Little Low Red Wagon - The other Volvo wagon

[martinm13]

I'm incredibly jealous of the edc. 20-200 in a minute is fucking cool. My OB2 does 145-175 in like 50 seconds

[carter]

Bent some more shit. Dropped my shifter off at Alberta Plating. $70 touch but totally worth it.

Panel will have stainless grommet for the line to go into, haven't hit up the fabric store yet to recover that panel.



Tucked air supply line. It goes across under the floor where I converted it to pipe, and then used plastic line to route through the car to make things easier.





Tank needs to be raised on rubber pads, that's why it sits a little funny.




Need a friend to come help me remove the tank (someone needs to hold the wrench up top.)

To do:
Drill out cross member to allow room for a socket
Fix mounts and use belts.
Test drive. Fuck yea.

[carter]

Here's a video of the York doin' its thing for all you nay sayers that said it wouldn't be good enough.

Just over 1 min to go from around 20 psi - 200psi @3000 rpm. Fuck electric compressors . That thing that sounds like a vacuum cleaner is a Volvo engine. Also I thought my phone would rotate the screen but I guess not lol.

http://s69.photobucket.com/albums/i7...t=23fbcfc4.mp4

This is the size of the tank:

[carter]

Made some progress tonight.

York is fully functional, doesn't pass ANY oil/water yet. We'll see what happens when I actually have it up to pressure and working it hard. Throws out a ton of air and should fill my tank in 30 seconds in recovery mode. With 3/8" valves I won't be hitting switches too often because its just not as fun as 1/2" - so kind of overkill but, oh well I'll always have air.

Zip tied the trap till I come up with a better way of mounting it. Doesn't budge though, supported by the steel line and wedged inside the support. Like it was meant to be there.











Ran out of hard line fittings so I had to use plastic for tonight.

All that's left is running an airline to the tank from a line already fed inside, plumb in a pressure gauge for the rear suspension and fix the tank mounts. Then the car will be ready to drive with rear bags at least. I'll be ordering my front struts later this week.

Was a good night. #fuckingstoked. (jokes)

Also took the shifter out and welded it up. Turns out the stock shifter shaft is flat on one side so it butted up nicely. However, now when I go into reverse it's pretty close to the steering wheel. I'll find out how annoying that is soon.





Dropping it off tomorrow for chrome dipping.

[Wunderbaum]

niiice volvo!! let us see some more pictures of it!

[carter]

Thanks dude!

Small updates

Polished the wheel, and my hub adapter finally came in.





Also plumbed in the rear dump valve, wired everything up and proceed to hit switches with the shop air hooked up while smiling like I just got a new box of crayons.



Now I remember why I do this...

[244Brick]

Glad to see updates...I've been waiting for this beaut.. shifter is BA

[carter]

Shitty update...but I'm stoked on it.



Taking it in to get chrome dipped/plated next week sometime.

[carter]

The sticker?? why? lol

Anyway...it got a face lift tonight, I have a flat hood that's black that will be going on it once I pull a small dent out of it and paint it to match (have a journeyman friend to do that, I've never understood the art of autobody)





I have the fog inserts but Im trying to source a fogless grill so it'll look cleaner.







After it sat for 8 or so months, I started it (well boosted it) and ran it for about an hour. I sure missed the sound of an old Volvo engine. Makes me want to drive it even more now. More progress will ensue tomorrow. Hopefully hook the compressor up to the tank so it can fill itself and I can check for leaks.

[nykwhy2]

Also my buddy Al hooked me up with a sticker to rep his up and coming company "Circuit Soul". Watch out for this kid. He's KILLING it.

Raise it up.

[JoeHollywood]

Awesome build man, Great to see another Alberta car, and another guy supporting Circuit Soul!

[PedroM]

Amazing build!!!

[corey]

Cant wait to see this thing finished! that commercial was awesome

[amacpants]

Amazing car. I would love to put bags in mine one day. Also the rims turned out well, im going to get mine widened to 8-9" next week.

[carter]

Alright, I couldn't get a decent picture but there's a good diagram of it in this old school commercial lol

Skip to 0:51 if you wish, but I'd watch the whole thing just for the lolz



Also, cycled the suspension for the thrill of it.