Fixing all the broken interior plastics in my daily-driven Volvo 240! 

This video was suggested to me BECAUSE it features a classic Volvo. Didn't know your channel, so yeah, you did the right thing making a video about your 240 👍

Its about time you showed us the Volvo.

An '84 Volvo 242 intercooled turbo was my first car when I was a kid. I turn 40 this year and I still have that car. I gave it a rotisserie restoration and swapped in a 1000hp turbo LS over the last few years. It's flawless and every single nut, bolt, and wire is brand new. It's my pride and joy.

Oh the satisfaction.....Nice wagon....Volvo for life, you are proving it.

I owned a 240 variant back in the day, one day an elderly gent ended up going the WRONG way up an off ramp. His old battleship Ford pushed my engine back underneath my passenger compartment, COMPLETELY totalling the Volvo. I was able to climb out the back of the hatch of wagon with no more than cuts and bruises. Fabulous vehicle !

With the seats out if you look on the underside of the seat, you can see that there is a adjuster handle in the back which is responsible for raising and lowering the backside of the seat on the track. Not a lot of people know about that, they are only usually familiar with the dial adjuster and the slider. I’ve owned countless 240s, finding a five speed manual is a real treat, but rather rare. One of the most reliable cars out there if you can find one that is rust free.

Why tf does this channel only have 3k subs? you deserve more! Producti on quality is on fleek.

My buddy had one of these back in school. Over summer break one year we put a fuel injected chevy 305 under the hood. Was a pretty fun car.

Subscribed in hopes of seeing more of this beauty! Just sold my '91 240 last summer because I didn't have the time nor the energy to do all the fixing it needed - it served me as a daily driver for 4 years well, though. Kinda missing the car now!

Always loved 240's so am glad to see this on here. I'm determined to get my own 240 estate on the road *this* year !!

just stumbled across your channel, literally had a debate with the wife about buying one of these as a project car over the weekend. Think they make great sleeper builds!

Looks nice! Vintage Volvos are great. I like your style of video, whichever car.

As old Volvo's guy; here's one after vote.

As the current owner of an Opel GT and a past owner of a NB Miata and a 244, I'm feeling very seen here. Also, lots of flashbacks to the very sharp, very broken interior panels on that 244.

Good work, now all you have to do it politely request that every front seat passenger from now on does not use their feet to hold the door open. I've got some spare pockets for my 240 that I got when I bought it, still haven't fitted them yet.

On my 850, I used the extra blank panels (in the dash) to put in a USB port. The 1st radio I had installed in the car had 2 USB connections at the rear, so I had one USB in the dash. I had created a whole plug, and it looked stock (well, stock for 93-97). If (when) I get a 245 again, I'm totally going to do that with those extra panels. Gives the car a little modern touch.

I love Volvos, wagons included.

I dream of someday owning a 240 Wagon

Really nice video. I have a '93 240 with identical speaker and door panel issue. I've been too lazy to fix it but now you motivated me. Hope you do more videos on this car

Thats a nice and clean volvo! These cars have a really big place in scandinavian car culture and there are many here who loves them! I think you would benefit great from making more content about this car 🙂. Great video as always 🙂👍

Replaced my broken plastic console with a homemade one made of salvaged wood. Has a rear storage compartment, two cup holder cutouts, and a notched front piece to sit over the e-brake. Blonds have more fun, but us brunettes get it done!

Last summer my 90 lb German shepherd jumped into the drivers seat of my 240 (no idea why he thought he needed to be in the drivers seat that day, but he broke basically every piece of plastic, bumped the drivers door pocket going in, crushed the entire center console (ENTIRE), walking across to the open passenger door, hit the passenger door and exploded that door pocket m on the way out. It was a perfect moment of catastrophic loss where nearly every piece of brittle plastic was exploded in a single maneuver.

Hey Andrew! Just discovered your channel. Clicking whatever volvo 240 content🤣. I have an 88' wagon. Great job on those plastics. Tottaly love the beige interior. Feels like grandmas home🤣. My black door pockets are long gone. The arm rest with cupholders is a cool feature. Thanks for great content! Love your style! Looking forward to more 240 stuff! 😄

Great video, Andrew! And beautiful car!

Love that video!

Looks dang nice! Love it

now I want to have a Volvo

Lovely, those trim bits always go super brittle. Never seen the armreset before, they definitely need it. Had two 240's over the years and always miss them and the roar of the fan when they pick up their skirts and hustle.

lol holy shit I used to have the same color 850 wagon! Nice job fixing the interior!

We had 2 240's, both were bought slightly used. Our first one was a 1975 240 L (Euro Model only. New body, but carry over B20 with single Zenith carb, stick shift 4 speed and manual windows. That car was bright orange. My parents did not like the color initially, but it was the best value on the lot and they needed a car right away (the Citroën Dyane was totalled in a low speed crash). That car came with us to the US and lived to around 12 years 120K miles until rust made it a total loss. That all black plastic interior parts and actually help up fine. A year with Tulsa OK sun and then upstate NY for the remainder of it's life. The next car was an '84 420 GL. That had a much nicer interior. Electric windows, sunroof, speed with electric OD, door bins. That had brown plastic parts a little darker color than you car. The dash cracked within 7 years and the door binds turned brittle and broke. That generation had plastic that just didn't hold up. We loved that car. We drove it for 14 years 180K before rust took over and become financially not worth fixing (Buffalo NY snow belt is hard on cars). Most dometic cars back then had rust holes in them by 8 or 9 years of age so the Volvos were much sturdier. Out friends had an '83 240 from Ottawa Canada, but they had the oil treatment in the doors and underside. That car lasted about 18 years so that treatment really works. Your car clearly didn't live in a place with harsh winter climate. It's a lovely example of "boxy and good" era of Volvo.

In the future, we will just 3D print an entire door panel.

Beautiful car!

Very satisfying

If you use a heatgun gently on the red front seatbelt buttons, they will get their shine back.

Wow, I've never noticed the brittle plastics in 240's, despite having several trips in them, growing up in the 90's. I do hate the slightly unstable and creaky sounding center arm-rest in my P2 V70, but I'd guess it's classic Volvo, after seeing this video 😂 Great content btw 👍

Wow, didn't know about the Volvo, very cool. Like the 100k and 200k stickers on the tailgate. Looking forward to more Volvo content.

11:10 That's weight reduction bro Beautiful 240, nice job with the interior!

Those were the best wheels, which I believe alternated with the five spoke wheels on a yearly basis. I had a 245 GLT with those wheels, loved it.

cool car mate !

Great video, i love 240s

Loved seeing this car and seeing the improvement. Did you consider putting some sound deadening in the doors while you were there or running a usb through the new centre console? Can't wait to see what's next!

Just found your channel. I would have voted for the Volvo - in fact I’m mostly subscribing for the Volvo. Very worthwhile and satisfying job on the interior. I’ve been wanting a 245 for a long time but I think I’ve missed the boat for affordable ones now. Here in Eastern Canada those that haven’t rusted away are very pricey now. Yours is in great shape. 👍🏻

"Here comes a Tesla... piece of s**t!" 😆I couldn't agree more.

Hey man, lovely looking car, my favourite colour for a 240, i use to own a gold saloon (Goldybox) until a guy on his phone slammed into me and wrote it off, a week after I'd finished restoring it! 😭 I couldn't help but notice yours is the non rusty door bottoms and tailgate slam panel edition, thats a rare one here in the uk! You got a new sub dude, glad you ignored your survey, look forward to more brick action. 🤘

I had to replace these in my Volvo 240 too. I guess 30 year old plastic isn't the most durable stuff and it's also easy to kick the door pockets when you get out if you aren't careful. That's probably why mine were missing entirely on both sides when I bought the car.

Lovely Volvo! I’m new to the channel - big respect for the trouble you went to with some really great camerawork here.

Great news. Those tan interiors fell apart worse than any of them!

OldSkool 🏁 is always best Subscribed and liked to see more on the Volvo 🤙

Just discovered your channel..nice upgrades to the Volvo. Really enjoyed the Opel Manta ..a car that was a lot more common here in Ireland than in the US

Love for all the 240s ☝️

Those armrests cup holders are rare and hard to come by!

Hey, great vid! Love these old bricks. My 740 has the seat warmers and i love using em'. Mayhaps you can do a video installing the seat warmers down the line

Beautiful car, i would love to hear about any mechanical work you have had to do to maintain this vehicle over the years and how hard or expensive it has been

I want all the videos about this car!

Love my 1989 240 estate

RE: bopping the door pockets back on. Those plastic washers that hold them in place are just as brittle as every other plastic part in the interior, so don't bop too hard.

love this, i have a 1986 245 360k miles

Volvo ❤

Satisfying video and also digging the haircut

only reason i'm here is cause VOLVO CONTENT

Wow. I didn't know the volvo 240s were equipped with Fostex (or Fostex-like) full range speakers.

Great video! You also need to get a model of a 240 and detail it like you did with the Mustang!

Nice Volvo 😍I want a Volvo wagon eventually. Currently have an 03 S80. Planning on starting a RU-vid channel for it too. Keep it up, new subscriber here 🤙🏼

it feels serendipitous that I supplied the 245th like on this video ;)

i just got me a 1996 855R! i want to daily it but shes kinda... well worn

I love classic 240s

I have same year wagon. My driver side speaker is blown. What size speaker do I need to buy do you know size?

I want to see videos about this car.

Do you have any tips for re-attaching the badge/emblem on the front grille?

I have a 240 almost identical to yours! Where'd you source that center console from? I've been scouring for all kinds of trim bits like that

would get new speakers and deck. The sound improvement is like night and day!

More broken plastics fixing pls

nice vo bro

Only found this because YT knows ill watch anything volvo related lmao

Were your replacement parts from IPD or preowned?

Now my question is: are the old plastics *that* faded that they straight up look like they are a different color, or are the new ones the wrong shade?

Aaaah, Volvo and interiour plastic parts, a neverending story. My 850 wagon is not much better.

Did you import this from Europe or is it the USDM version?

God I love these. It just bothers me that every interior pannel is a different shade of beige...

Drive a 92 240 daily !

😎👍

Where’d you find the door pockets? Voluparts? Mine are….but dust lol

I used to own an Opel Manta Luxus.

Nice ikea car

holy cow I see your car around SB all the time. I have an 1989 which I am trying to build to look just like yours. I have the CIBIE E code lights in already and am looking for corona wheels like yours! Where did you find those beauties??

No seat heater option? 😂😂 here in sweden i dont think i have seen a single one without it. Pretty much standard here. More rare with Power Windows and ac

I was doing thoughts and prayers that it was a manual.

Very modern cars just will not last as long as this sort of older car.

Even the new plastics sound very fragile.

It’s a nice car but if I was you, I would do some modernisation on the HiFi.

Hello, we have a J Reg 240 - and the bonnet will not open! The pull handle appears to be stuck - all help most welcome!

You could have cleaned that door panel entirely, it would have looked 10 times better

Your viewers have no taste! That’s a good looking brick and now it’s that bit nicer!

At least yours is Tan....lol....mine is blue and those parts are unobtanium....

Kind of a shame how the plastics and carpet seems to have been bleached by the sun

Here comes a Tesla😂

You don't undestand surveys.

ah, you must be a politician, nobody voted fot this? screw them :D

So you didnt FIX plastics. Headline is misleadig.

I do not know is it ok in US, but in Russia people would say your nails look disgusting!