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Too sunny for this...
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...but I did go off to do something today
I should have been on the beach! Instead I was scraping bitumastic goo off the inside of the roof https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/attac...1&d=1525699094 Oh how I wish I could go back in time and buy some decent paint stripper - this is taking for flipping ever. ####### Anyway to cheer me self up I decided to make a small modification to the car. I'm not 100% certain yet whether I'm going to do the same to the other side of the front cross member but this was what I was thinking about => https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/attac...1&d=1525699094 Just a bit of 1mm steel to cover over the open end. The original cross member tube had holes in the underside but this didn't stop water and muck from settling inside and eventually rotting through. The new part (that I bought at great expense) doesn't have holes in it - so I was thinking seal up the ends and squirt in Dinitrol... https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/attac...1&d=1525699094 See what I mean? I think I might just go for half a plastic bung for the other side to make the squirting of Dinitrol easier - but then again I might make it a bit more symmetrical and weld on a bit of sheet on the other end... What do you think? What would you do? |
More goo of course =>
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Today I started to think about how the rear wings are going to go back onto the car.
The vinyl stuff that gets stuck between the two metal parts (body and wing) is likely to suck moisture in between these parts so I want to make sure both sides of this joint are as flat / matched / in contact with each other as much as possible - the plan is then to use a clear sealant to try and battle against the water... ...first step however is to clean up the wings. Goo Goo Goo covered crap again https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/attac...1&d=1525785495 ######## Another thing that is troubling me is how the mud guard stays are going to be - yeah just be! How are they meant to be? The previous restorer(s) / do-er uppers just welded thick bits of steel bar to the body and the wings https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/attac...1&d=1525785495 (I had to cut them to get the wings off of course) The new parts I got from the Dutch KV club are not compatible (!) https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/attac...1&d=1525785495 Turns out this bit is the front stay as it is wider than... https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/attac...1&d=1525785495 ...the back one => https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/attac...1&d=1525785495 ####### Question => Anyone here got a handy photo showing how it is meant to be? |
I can take some photos tomorrow, we're off out in ours just now, so can't do it sooner.
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You did help with the position of the rear inner wing mud shield - just in case it isn't 100% clear - this time it is something much smaller the brackets on the inner side of the wing and the body Enjoy your trip (in the sun I expect) |
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Here are how the brackets should be, hope photos are clear enough.
Good drive out to the Cotswolds last night, to a quiz organised by Practical Classics mag, most entertaining. |
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#### Practical Classics eh? Hobnobbing it with the rich and famous Did your team win the quiz or did it get a bit "too competitive"? (A bit Ford vs Holden?) |
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The front mudflaps: The angle strip that you have in your picture is a front stay, bolts onto a lug on the inside edge of the wing at its outer end and another lug on the chassis member at its inner. The rubber mudflap then bolts onto it.
At the rear end there are curved splash shields in steel (rusty probably but you can buy stainless ones) that attach to various small brackets between the wing and the inner arch, and the mudflaps, from memory, then bolt onto their bottom edge. They also stop the bottom edge of the wings flapping about too much on rough roads. Hope this helps. |
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