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Originally Posted by Jungle_Jim
Has anyone gone one stage further and made a 140 out of a 240?
John
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The 140 has a proper front suspension: double wish-bones (A-Arms or control arms for those resident to the west of Europe), instead of the MacPherson strut of the 200-series. Unfortunately it also has a steering box instead of a rack and pinion set-up so there would be a fair amount of under-bonnet surgery to do this conversion.
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Originally Posted by john h
As Brian says, it's an '89 car which I have converted to look older. There's another feature (on the exterior) which a real early 240 wouldn't have, but I have chosen to retain from the late model base car... clearly visible in the photo above. Any guesses?
John
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Possibility - the very early estates had a rod about half-way along the rear window for the rear seat-belts?