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Volvo once had 140/240 seat rail extenders for tall people like you. Especially good with 2-doors with the pillar further back. Odds of finding any now are slim, but if you search hard enough I recall seeing a home made version somewhere. Seat mounts are critical for safety, so good welds and proper fastening to the chassis are important.
240 front door pockets are something Volvo never got right in almost 20 years of production. The tan ones were seemingly made of peanut brittle, so if you ever replace those pick a different color. IPD had a repair kit cover that lasted. I'm not sure if it's still available. I can't remember if the 2-doors had longer pockets. One fix I did that lasted for many years was gluing a metal support rod right across just behind the lip, using something structural like JB Weld after roughing and prepping the surface with acetone or MIBK. Best to do that before or just as it starts to crack, not after pieces break off unless you've got the proper kind of plastic cement to weld the pieces in place. A good ridge of JB Weld inside along the bottom corner may help reinforce that area from steel toed boots, so also give that a thought. I haven't experienced broken 700/900 door pockets, but I'm always afraid it's going to happen when some big lug in boots heaves themselves into the passenger seat.
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now
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