Radtap's 1980 242

[Radtap]

I’ll give you a shout next time I need something, I might need sunroof cables if they end up crushing the 240s at my yard by the weekend

 

[Radtap]

Boy oh boy I started on the blower motor today

God I hate it so much

Found this up inside the dash as I was pulling apart the airbox, I swear to god somebody put it there on purpose, it's too ironic
Date on the air freshener is 1978 lol, it's been in there for a little while safe to say

 

[Radtap]

New dash is finally in, if I have to do the blower again I'm just swapping in a 93 airbox

Out with the old and in with the new

 

[240 Swagon]

That Garfield note is hilarious

Looks like you survived the blower motor job. Dash and rear bench look killer!

 

[Radtap]

I gotta get some better pictures, got GT panels in the car over the weekend and installed the rear seat, waiting till I find a front half to do the carpet

 

[towerymt]

Found this up inside the dash as I was pulling apart the airbox, I swear to god somebody put it there on purpose, it's too ironic
Date on the air freshener is 1978 lol, it's been in there for a little while safe to say

In case you need a replacement https://www.ebay.com/itm/203281823774

 

[corivus]

In case you need a replacement https://www.ebay.com/itm/203281823774

I wish we could have reacts in this forum, this made me cackle out loud

 

[corivus]

I gotta get some better pictures, got GT panels in the car over the weekend and installed the rear seat, waiting till I find a front half to do the carpet

do the carpet first, and pm me the interior color you have, we get at least 2 240s a month right now at the jy up here.

 

[adomz]

Ahhh, That's a great car!

ADam

 

[Radtap]

Out with the old, in with the new

New dash is in

New backseat covers

And a fancy little pic I snapped

 

[corivus]

that gives it such a classy and clean look

 

[Radtap]

Didn't quite like the square clock when I first got the car but now I'm embracing the 70's design

 

[Radtap]

Was with the previous owner today and we were talking about the car, turns out the people I got the car from were supposed to get the car running again back when they received it and were supposed to donate it to someone but intended on crushing it for scrap but without the title they couldn’t. Previous owner wasn’t too happy when they let it sit for 20 years instead because apparently the car was in mint condition and she even gave it to the sellers with a big bow ontop

 

[Radtap]

Am I one of the cool kids now?

 

[Radtap]

Put in a new TRW rack
Don't worry the fitting isn't leaking in 2nd pic, just spillage from the pump
I'm surprised how much crap is caked on even though the car was only on the road for 20 years.

 

[Radtap]

Working on the rear deck this week

We got some clamps

Still need to buy a second vent

Not going to cut the speaker holes since I plan on making speaker boxes to tilt the rear speakers towards the front and protect them from the sun with some fabric

 

[rearwheelpeel]

Looking good. What material are you using for the rear deck? Is that vinyl? I used leftover black headliner fabric on mine but everything gets stuck to it and it’s hard to clean.

* you can still buy those vents brand new. I think I got mine from voluparts. They don’t have black ones so I got brown and painted them black.

 

[Radtap]

Yeah some marine grade vinyl since it's more UV resistant and should hold up better & longer

 

[Radtap]

Second vent is in the mail don't worry.
Started working on the speaker boxes will have pics of those shortly. Haven't even ordered speakers yet and hardly anyone has stereos in stock

 

[2turbotoys]

Nice work, I like it! Probably a lot easier to keep clean than the fuzzy factory finish. What are the plans for the stereo? Mine got a bit out of control as I tend to do.