Volvo P1800 Restoration

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She fits, and rusty hinge repaired.


Strip insulation


Scrap and clean after 8 hours.
Heatgun, dynabrade rubber eraser wheel, scraper, prepsol, and not I can scuff.















Ran out of light.
Couple of dirt knibs and dust on the underside, but that's expected.

Lots more blocking , primer and guide coat.

[thefuzz]

Great work! I want to see (and hear) a B23 with Webers on this!

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Anytime you think you have a concept of how long something is going to take... think again especially on a restoration.


Oh I just have to peel the insulation off, then I can edge the parts.
Yeah well six hours later I got this one done.




Still needs to be sanded and primed





These both should be in primer tonight.

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Now it's time to get her ready for a final block and prime.

Pull the doors, trunk & hood and jam them.

Reinstall block and prime.

Then sand & paint!

[99sil-teg]

Badass man, I'm in the same state with my 02. Its a long road but well worth the pay off.

[FowlerE30]

yessssss, these things are so cool

[Meeve]

wow great work! That car is realy coming along

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few more days, and she'll be ready for paint.

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Lots of stripping.












I thought this was a cool picture...





Having it on a lift... is so much easier to work
Lots and lots of bodywork.
Every contour, panel and line has to be made.
Lots of blocking and sanding a head.

Matt Damon is going to take me to the promise land though!

[P78]

it looks a lil like burple

i like it a lot

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Update mostly have been stripping and sanding all the old layers and paint off this thing. I should be finished stripping this car hopefully by Sunday.

[STU?]

awesome work man , that colour rely pops looking forward to seeing it on the outside....

[promking]

You beat me to the punch hahaha.



2 Coats of PPG Epoxy DP 90


Then the inside was Jammed with PPG Deltron Base which was activated with Hardener. Gives the inside floor a much better appearance then the traditional POR crappy look.
No need to spend hours applying bodyfiller and hammering out all of those dents. Which are covered. Next for the interior is to apply generous amounts of Sound Deadening material.

As for the undercarriage it was Seam Sealed as well, and then some rustproofing materials as well as it was topcoated with 3m Schutz applied with the 3m application gun.

Next looks like it's time to start the hammer dolly work, then filler work.



Another view!

[SMXL]

Color preview:

[SMXL]

Hi Joe

Hi Steve!