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New Project! 1968 Volvo P1800 "Bullwinkle"

Darreld, I'm curious....how are they keeping the body from flash rusting while they are working on it? It looks like it's bare metal and isn't protected. Just wondering if there's a trick that car builders use to keep the raw steel from surface rust. I see it all the time....
 
I am not really sure what he used. I think he wiped it down with something before it left the body shop but I will have to check with him.
 
I have good, clean bare metal parts laying out in the garage that have been in that state for over a year without any sign of surface rust. I think as long as it is absolutely clean (rust free) and it doesn't see any high humidity metal can stay that way quite a while.
 
Not much progress on the car over the past 3 months. The chassis guys have been very busy with race season and Mom car went on the back burner.

This week was pretty productive though. The rear sway bar is mounted. It is mounted in the same spot I originally placed it because a better spot could not be found. Since we moved to a smaller diameter bar we also used a smaller diameter mounting bar. This allowed up to tuck the bar in closer to the fuel tank.

It has 3 mounting holes that correspond with the holes on the bar. The should allow for some tuning as needed.

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Nice progress was made on the headers. This was a real PITA due to space. Glad I wasn’t doing it! Jon over at Rhom Innovations has done a great job. There is hardly any clearance . We are now waiting on a couple tight bends and then it can come out for final welding.

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Hon also made an X pipe that will mount right under the transmission mount and in front of the torque arm mount. We weren’t sure a X pipe would work but it did.

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We hope to finish up the headers next week as well as the exhaust. The final bits to fabricate will be the radiator and a cold air intake. The cold air intake will pull air from the hood scoop.




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More progress on the exhaust. We are waiting on a couple more bends to finish the tailpipes. Will be working on the connecting the steering shaft this afternoon.
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Now I have to decide on the placement of the exhaust tips.

Recessed, flush or lips showing. What do you think? I am thinking lips showing.
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Flush
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Tips showing
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The only concern I have about making the tips follow the opening is that it will make them look huge. Visually it may look like a diesel tip.[emoji848]


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I like option zero too but if I had to choose what you have shown....I'd choose flush for sure.
 
I guess I'm the oddball voting for number 3, tips sticking out a bit. Even if you shape them to follow the contour of the valance, I think sticking out a little bit (1/4 - 1/2") adds a little dimension. If you mount them flush and they shift around a bit, they will look really off. If they protrude a little bit and they shift a little, I don't think mis alignment will stand out as much.
 
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