Little Low Red Wagon - The other Volvo wagon

[carter]

Thanks guys! Working hard on it for a local spring cruise event.

Well...goodbye little 2.1L...you've served your purpose but now i have tires to burn and a mark to make on this city.







Lovely wiring on the engine side of the plug lol





As I left it for tonight. I bought some wheel dollies that are worth their weight in GOLD! With only a double car garage at my disposal they allow me to tuck the car away when I'm not working on it and yank it back out when I do. For $180, it's a great investment for anyone in my position. It's hard enough to do anything in such a small work space. There's lots of shuffling stuff around and that takes up a lot of time.

[kibur]

The old girl needed some sunshine today, haven't ran her in a few months either so I thought I'd let her breath a little. Man I can not wait for endless summer nights filled with cruising and hanging out at the local meets with something worth bringing. Although it isnt finished, I can not even begin to describe the feeling of accomplishment to anyone who hasn't spent the greater portion of their past few years building whatever goes on in their head. If you haven't spent the time to build your own car the way you envisioned - do it. If you do it right, do it reasonably cheap you'll have no reason to regret it. I think I'm still less than $2500 into it. You can hardly get a set of wheels and tires for that much. Get out there and build something.

This thing is too sweet dude. I am in love.

[carter]

Lol they are always on sale I think. I have 2. 1 for work and 1 for at home haha

[DeleriousZ]

I was cruising through pictures and instantly knew you were from Canada. Why? That torque wrench lol.

Tons of guys on here from Calgary, it's weird!

[DragginWagon]

hells yes man. im seriously debating going this route eventually.

[carter]

Daviticus: I just used the stock A/C bracket. Volvo's came with Yorks from the factory.

Well I'm back from the machine shop. Built the short block over the weekend and snapped some pictures. Turned out quite well. Checked all the bearing clearances Saturday. Everything was well within spec and put everything together Sunday. Pulling the little red block out this weekend and dropping in the bigger red block. So stoked for this, with the parts I have I should be almost to the 400HP mark, it won't hurt my feelings if I'm closer to 350 though. on 14's it'll be a tire scorcher and that's really all I care about for this build. I used Clevite bearings and ARP hardware on everything I could. Even oil pan bolts since I was missing a few bolts from the original owner not providing me with them. Cam is a Trick Flow stage 1 and bolted to a Comp Cams timing gear set.









Never mind the over spray on the cam gear...we got that removed lol.





Mounts were shipped out today, I'll be buying some Trick Flow heads, intake and Holley carb within the next few weeks. I'm just buying it as I need it kinda basis. My T5 transmission and B&M short shifter are also there but not pictured. So much for the budget build...I'm about $900 into the short block at this point.

[Daviticus]

Hey bud, do you have any more shots of how you mounted the York to the block? I just picked up an '88 244DL and a reman'd Ford compressor [re-badged 210 with a single-groove pulley] and am hoping to go the same route you did. Though I notice you don't have A/C, did you ditch it for the air or did your wagon not have the option?

I love the build so far, even more so to see you're going Ford power, I love me a solid 5.0. The progress is inspiring!

[carter]

Wasn't hard at all, I just traced the original floor onto some plywood did some math and cut the hardwood into equal widths (started as a sheet). Then I laid one down on the right side and screwed it on from the back. I used a piece of 1/2" airline as a spacer between each piece so it would be exactly the same spacing. Then I stained it with some red colored stain and then a clear sealer over top. Oddly enough my mom was able to help with that part as I haven't ever done any wood projects before haha. The metal slats were purchased from a local hot rod shop and they are for restoring the 40's and 50's Ford truck beds.

To be honest, I found my grandpas old jig saw in the garage and kinda winged it.

All you'll need is a drill, tape measure, sand paper, a jig saw and some 1/2" tubing.

[SD202]

i love your wagon man really like the wood flooring. Was it hard. Yours looks a lot nicer than most ive seen that just use the laminate wood. this reminds me more of the wooden truck beds from the 40s and 50s

[Sir_Townsend]

Jesus I love station wagons so much!

[carter]

No real updates. Just got the block stripped down and ready to hot tank, hone and install new bearings.

Made a small video because I was bored. More to come.

[carter]

I thought about that but I'd be spending twice as much money to end up with the same power and less low end torque. I want big smokey burn outs in a bad way haha

[DumpAndFlush]

This thing needs some proper pictures taken of it! 5.0 will be cool, although personally Id just turbo that redblock . I guess the v8 will add to the classic/hot rod feel though. Either way sick ride!

[absentee]

love this build.

[Raarasutra]

That is rather interesting! We'll need video