AndySnapper

Do it at the pace that suits your Mojo and circumstances and you will enjoy it more.
 
I'm confident you will achieve a stunning result Dan.
 
Andy

Congratulations Rich!
Just reward for all of your hard work and diligence.
Very well done!
Andy 

Congratulations Rich!
Just reward for all of your hard work and diligence.
Very well done!
Andy 

Riley 4/Seventy Two spotted in Bristol 🧐
Looked very original.
Andy

Riley 4/Seventy Two spotted in Bristol 🧐
Looked very original.
Andy

Riley 4/Seventy Two spotted in Bristol 🧐
Looked very original.
Andy

Riley 4/Seventy Two spotted in Bristol 🧐
Looked very original.
Andy

Riley 4/Seventy Two spotted in Bristol 🧐
Looked very original.
Andy

Riley 4/Seventy Two spotted in Bristol 🧐
Looked very original.
Andy

Riley 4/Seventy Two spotted in Bristol 🧐
Looked very original.
Andy

Riley 4/Seventy Two spotted in Bristol 🧐
Looked very original.
Andy

Riley 4/Seventy Two spotted in Bristol 🧐
Looked very original.
Andy

Riley 4/Seventy Two spotted in Bristol 🧐
Looked very original.
Andy

Good work as usual Dan and particularly nice to see the old girl still getting some love 😍

Riley 4/Seventy Two spotted in Bristol 🧐
Looked very original.
Andy

Another weekend of poncing about on this! Weather made things difficult and extremely frustrating at times but the front fogs are now finished-ish.
First job was decide where I wanted to fit the relay. There’s a metal bracket on the inner wing specifically for mounting relays onto so that was my first preference. Unfortunately though it was on the passenger side inner wing and the cars battery is on the drivers side. Ideally I wanted the relay and battery to be as close together as possible so I didn’t have to run long lengths of wiring across the width of the car then back across again as the switch also goes on the drivers side. In the end I noticed an unused 8mm stud attached to the drivers side strut tower which was a better much tidier option than drilling holes to take self tapping screws into the inner wing.
So with the relay bolted in place, I ran a thick power feed cable with an in-line fuse from the battery to the relay. Then another thick gauge wire to join the relay to the front fog lights. One thing I hate is bits of added on wire just hanging in engine bays, I think it looks horrible so I’ve tucked all of mine here into the original loom and cable tied it all together. The big cable joining the two fog lights together (side - side) took a bit more effort to hide away safely. Instead of just running it under the bumper I’ve poked it up through a small hole in the underside of the battery tray then run it along the back of the headlights, through into the area behind the grill and then back out under the car to the other fog light through a similar hole under the air filter box and screen wash reservoir. Everything being tightly secured in place with cable ties. It’s actually very hard to see the cable across the front end!
Last jobs at the front was to make up two earth wires, one for each fog light. These have just been attached to a bare metal patch on the underside of the metalwork under the front end. I’ve taped up all the connections and put a blob of contact grease over the body connections just so nothing can corrode. Then the relay needs an earth, which was easy as the relay sits a few inches above the cars main earth - battery connection so I just bolted it straight to that.
The last wire from the relay needs feeding into the cabin to the switch. Again, this was tucked into the cars loom, tied together and poked through the bulkhead with all the old wiring into the cabin.
All I need to do here to finish off is to use a bit of loom tape to tape up the wires where they go up under the coolant reservoir bottle, should tidy it up a bit.  I’ve run out of light for today though.

Here’s inside the cabin where the wiring comes through for the light switches.
This actually took a bit of thinking about as the fog light kit uses a three terminal switch. My OE Volvo one is a four terminal switch. Got it in the end though! I’ve wired it in so the front fog switch takes its live supply from the sidelight wire in the back of the headlight switch. This is ideal as it means the fog switch will only ever become live when the sidelights are switched on. Being fog lights you only want them on if your other lights are also on. I couldn’t find any terminals to tap into on this short sidelight wire so I just stripped a chunk of the insulation off then soldered my new power feed wire onto it, then taped everything up nicely.

And here it is with the switch and light switch holder back in as it’s supposed to be. This is exactly what I wanted! Looking at everything you’d think it was all factory installed! No ugly aftermarket switches here.

And proof the lights actually work.

Success!!
All I want to do now to finish this job off is tape up a few areas of wiring and tidy them out the way a bit more.
 
Up next for this car will be to remove the nearside screen trim and fit the new clips to hold it on properly now I’ve got some. And I’ve also ordered a set of four new door handles...
Yes, I did replace one not long ago but the ones are an upgrade! They’re the chrome versions of the handle as fitted to some high end 760’s and a few top end 740’s! Should add a touch of class I think!
 

Have you seen this video on You Tube?
 

Have you seen this video on You Tube?
 

Excellent work as usual! Have really enjoyed watching this project progress Rich.

Excellent work as usual! Have really enjoyed watching this project progress Rich.

Well, it’s Saturday so some time for car tinkering again. Or so I thought. I had intended to start fitting the front fogs today but it’s started pissing down yet again so that’s that. Maybe tomorrow?
For now I’ve gone through all the bits I need to do it and had a quick check over of the front of the car to see how easy or not it’s going to be to actually fit the lights into the front bumper. So far everything points to this being a pretty easy job, on the face of it!
So, Heres the ingredients:




Two brand new fog lights, with the plastic holders and bulbs. These aren’t OE but are very very close. They seem about all that’s available anyway!
Two brand new plastic fog light brackets. These bolt onto the underside of the front bumper and hang down behind the lights themselves. The big bolt and cup washer on the back of the light then attaches the two together.
Wiring kit. This is just a generic kit off eBay for fogs, spot lights etc etc. It’s got wiring, in-line fuse holders and the relay needed to completely wire in a pair of lights. It’s also got a switch and holder but I’m not using that here as it won’t look original with that switch!
And finally, an original Volvo front fog switch with the correct logo and green led tell-tale illumination. This will fit in the dash next to the rear fog switch and will look like it was factory installed. At the moment there’s a blank fitted here with a red led for the now disconnected alarm. I’ll simply pop that out, fit my new fog switch in its place and probably tuck that blank and red led away behind the dash somewhere since it doesn’t do anything anymore.
 
So, at the front of the car this is how things are.

The original front bumper with the original underslung valance/spoiler whatever it’s called. You can see the rectangular mark where the fog light is meant to fit, unfortunately though it’s not as simple as just popping out these blanks! They’re not removable and are moulded as one piece with the whole part. Looking up behind it however shows a raised plastic edge around this ‘blank’ so it’s shape is easy to see. 
Given the front valance is a bit scuffed and scratched I think the best way to go here is to remove it entirely from the car. I’ll get it on the bench, drill a hole through it in each corner of each of the fog light blanks then, using the raised edge on the backs as a guide to get the shape right I’ll cut out the blanks with a hacksaw blade or my model making razor saw. Then sand it smooth. After that I’ll rub the whole panel down and completely respray it into the same blue-green metallic so it looks nice and fresh. Once it’s back on the car I’ll fit up the lights and brackets and start wiring them in. I’ve got a fair bit of black loom tape left from the Capri so I’ll be using some of that to wrap the new wiring with to make it look a bit less obvious once it’s in place. I’ll probably cable tie it to the existing loom too to keep it tidy.
All I need is a bit of dry weather... yeah right!
 
 

Personally, I really appreciate watching your videos and imagine they already take a lot of extra work (and frustration) without having a write-up as well.

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Nice example ! Wonder if the pop-ups both work
Unusual to see a towbar fitted to one of these as well.

Been hard at work on the car as usual.  I've now mostly completed the headliner & vinyl roof.  I'm working towards getting the screens in as I don't like them sitting around in storage.
Before the headliner is fitted I needed to install the sound deadening.  The headliner is the typical perforated stretch fit Ford used in everything.  You need to make sure the right shapes and thicknesses of deadener go in the right place to ensure the headliner fits and looks correct.  I've done a few of these cars before so it was an easy job.  I also have pictures of this car coming apart which is very helpful.

The headliner itself is original.  Despite being 44 years old it's very good and shows no signs of nicotine or damage.  The original headliner always goes back in better than an aftermarket one so I got to work.

Went in really nicely.  Once the glass is in I'll remove the handles & visors for a proper clean.  The wiring loom that goes up here has been cleaned routed & tested.

Now for the roof.  This is a reproduction item and they are quite good.  The original crackle finish Ford used has been reproduced perfectly.  Some minor details are missing but I'm not bothered as original ones don't exist anymore.

Not the easiest of jobs to do but it is rewarding.  Start off by rubbing the roof down with a red mirlon pad.  Then find the centre line on the roof & vinyl and mark both with a pencil.  Now fold the vinyl in half along the centre line and begin to glue with contact adhesive in stages.  After gluing the first bit lay out the roof and make sure you have it centred properly and straight.  I use plastic tools to push the vinyl into position and squeeze out as many bubbles as possible.  Keep repeating the process until you have run out of roof.


Hard bit is knowing where to cut and avoiding creases around curves & tight areas.  I used the chrome trim as a guide for cutting.

Still some more to do like cut the hole for the sunroof but I'm pleased to have got this far.  There are a few small bubbles which just need injecting with a blob of glue.  I'll worry about those once I've got all the trim fitted and finished all the cutting.

My 5 boxes arrived this morning via DHL
Not too loose in the Xlarge for me as it turns out, so incredible value - 500 gloves for £6.65 delivered.
Thanks again to OP ?