Finally... reassembly time 
I find having two trolly jacks helps with such a job immensely... or at the very lease having one good jack and a decent axle stand will save quite a bit of time & hassle by simply lifting from the lower outer wishbone with the jack to force the shock back into it's resting position. That and some copper grease inside the clamp and on the lower tip of the front shock.
Note the Hemmerite satin black pain I applied on previously rusty components such as the upright lower hub/clamp assembly
Also a quick note about the lower shock clamp pinch bolt... In hindsight I wish I ordered 2 new pinch bolts from Volvo as mine were quite corroded. I had to wire brush them both and then soak them in PlusGas for a while to take the edge off. Also worth remembering to apply a bit of medium strength locking fluid on the end of these, as per factory speck.