Digital cluster + car OS
Project Gothenburg
A modern Volvo-style digital driver display for a 1987 244 DL — a Raspberry Pi 5 driving a 12.3″ 1920×720 panel inside a 3D-printed cluster shell. The 240 has no factory CAN bus, so every reading is earned: each gauge is wired from a real sensor rather than decoded off a bus.
A product, not just a part
240 Spoiler
A proper rear spoiler for the 240 — adapting the classic 850R wing to the 240's boot with a 3D-printed adapter bracket, plus a printed bumper cooling insert to finish the look. Designed to be sold: this is the first Volvo World part heading for a storefront at 240spoiler.com.
Factory data, queryable
VIDA, Unlocked
Volvo's dealer workshop system stores its entire service library in a SQL database. Reading it directly instead of clicking through the application turned a three-and-a-half-minute lookup into a sub-second query — and made the whole library searchable at once.
A format nobody could open
Exploded-Plate Decoder
The parts catalogue's exploded diagrams are stored in a binary vector format that no standard tool would open — and the reason why turned out to be a trap: the files claim to be vector graphics, but the actual picture is a single bitonal raster tile hidden inside. Decoding the grid as one continuous strip produces convincing noise; finding the tile boundary produces a perfect diagram.
The junkyard advantage
YardBrain
A private junkyard cross-referencing engine. Point it at a part and it works out every other vehicle that part was fitted to — so a trip to the yard stops being a guessing game. It reads the interchange data the pros use, flags cars that were filed under the wrong VIN, and scores which donor is worth the walk.
