Volvo 1800

[jiminy14]

hello!! i just joined this group. i ahve been working on the 1800 since i was 16 ( 24 now). its been in stock form for two years then turbocharged, fuel injected using mega squirt, and now with a '93 HO 5.0L carbureted. i drove the car for a couple months two years ago when i frist threw the v8 in, but it was quite incomplete and dangerous to say the least....i couldn't resist driving it though. the engine bay is super small and i had to replace teh entire firewall. i blew up the stock dana 30 that was in it and decided to put in a ford 9". things snowballed and i ended up building a frame and i would say half a complete street chassis.

www.pbase.com/jiminy14
www.pbase.com/james14

just waiting on my rear end and some more money to really get things moving again.

i will try to post updates every couple days since i ahve started working on the car again.

thanks for looking. my car is hacked compared to all the cars i have seen here but i risked embarassing myself anyway hahaaa

james

[ProTour69GTO]

welcome and cool project

[MZ 500]

Welcome, sweet project I like it when people do somthing different.

Heres mine it's hack job too but it's comming along I got my frame conectors in this weekend.

https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=33198

[jiminy14]

thanks guys....and matt you r car looks like its started off right. i should've built a rotiserie for my car but funny thing was that at the start i thought.....why waste hundreds of dollars on steel to build one...i feel liek and idiot for ever thinking that. also it looks liek you've got a great foundation to start from...body looks solid as hell unlike mine.


jsut got my control arms finished tonight and por15'd them...i love the por15 but holy christ it takes a long time to prep and let dry etc .....about a 3 hours process to get one coat of actually por 15 on.
anyone have any experience with the stuff??? i am using it for the first time and hoping it will hold up almost as well as a powder coat.

james

[curly]

Cool project!

[MZ 500]

thanks guys....and matt you r car looks like its started off right. i should've built a rotiserie for my car but funny thing was that at the start i thought.....why waste hundreds of dollars on steel to build one...i feel liek and idiot for ever thinking that. also it looks liek you've got a great foundation to start from...body looks solid as hell unlike mine.


jsut got my control arms finished tonight and por15'd them...i love the por15 but holy christ it takes a long time to prep and let dry etc .....about a 3 hours process to get one coat of actually por 15 on.
anyone have any experience with the stuff??? i am using it for the first time and hoping it will hold up almost as well as a powder coat.

james

thanks for complements on the body it is solid now but there was a lot of rust in the rear quarters and front torque boxs. The quarters have been replaced from the body line down and both torgue box's where cut out and replaced. My welding skills have got a lot better on this project. From what I have heard por 15 is grate as long as you do all the prep work if you skip a step it will chip off sounds like your doing it the right way.

[jiminy14]

finished coating the control arms last night. assembled some of it today....had to come to work though before i could throw on some wheels.
hopefully tonight i'll get a chance to lower the front down and see how low it goes and how much interference i will have with fenders tie rods etc. the wheels in the front are 17x8 +25mm offset. stock wheels were 15x4-5 " approx and a 165/80/15.



controls arms drying in the paint booth.
this is as far as i got before work.

some up to date engine pictures. its really tight. i am using some new motor mounts and am praying they don't allow the engine to move more. i have about 1mm clearance on the driver's side.



please forgive the disgusting looking headers. i was not about to grind any welds or make them pretty. they are jsut temporary to get the car driving.




that's it for today. i have to get the rest of the suspension together tonight and then design some caliper brackets.

james

[jiminy14]

some new pictures from this past month's work;
the car sits a little too low now in the front for clearance reasons only. i would love to be tucking this much on all four corners.

the side view with rust glaringly obvious. the rocker here is cut out and the inside is just about 100% gone. luckily the rocker isn't doing much structurally anymore.


my favorite picture.


the floor 99% done. i still have to grind welds and clean it up in general. sat half outside this summer and surface rusted.


the rear suspension. brackets are finally all welded and rear end is complete. just needs oil.


the rest of the pictures are www.pbase.com/jiminy14 if anyone is interested. the car has been moved for the winter to be stored in my family barn so little work will be completed until january now. the car might even get a body job this winter if i have time.

thanks for looking.
james

[badbu68]

Very cool!

[neki67]

Welcome and thanks for sharing your project with us. Very, very cool!

[novanutcase]

Very Cool! Very Unique!

John

[68droptop]

Very cool project. Nice wheels...

[jiminy14]

Very cool project. Nice wheels...

thanks!! i loved the wheels when i first saw them.... i wanted to go wider in the rear ( like an 18x10 or 11") but they only came in 18x9.5 so i am stuck with the 275. the car is tiny and narrow so its looks fine but i crave a wider tire back there.

the wheels are konig "beyond" btw

[CHROMAHOLIC]

Nice car, Always loved that body style......I think this has got to be my favorite Volvo....600hp this thing rocks

[jiminy14]

Nice car, Always loved that body style......I think this has got to be my favorite Volvo....600hp this thing rocks

holy hell that is a really nice car. i have only seen exterior pictures of that car before. such a complete car .....definitely above my level/ goal. haahaa

[Smock67]

Your 1800 is on its way man. way to think outside of the box and be original.

That is one sweet volvo nice color and everything especially the side exhaust

[Twentyover]

Nice car, Always loved that body style......I think this has got to be my favorite Volvo....600hp this thing rocks

Apparently someone else also subscribes to PPC

[jiminy14]

i haven't completed anything more since the fall but found some new pictures from when it was towed home. the car has been following me around for the past 4 years while i was in school. its nice to have it home again.






the car is looking rough but there is lots more body work to be done and lots more welding and grinding to do before i worry about body work.

[fiorano]

NIce!

I drive and Amazon 1964
but this is being built to 1964-66 ETCC spec
I am builing the drivetrain for something
SBC 350-muncie 4 i hope to put it into a MErcedes 1968 or so...I lost the old volvo 142 i wanted it for....

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

I always loved that car....Great to see one getting done...That is a car that is definitly to its own in style....