the Volvo 700 Series! In my mind, they've been cool since Day One ^^

[@kevincraven4038]

I had a 244DL when the 740 came out - I had to have one, took me three years to get one, a beautiful white 2.3 GL. - my wife and I did the "can we have a moment to discuss the purchase" dance - but we didn't fool the dealer, he had all the paperwork completed and just needing a signature when we got back in the office!! 😂

[@chrisbury4635]

Had to chuckle at the northern hemisphere heater control scale, Red to Redder or Warm to Warmer, reminds me of Classic Saab's I've owned where cool is a tiny section to the left, and the rest is red hot 😂

[@arieplomp8906]

Working on the Volvo is like riding it! So soothing! A pleasant change on all that Furious sill welding!

[@T16MGJ]

Wow Matt. Having watched this, I shall never again complain next time I have to remove a door card on one of the family's MGs and Rovers ever again. Despite that excessively evil adhesive the used.

[@lukemallory7832]

I'm just in from driving my father's mint 940 Celebration. Got a thumb's up from a van driver. Gets a lot of attention from teenagers. 700/900 ftw!

[@d.c.Jones70]

I’m sure someone has already said it but im sure if you have managed to find decent trim,the best course of action is to change the colour yourself with aerosol.

[@highbury1972]

Hey Matt! Good to see you had a stress free day after The Rover shenanigans! Cool that Baz can use The Volvo for the prom. 🙏

[@bobjohnson205]

His friend and son are going in style in one of the top 5 cool retro cars! Hard to top that! I just had a fellow at a gas station say to me a few days ago "Cool car!" How right he was!

[@Zeem4]

If you can't find matching blue trim, you might be able to recolour some other trim with vinyl dye. It's not a coating like paint, it actually absorbs into the material to change the colour. I've seen it used on 1980s computers to restore the appearance of badly yellowed plastic.

[@brunohache268]

That Volvo is easily my favorite car of the fleet. The Hippo is a close second (the Freelander lol)

[@pontushaggstrom6261]

4:48 I own a '87 GLE, and i've also had a 940 wagon. That makes me ultra hyper cool

[@silvermint45]

Before looking for a new switch soak the switch and connecter plugs in a mixture of salt and vinegar for 15 mins ,then in warm water and baking soda to neutralise the vinegar mix ,use air line to blow out any moisture and see if it work's. It did for me when i used the same method on my Landcrab indicator horn switch unit.

[@SportFury1966]

Or at least the electrical contact cleaner you've mentioned several times in the past.

[@llaeeZ]

I painted the mirrors on my 740 in the same colour as the car. It looked really nice. Bumpers look great painted too, but can be tricky to paint because people use silicone on them.

[@BITTYBOY121]

You can get plastic primer and then paint your interior trim parts the same sort of blue with hard wearing spray paint so that it matches your existing trim panels perfectly...

[@jackjacko8706]

There is a good variety of colours available in Plastic Paint Rattle Cans. I am sure you will find the right blue. If not, get a match of correct colour in an acrylic touch up. With an etch primer coat first then the paint. Experiment on the old plastic pocket you just removed.

[@lupulflamand5673]

If you want to listen to music from your phone in the Volvo there are aux cassettes. They don't sound the best but I think they are good enough. The other solution would be to use an FM modulator.

[@furiousdriving]

I have both!

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Great little tinkering video, looks so good with the original Radio back in, so good to see you happy after the events with the crown vic and Rover 420.

[@grahamsmith6946]

All this makes me miss my 740 even more than normal , especially as it was identical to yours ,wish I still had it

[@robinforrest7680]

Yeah keep this Volvo. Although I prefer the estate. But I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… please get yourself a Saab, they’re still ridiculously cheap (but I reckon they won’t stay that way for too long) and absolutely gorgeous. 2004 or 2005 (first generation) 9-5 Aero 🥰 These are the jobs that are most satisfying. We spent a day with my son replacing and repainting the door mirrors on his €250 1984 Renault 21 2.1TD Alizé. A great result and we enjoyed doing it.

[@Stars_Falling_93]

You now have twotone door cards. That's extra chic!

[@stephenoverstreet9898]

Ooh. Might need to touch on that little bit of rust on the driver’s door frame. I know. The last thing you want to tackle right now. But…you’ve certainly seen what it can turn into if left untreated.

[@winandd8649]

@Furiousdriving: Tip for next time you remove the door card,: - 90 degree turn the plastic button in the cubby and remove it - Carefully pry loose the blue fabric panel with the vertical stripes (clips might break. When holes in cardboard back got too big, put use some silicone sealant or other flexible sealant on the edges of the holes to make tem smaller. Let dry before popping panel back in) - Former step will allow you to lift the plastic frame without hassle and in one piece. (without removing fabric panel, you'll likely brake the plastic frame) - remove the white clips at the under side of the door card - Lift off the whole panel. So no need to remove the red light at the back or the 'door open' knob from the lever

[@luciensanchez6451]

Having the same problems with my newly purchased 940. Everything you look at/touch snaps off in your hands and its another unobtainable part added to the list......

[@BITTYBOY121]

My money is on powder coat - Those will be cast aluminum (or zinc) which are powder coated with a tough long lasting powder coat paint and then baked in a powder coating oven to activate the powder coat and cure it rock hard.

[@barkster1971]

short shift mod stops your knuckles hitting the radio knob

[@stephenjcuk7562]

Jobs a good'un! That car is a keeper. I got old ish Volvo four years ago and every little job I do makes such a difference. This is the first car I've had that I genuinely don't want to replace. I really hope you keep it.

[@bobjohnson205]

We all do!

[@veryrancid3128]

Unbroken doorpockets...man, those are rare!

[@SimpsonsClassics]

This is definitely my favourite car of your fleet. I love the fact it was sold from near where I grew up in my home town. Some nice fixes there. I really need to give my 940 some love there is a few bits and bobs I need to sort. Great video as ever 👍

[@Saaketti]

Pull the mirror switch apart and clean/repair the contacts. They are repairable.

[@howereade2501]

oh and for the plastic interior parts, I have had a lot of success painting them just with some primer then a spray can

[@thedeadstig123]

For that trim I'd be buying it in any colour and then painting it with vinyl paint to match your interior I painted a whole dashboard and it looked brilliant

[@lordbrennanofsealand5772]

Could you get a few cans of plastic spray paint matched up, and paint the interior parts?. A lot of manufacturers just do that.

[@TheClanDFA]

best car on the fleet

[@mehrzahl2219]

It would be fun to put the turbo kit on the 740 instead of on the Tomcat.

[@chuckbradley1]

Volvo... Best choice you ever made.

[@stephenshippam9374]

Hi great video once again, there's a car scrapyard near me at place called whyboston Cambridgeshire that only brakes Volvo's it's massive,.

[@furiousdriving]

I’ve been there, 700s are a bit new for them though

[@sexytasmin]

Hi Mathew you have done really well with all the fixes on the Volvo - Well done!

[@paultaylor9652]

Lovely Jubbly video Matt, nice bit of tinkering.

[@anthonyperkins7556]

The Volvo 700 series was the best series of cars they made, luxurious, comfortable, opulent, practical, and a great all rounder. The Volkswagen sourced diesel used in the 700 series was a cracker, it ran on vegetable oil as well as diesel, and it gave great economy.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

My L series 96 Rover 420d ran on veg oil. I remember thinking F U Gordon Brown as I filled up 50:50 with Asda vegetable oil! And it didn't smell bad like it was claimed to

[@inkytotty]

I had a 740 in dark blue for about 10 years Great cars

[@Ivc406]

Hi keep the Volvo I wouldn't lose it for the world,the Volvo is tops🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🛠️

[@bobjohnson205]

I have a feeling after the Rover and Crown Vic debacle that the Volvo is starting to grow on him.

[@maxidyne]

Nice fixes, really lifts up the car! Keep it up Matt.

[@StephenDriver-jk7hi]

Great to see the 740 getting some TLC. As a 740 owner myself I'm biased, but the 740 is one of my favourites on the Furious Fleet!

[@thughes52]

Cool video Matt and clothing thei backs of the door pockets really good idea 👍nice Volvo looking forward to next time 💯👍

[@CortinasAndClassics]

very nice Matt. Always nice to get these little jobs done 👍🏻

[@russellb1212]

Quality tinkering, glad you got things fixed

[@michaeltutty1540]

Great video, Matt. Watching you do the door pocket, I had a thought. Rather than living with the grey or trying to paint that one, why not get some blue ceiling material like you used on the inside, and cover it with that? Extra padding to keep it quiet but also add some strength to the panel. I gave up on the ones on my 240. They were shattered, but so were my feet from banging into it in the summer when I was wearing sandals. Had to take the door apart anyway to redo the window regulator, so was easy enough.

[@johnclarke2997]

Many of those type of car switches can be dismantled by slightly lifting the tabs on the side and cleaning the internals with switch cleaner and a Glass Fibre Pencil. Something you will need to do at your desk as there are many small internal parts such as small springs.

[@123jrh1]

valspar flexible plastic spray paint , used it in my 216 cabby , and it looks good

[@mikenewman137]

Hope the Volvo is staying on the fleet after your tinkering.

[@SportFury1966]

Krylon (US - UK?) has a line of paints for plastic: Fusion. But I would be shocked if they had a close match to Volvo Blueberry.

[@WayApp]

Great job on fixing the door pocket!

[@MarkieC1990]

Keep the Volvo Matt, got a good story as well being a cheap purchase, looks well for its age.

[@tristanpage6805]

Great progress. Love the blueness.

[@hectorshouse7348]

Nice work😃👍

[@parkecorepersonaltrainingp2601]

Excellent vid glad all worked out well. 😊

[@fhwolthuis]

It looks like the mirror switches can be taken apart, maybe you can refurbish them on the inside

[@danielrussell446]

Well done Matt a great video as ever the Volvo gets better every little job you do they were so tough comfortable cars always loved them I’m not sure if this will help I have a vintage hacker radio from 1971 and the plastix speaker grille and other fittings are brittle and the owners club have started 3d printing the parts and they can be coloured to match the original blue black or red colours Not sure if this is an option for the damaged parts Good luck with the rover and hope all goes well for Barry and his sons prom

[@RichieRouge206]

I replaced my broken blue door bins in my first 740! Have you ever seen the early 760s with green or red interiors? They look amazing but imagine the scarcity of those trim bits?

[@Bratfalken]

We had a white 1986 744 GL with red plastic, it was as brittle as a bumper on an early Mondeo!

[@AutoHouseMotoring]

The 740 is such a great brick!

[@dglcomputers1498]

Talking about paint coming off vehicles, our vans at work were de-vinyled ready for replacement last year after about 7 years of the vinyl being there, you can literally peel bits of paint off if some hasn't gone already. The vans are certainly not in as new condition even if the mileage of some is relatively low (less than 10k for one), the perils of caravan site use! Our departments, at least, are getting replaced tomorrow (should have been in 2020!) with new electric vans (Peugeot Partner e if they are the same as the two that were replaced at the beginning ), though currently we only have one regular "granny charger" and nothing else, charging them is going to be interesting.

[@peterericson890]

This cars will l go on go on for ever , who care about some minor glitches , the engines are the best

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Nice job Matt 👍

[@furiousdriving]

Thanks 👍

[@TheStwat]

Clean the contacts in the mirror switch. :) Doing that has saved many a door, mirror and window switch for me over the years. They simply get gunked up.

[@depniff]

Can we have the A Team tape on as background noise when you next have a lot of welding to do?

[@furiousdriving]

ill split it over episodes so you have to watch them all!

[@thisiszaphod]

Excellent - well played Matt.

[@TheMaccatakker69]

Big fan of the Volvo, I wonder who hard it would have been to paint the plastics blue to match?

[@phillippereira6468]

Have to say, with the amount of welding you have been doing lately you may have to rename your channel to furious welding. Good to see a project that doesn't require it

[@teamJJontour]

I have two cars on my bucket list. An ADO16 and a Volvo 7 Series (or 9)

[@Zippee2020]

It’s like a My Mate Vince episode but on a much lower budget 😂

[@neilmustow368]

Great door pocket replace and mirror mount resto Matty

[@michaelstaunton1632]

Always enjoy the content on the channel keep up the good work 👍👍👍

[@huwdavies6650]

You could always get a colour matched paint suitable for interior plastics and re colour the mismatched plastics.

[@richard343s]

The side mirror holder thing on my Volvo 240 could use some paint too. Seems to be common for these old Volvos.

[@darthvirago]

Must be good to get a break from all the welding.

[@furiousdriving]

huge relief, this is a holiday!

[@aapaap8595]

Break*

[@clivesilk3501]

you can get trim spray in most colours .. just respray your trim

[@giulianomarco]

The fix(es) are in! 😁👍

[@dave4803]

Diamondbrite is crap, I used to work for the people that supplied it. They gave all the workers an unlimited free supply and everyone of us with a nice car turned it down and used Autoglym instead. The polish doesn't last, you get a better finish on leather with soap and water than the leather cleaner they made and the car shampoo was like fairy liquid. The only thing of theirs I kept was the shammies and the wheel brushes, both fell to bits in no time. Even the air fresheners didn't last more than a week. We used to joke about it saying the Porsche garage which was our biggest customer at the time was paying about £80 each for our cleaning kits that had the same quality as something from the pound shop.

[@furiousdriving]

That doesnt sound like any of the current products, or the generations before that Ive used. The ceramic range is particularly good

[@dave4803]

@@furiousdriving We are going back 16 or 17 years ago. I'm just saying what happened, we could get the stuff for free and we didn't use it. I still have the first aid kit in my car, never used it. It was a long time ago and they might have improved since then but at the time it was worse than the cheaper stuff from Halfords and Wilko.

[@tonys1636]

Swedish goop is designed for Swedish winters not hot and humid English summers. I think those door pockets have been used to pull the doors shut in the past. A design oversight?

[@furiousdriving]

possible, but they are in the right place to get kicked

[@focusrssteve]

Always good to have a volvo catch up! Now for the video.

[@richardbartholomew7924]

I hope u keep the Volvo and mercedes w123 as both are good cars and getting rare I hope u keep the Volvo as is long live old Volvo's I get rid of rover 420 estate crown Vic get leather seats for Volvo

[@heckmacbuff]

Is there a way of repairing those plastic door pockets? I have seen some videos of crack repairs being done from the back, grinding, then using heat and filling with melted plastic. Might be worth a try.

[@furiousdriving]

maybe, its very, very brittle though

[@DarksideoftheSteve]

Bugger removing that door card! I'd have just masked up the mirror, door and window and sprayed the thing in situ 😶

[@furiousdriving]

needed to come off for the pocket swap

[@seanwallace1972]

Your after done blue interior bits,there is a huge Volvo breakers on A1 near Cambridge/A428 not sure what the name of the breakers,but it may be worth a try,if your lucky enough to find it,and find the bits you want,and if you get them for your car,give me a mention in a video

[@seanwallace1972]

The Volvo breakers I mentioned is called Lake Autos,wyboston in the A1 Mk44 3AH hope fully you can get your blue trim panels from there

[@leefinney592]

Could the door trays not be plasticoated in blue. They must do it in a similar blue. Or maybe try vinyl wrap.

[@merikblackmore]

Could you plastic weld the broken blue trim to fix it?

[@PaddyWV]

Wonder if Plastikote does that colour blue. Though the grey is a good conrrast.

[@GoldenCroc]

Door pockets looks to kind of color match lots of other interior trim anyway? Like the floor sill trim right below them?

[@furiousdriving]

its close to some parts

[@BRED510]

What is that thing that clicks and flashes away on the Volvo when you have the ignition on?