Sans Pinstripe
 

Car looks AMAZING sans pinstripe!!

Glad to hear you are getting it all dialed in...I think we need a video with good sound from the inside during one of these "driving it" sessions... :D

How in the world does this front tire not rub?

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Getting there. Still some bugs to work out for sure.

Stiff....its really stiff Lance Believe it or not the rears rub far more than the fronts do. Also remember I am not really worried about the paint so a little rubbing is ok with me.

I suck at video, both taking it an editing it. Ill get my nephew to shoot some video for us all =)

Well, some tinkering last night found my first major snafu in my build so far.

In messing with my brake bias and trying to figure out why the car felt like it was must missing a few calipers I adjusted the proportioning valve and the stopping got worse and I got a pull to the passenger side, like rip the wheel out of your hands pull.

So chatting with volvo buddy Asher he pointed out that I have it all wrong. So some testing of his theory by adjusting the proportioning valve out to add in "rear" brakes gained back all of the stopping power and pedal feel and took the pull away from the passenger side and gave me a little pull to the drivers side.

When I built the plumbing for the brakes I did everything as others have, with the exception of the proportioning valve, but in my head it worked.......Obviously I didnt think too deep on this.

Volvo has a cross plumbed braking system in an effort to be the safest car on the road, they have a network of plumbing that essentially has 4 front brake lines and individual rear brake lines right and left. The master cylinder has 2 lines, but really not a front and rear, its really a dual bowl system. the idea is that if one of the systems were to completley fail you would only lose one of the rear wheels braking 100%.

So in effect my plumbing and proportioning valve is modulating one front and one rear caliper :-P

So I either ditch the prop valve and put a straight piece of pipe in there or I re plumb the entire brake system and start over.

I will say that with the prop valve fully open the car has amazing brakes!!! Cannot wait to get some real pads in there.

But here is my derp moment....always learning something new right?

Sean

love this build! Your execution and attention to detail is what puts your build over so many others. I can put a box in a space, but you put it there with such precision and attention to the details of the space that the box becomes more than just a box. Great job sir!!! You are a role model here.

WOW!!! Thanks for the props Big Dime. Its good to hear when people get my style and vision and its not just all up in my crazy little pea brain.

Been having hosting issues on pics so falling behind.

Lets give this a shot and see if it works...Ok, hosting on Imgur but its a pain in the rear so posting will definately slow down. Its something in the new phone I have that its uploading a huge file. So it takes resizing every photo before its posted up.

I am hoping that I can get the door panels back this week in time to install this weekend and have the car mostly buttoned up.

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Not only did the color and material not match but I also had some sags and a small hole in the drivers side door. I am deleting the pocket and holes for the pocket and making room for some speakers in the future down there.

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Started messing around with the trunk area and getting a nice flat floor to work on all the way across. I had previously cut out the driver side filler panel for the butt cheek and used the stock on on the passenger side but even after wetting, flattening and drying it started to sag badly after just a few days in the trunk. So I got to work on making a flat floor. New piece on the passenger side and a filler panel for the center of the floor. This piece is simply just to make the carpet lay flat and give me a nice foundation to build some audio stuff in later down the road.

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Waiting on 2 turn signal lenses, a hood release cable, door panels and trunk carpet, seatbelts and a car trailer and Ill be good to go!!!

I need to be loaded up in the trailer next Thursday. My route takes me to Sacramento and Davis on Friday, hang with some friends down there, Volvo show on Sunday in Davis, then meander from there to Vegas the following week for LS Fest.

So if anyone wants to get together and shoot the **** for dinner that week in central to SOCAL hit me up =)

Sean

Freakin' cool

Yo, Sean. There's a pretty decent cars & coffee in Folsom (Google cars and coffee Folsom--it's an easy drive from Davis) on Saturday morning (starts at like 7:00 A.M.)--it's right off Highway 50. I can make that one in the Falcon . . .

I might be in Davis on Friday--wife is going to campus library that day . . .

Good to hear the car is rolling!

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There, I fixed it for ya...

The hosting works okay, you just need a bit of help formatting the links...

Good luck getting it buttoned up and along on your journey.

Thanks Lance......I am not really a great IT guy. But I think I have it figured out now...appreciate the help.



Finally got a little time to work on the car for my mad dash to get it done before I take off on Friday for my 3,000 mile road trip to Davis and Vegas.

Got the Schroth seatbelts installed, these were easier than expected and turned out great. I dont love the yellow on the belts but really no option.

https://i.imgur.com/CRakKf2h.jpg

Matches the steering wheel though =)

https://i.imgur.com/rOVhEskh.jpg

Then onto the long list of small stuff that likely nobody will notice.

Sanded and repainted all of the black on the doors and b pillar, turned out great, SEM Trim black, red scotch brite pad and a few coats and looked as new.

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The stock door handles were hammered, so I pickup up a better set but they were still bent. SO I got to town with hammering them flat again, cleaned and painted and installed. Looks so much better.

https://i.imgur.com/jI7EH2Bh.jpg

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Spent a little time getting the trunk closer to buttoned up, pass side is easy, drivers side isnt 100% done but its a lot better than before.

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I feel that my work paid off in here, the floor is nice and flat, the carpet got bound with the same leather that is on the seats and looks pretty tidy. Ill work on getting the stereo in when I get back and covering up the rest of the painted areas, going to add in some leather back here to break up the brown.

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Door panels got done a few days early so I got them installed. Few little issues to address when I get back. Only thing left is to get black armrest, window crank, and door release as its a bit too much brown right now.

For those not in the know we deleted the speaker and door pockets from these panels but kept the stock door card. They turned out a lot better than the stockers. I left the bottom open so I can install some speakers in there. Will be gettting some separates inthat big blank area on the lower part of the door.

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In all of the cars I have built, I have never spent this amount of time (and $$$) on an interior and I hope that it shows. I have tried to iron out every little detail as much as I can. I am sure some stuff will change but pretty happy with how the inside of this car looks.

https://i.imgur.com/KFh6lfOh.jpg

Volvo emblems got removed, the entire car got buffed and waxed, some holes in the firewall got plugged, hood latch replaced with a plated one and the hood actually aligned with the fenders and cowl.

Its about ready to load up and head south. Gotta get some license plates on it now.

Sean

Looks great Sean!! You can definitely see that much attention was paid inside.

Only thing I see missing is a sub belt for the harnesses...