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760 parts / body shop in Columbus Ohio region? 700 1990

posted by  BGPZ-FM on  Sun Jan 23 05:17 CST 2005
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Hoping that someone on the board may be able to recommend a good Volvo good smash repairer in the area and somewhere in the area where I might be able to buy a replacement hood from a wreck?

This tale is a bit of a sob story: my 760 Turbo is parked at my girlfriend's place and I am overseas, and will be for a while. She's been taking care of it for me as best she can, however, at some point while she was ill, some dweeb came along and drilled a hole right in the center of the hood. I had the thought it may be cheaper to replace the hood from a wreck rather than have the hole filled and the hood repainted, metallic paint generally being quite hard to color match.

Hoping someone out there may have some recomendations?

TIA.








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    760 parts / body shop in Columbus Ohio region? 700 1990

    posted by  someone claiming to be Joe on  Tue Jan 25 05:36 CST 2005 [RELATED]

    Hello,

    The hood on the 1988 to 1990 760 is a very hard one to find. The hood is aluminum and is roughly $950-$1000 new (unpainted). The hood is different on these cars, due to the rounded front edge and the lack of a metal cowl (the hood runs right into the windshield, as you may have noticed). Anyway, I needed one for my 1988 760 Turbo a few years back. I called EVERYWHERE, including strictly Volvo salvage yards (one in Georgia claimed to have over 75,000 700/900 series parts in stock; even they had none and quoted $400 for a used one if they had it). If it were me, I would repair it if not too badly damaged.

    Another hood for that car may be very hard to find and very expensive...

    Joe S.

    Volvo Master Technician - 1988 760 Turbo w/267k, 1981 242 Turbo w/243k








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    760 parts / body shop in Columbus Ohio region? 700 1990

    posted by  Jay Shields on  Mon Jan 24 14:40 CST 2005
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    Should be an easy fix, since I believe earlier 740/760 hoods are the same size.
    I went junking last fall and saw a couple of 740/760's at Dayton-Xenia Auto Parts, Xenia, Ohio - they alway have a good supply of older Volvos. Hoods were all excellent. Probably less than $100...
    Try these folks at Volvoworld. http://www.vlvworld.com/

    Jay
    88 740 GLE 189k
    84 245 GLTi 228k






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