1968 Volvo project Pure Volvocity

[RMMiller]

Awesome, looking forward to seeing the car in paint!

[ryeguy2006a]

This car has come so far! I can't wait to see it in paint and it would be amazing to see it at SEMA.

[68EFIvert]

They called me a couple days ago for my shipping info so I knew it was ready. The post on Instagram was the first I had seen. Thanks for letting me know.

[68EFIvert]

The chrome trim is being fitted now. The bumpers have been refined and work has started to blend the original door handles into the new trim. Once that is done all of it will be sent out for chrome.




The last bit of work on the engine compartment is also being done. Won’t be long and it will be in color. The details take so long to perfect but it should be great when done.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Looking at the shot of the rear end, that color combination is pretty sexy.
Like a pearl body with dark grey trim? haha

[68EFIvert]

LOL! Actually that is just the primer. The body will be a charcoal and the lower panel will be black. Could be a good color combo though.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Yea, I knew it was primer, but thought the combo looked good. Looks "tasteful". haha
But I love your combo of charcoal, black and chrome better!

[jaybee]

This thing is so beautiful.

[Peanut1959]

So, has the new glass arrived, yet?

[68EFIvert]

No not yet. Michelle at Fesler called me today and said that it shipped out today. I should have the tracking number tomorrow. That should cover the front and rear glass.

The door and quarter glass will be cut locally. I am more worried about that. The guy that does custom glass around here is extremely busy and is hard to pin down.

[68EFIvert]

The glass should be here tomorrow! Making more progress on the engine bay body work but it is so small and has lots of tubes it is making it pretty tedious.

The door handles are starting to get shaped and it is starting to look pretty nice. We will have to do a little more welding to fill in a hole and the stud but the end result should be pretty cool.





Here is the other side which hasn’t seen the grinder yet.

[Peanut1959]

I'm curious; what necessitated the custom-cast door handles? They're looking quite nice, by the way.

[RMMiller]

I believe those are original to the car, at least I thought he mentioned that many posts back.

[68EFIvert]

I believe those are original to the car, at least I thought he mentioned that many posts back.

They are the stock door handles. We had to modify them to match the new custom trim. The new trim has a pretty significant difference in profile than the original trim. We chose a more rounded trim to accentuate the round lines of the car. The original trim had more of a triangle shape that complimented the more dramatic fins on an original car.

[68EFIvert]

Got the front and rear glass test fitted today. The front glass is pretty good top to bottom and has a slightly larger gap on the sides. A little work to get the gaps where they meet my expectations. Probably just fine for most but I don’t like to settle.

The rear is pretty good but the upper rear corner on the passenger side is a little high. That will require a little metal work. I am not sure if it is the glass or the fact my car had a pretty big collision to the rear at one point.

Before my body guy does anything we will have the glass guy come in to render an opinion.

[Peanut1959]

In any case, it sure as hell is looking pretty!

[dogstr]

Darreld,
I have read the whole post of your build and you are doing an amazing job. SEMA worthy for sure when you are done.... Think about Riddler Award !!!!
I would like to suggest one thing.... when you do the seats, get the upholsterer to stitch in the moose to either the middle near the top of the back seat, or the headrests of the front seats. Just adds a little flair into the interior, and since the company that made your Moose for the grill already has it on file, should be easy to get the upholsterer to stitch it in the seat material from that file.
More I think about it, it may look cool a little bit larger in the middle of the back seat......
Keep up the great build.....

[68EFIvert]

The good news is that the car is making progress but the bad news is it won’t be done this year. At least not before SEMA. Maybe 2021?

We are done with the hard part of the sanding but still have high build primer and a few more rounds of sanding. It is looking good.


https://youtu.be/MQ4T-6HoNf8

I shipped off all the chrome on Friday. 3 big boxes are on the way to Sherm’s Plating down in Sacramento. That will take 6-8 weeks to get done.

I started to lay out some of the wiring in the trunk. I will have the battery back there and want to have some safety provisions. I fabricated 2 brackets that mount to my battery holder. One will hold the master power disconnect. The outlet from that will go to the starter solenoid and another will feed into a 250 amp circuit breaker for the alternator. I wanted to eliminate constant power that could cause a wire if shorted. Anyone have any feedback on this idea?

[JayinMI]

I didn't expect SEMA was going to happen this year anyway. Hope things change. Can't wait to see it once it's painted and everything.

Jay

[andrewb70]

I didn't expect SEMA was going to happen this year anyway. Hope things change. Can't wait to see it once it's painted and everything.

Jay

I hope you're wrong about SEMA, but I too fear the worst.

Andrew