Paul Rowland 64 P1800 (Project Saint Marie) by Swedish Ops (Special Builds Division)

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Here are a few pics with the unit out of the car, you should be able to see how it works.

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Here are some pics of different views of the P1800/Amazon front and rear kits together.. Keep in mind, this is our base kit with base brakes, but this what you see is the minimum of what you get... All the front end kits come fully assembled and ready to install, no welding, no cutting, so once you have your factory components removed, it literally slide right in and matches up with all the existing Volvo bolt holes.. You can also see the front end kit actually has longer braces forward of the OEM. And we do this, because after you remove the factor steering components, the extra reienforced holes are there to utilize for extra support and bracing of the new front crossmember.

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Hopefully Paul will like the concept of this Cold Air Intake, I am working on for the Swedish Ops (Special Builds Division) cars. I have most of it fabbed out of steel at this time, but I like the masking tape and poster board for quick results to see how things look before I waste too much time. I will be trimming alot of the material off the skirts of this, so it will resemble more of an Early 50's-60's Ferrari style air cleaner. I plan on adding ribbing/fins to the top of the unit, like the 50's-60's Ferrari air cleaners had on them, and I think this will fit the 60's performance styling of this build. It will be done in a wrinkle finish surface, and the top of the ribs/fins will be exposed metal.

This piece is very easy to remove, and the air filter element will be located in the windshield cowl area.. It will be mounted in a baffle fashion, that will be easy to change, and not allow the elements to get to it.. The factory drainage system for the cowl will work great, and there should be no chance of moisture getting into the intake.

The side skirt will wrap around the back also, and the trimming for the intake runners will really lighten the bulk. Also the side skirts are a bit distorted because they are not fabbed out of steel, but they will be finished out tomorrow.. If you notice, I used the factory Volvo metal fresh air/heater duct, and hopefully that will add a retro appearance to the whole thing once it is all trimmed up. The radiator neck will be moved over to the Passenger side for our LS version of the Swedish Ops BeCool Radiator line.









It should be a variation of this....

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Here is the direction the intake is taking.. This is just tacked together at this time, so it will still need finish hammering, straightening, welding, grinding, etc, but you should get the idea of what we are going for..

We plan on using these intakes on our build cars, but it is up to Paul if he wants to go this direction on Project Saint Marie..

If you look how nice and compact the LS motor fits into the engine bay.. With our crossmember kit, you can remove the LS engine and Keisler 5-speed as a complete assembly, along with being accessorized, from the top or bottom of the car with ease. The mock up headers are being sent to Sanderson Headers for our exclusive kit, and believe it or not, these headers lift right up from the bottom to there mounting place, with no jacking of the motor or parts removal.. With the motor in place, you can service all the part like the starter, altenator, ac compressos, water pump, power steering pump, ect, with out any issue at all.. Just unbolt them, and remove them without any funny jacking or wiggling motions.. LOL

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The blue masking tape line, indicates the center spindle/wheel location realtive to the motor position. I cannot wait to get this car back on the ground and some scales underneath it.. With the Crossmember/Suspension kit, and the firewall kit we have coming out, the position of the motor looks promising. Everything is open and easy to work on, and the overall suspension/engine weight, will be about 25 pounds heavier than the OEM suspension and engine. Our LS motor actually sits several inches further back, and a bit lower, than the original motor, so I am hoping it is all atleast a wash or better when it comes to over all weight affect.

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Well Saint Marie is temporarily on the ground again.. We will be working with getting the overall balance of the car setup properly, and I think it is going to work out very nicely. As you can see in the pics below, there is great ground clearance, and I dont see it changing much. I will have to get with Paul, and see what kind of overall stance he wants adjusted into the car.

I also have the original rear end back in the car, because I have to still sort out the conversion brackets for the newer style 4 link arms, and just as soon as that is done, the new rear end assembly will be in the car.. Everything else on the rear end and coil over conversion kit is sorted out, but the early cars have to have a conversion bracket fabricated to accept the newer arm joints.

I will post some pictures of the finished firewall and trans tunnel in the next week or two.. I am sorting out an nice universal firewall kit for the Swedish Ops catalog, and cant wait to show everyone how it works..

After we are all done with the initial set up here, the car will be completely disassembled again, and sent back to the paint shop for final Gapping and Blocking.. At that time, we will have all the suspension components, engine bay items, ect, powder coated and everything fully prepped for reassembly...

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Ok... I gave the air cleaner another try today, see if I am a bit closer? It is tacked together pretty well, but the finish welding is not done.. I have to still finish out the front, and add the rear intake to it, but I think it is a bit cleaner.


This thing was a pain in the ass to get pics of, the camera just didnt want to focus on it for some reason..

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Here is the air cleaner with the snorkel added.. It is actually the Volvo metal heater supply duct, that had been modified..

[cencalc6]

Nice Job!

[krptonite]

any updates??