I do bonsai.

When I had to figure out how to keep the leaves and other debris from getting into the cowl vent on the 240, I used the tools that I use on my bonsai trees to fashion and attach a screen under each of the cowl vents. cool, huh?

When potting small bonsai trees, you have to install a screen on the bottom of the shallow pot to keep the dirt and gravel from washing out of the drain holes everytime you water the trees (which is often). I used some of the stash of bonsai screen that I had to fish into the cowl vents with wire that I normally use to keep the bonsai tree branches growing like I want them to. It is rather maleable wire and it was perfect to hold the screen mesh up against the cowl vent while I used small tie wraps to permanently attached the screen. The screen is made out of tough nylon so it won't corrode.

Surprisingly enough..the tie wraps can't be seen that much against the dark blue paint. It really doesn't look that bad attall. Now we can park the darn thing under the pin oak tree and not have all the leaves getting into the body.

Never thought I'd bonsai a Volvo!
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