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New Project! 1968 Volvo P1800 "Bullwinkle"

I dunno...that's an awfully heavy car with an extremely underpowered engine. You think you'll be able to get it out of the garage?
 
Thanks guys. I went over to talk with the body guy today. He should have some space for it in a couple weeks.

Mid I am a little concerned it may not have enough power. I guess I could alway spray it with some NOS. :)


Darreld
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Officially off to the next phase of the build and likely the most noticeable part.
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Awesome. Can't wait to see it with some paint on it. What color are you going with?

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No. They have to fabricate the fenders to fit around the wheels for both the front and rear. Most the time they will be covered up though.
 
Since the car is at the body shop I haven't been able to do much. I did paint the engine and the transmission the same red as the Wilwood calipers. I figured it would act as a nice accent and tied and other areas. I sprayed down some epoxy primer first followed by urethane.
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What progress? LOL! They haven't even started on it as of last week. They were finishing up on some other large projects and mine was to begin this week. I am on vacation next week and will check in on the status when I get back. The will make it two full months at the stop and it no progress is made I will have a discussion. I am at the point where I need to start scheduling the interion work since they guy I want to use is 1 year out. I am thinking of using the Recovery Room Interiors ouside of Omaha, Nebraska. They do fantastic work. http://www.recoveryroomrodinteriors.com/main.html
 
I have a minor update on the car. I did some measuring and it looks like the rear will be about 6" wider than stock. This will make it the same width as the front (outside of headlights) and 5" narrower than at the doors. It will still retain general flow of the car but will be closer to the Vox renderings visually. I will post some pictures from my phone in a few minutes.
When I first ordered my wheels I was a little conservative and could have gone with a larger backspacing on the rear. It has driven me crazy and this past few weeks I narrowed the 8.8 Ford to fit the way I want. In the process I converted the rear end to have 9" ford ends thus eliminating the C-clip axles. I think the fixed caliper Wilwood brakes will work better and I feel a whole lot better with that setup. The narrowing really wasn't that hard to do. I purchased a jig on Ebay and went to town. I forgot to take any picutes but it looks about the same as it did before. The tires fit right inside the fenders now and will reduce any kind of flare that may have been needed. Now a simple fender lip like stock will work fine.
 
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