The new daily (Or "Why Chuck hasn't been building mounts for a couple months")

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The new daily (Or "Why Chuck hasn't been building mounts for a couple months")

January 14, 2014, 12:34:11 PM

So, some of you may remember my post from about two years ago Death of a Volvo. When the '85 died, I was driving a 245 wagon as my daily and picked up a 2-door for playing around with. Well, the wagon got old and I found myself wanting another 4-door as a driver.
Back in March I drove up to Sheboygan and brought this back.

It's an '80 264GLE. Originally a 6 cyl/auto car that had been sitting since about 1995 with what was thought to have been a dead motor. ((bad headgasket was the rumor)

It looked OK, but underneath was a mess. I've had to go through every thing, replacing the fuel system, redoing the brakes, (some) new suspension stuff, etc. I also had all of the bits from the '85 turbo car. You can see where this is going...

The end result (forgive the bad cell phone pic, and the snow-covered shots from Snowpocalypse last week)

Main goal was to get it on the road, as that yellow '77 2-door is NOT the car I wanted to be driving in the winter...even though it did see some salt. :(

Nothing super fancy right now. 2.1L Turbo Motor with a manual trans, MegaSquirt install that ditched the mechanical fuel injection, better wheels and tires. A few other minor engine mods, such as a slightly larger cold side on the T3, later model, better-flowing intake and exhaust manifolds, and a full custom-built exhaust.

Still sorting out little details, but it's on the road and out of the workshop now, so motor mounts are being welded up again.

The new daily (Or "Why Chuck hasn't been building mounts for a couple months")

Reply #1 – January 14, 2014, 01:51:22 PM

I bet that thing is a tank in the snow. Luckily we dodged the bad weather, it all went north of us here in southern IN.

Don't take this the wrong way, but that car is so ugly its cool! I like odd-ball stuff that has been tastefully modified so I can appreciate what you've done to the car.

The new daily (Or "Why Chuck hasn't been building mounts for a couple months")

Reply #2 – January 14, 2014, 02:08:43 PM

Nifty! You should name it the Smurf.

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Reply #3 – January 14, 2014, 02:26:57 PM

The car's actual "unofficial" name is "Delores (from Sheboygan).

A friend made some comment about "Volvo" sounding like a "naughty bit", then a buddy replied with "Mulva?". If you've seen the Seinfeld episode, you know what I'm talking about.

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Reply #4 – January 14, 2014, 02:36:57 PM

Very cool !

I've had 2 80's volvos one turbo one na
I made the turbo one a rally car that thing road like a caddy doing 60 down a dirt road lol

Btw it looks killer on the tri bars

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Reply #5 – January 14, 2014, 02:46:51 PM

Somehow it doesn't seem wrong to see snow on a Volvo!

I like it.

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Reply #6 – January 14, 2014, 02:57:47 PM

Quote from: Chuck W;427312

The car's actual "unofficial" name is "Delores (from Sheboygan).

A friend made some comment about "Volvo" sounding like a "naughty bit", then a buddy replied with "Mulva?". If you've seen the Seinfeld episode, you know what I'm talking about.

"3rd Rock From the Sun"...

Dr. Mary Albright: For future reference: I have a red Volvo.

Dr. Dick Solomon: Please, Dr. Albright, we barely know each other.

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Reply #7 – January 14, 2014, 05:59:07 PM

Cool. Those old Volvos are pretty awesome.

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Reply #8 – January 14, 2014, 07:23:32 PM

Quote from: 50tbrd88;427308

Don't take this the wrong way, but that car is so ugly its cool! I like odd-ball stuff that has been tastefully modified so I can appreciate what you've done to the car.

You remember that I've had 2 '80 Cougar XR-7's, right?

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Reply #9 – January 14, 2014, 10:32:58 PM

Hey Chuck W, have you even gone on the ProTouring.com site. There is a guy that builds some killer looking early Volvos on there. I am not a Volvo fan (No Offense) but this guy really creates some cool stuff. Here is a link to his build thread. http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/80176-Volvo-X-%281967-Pro-Touring-Amazon%29

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Reply #10 – January 14, 2014, 11:08:28 PM

Quote from: Fordracer08;427343

Hey Chuck W, have you even gone on the ProTouring.com site. There is a guy that builds some killer looking early Volvos on there. I am not a Volvo fan (No Offense) but this guy really creates some cool stuff. Here is a link to his build thread. http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/80176-Volvo-X-%281967-Pro-Touring-Amazon%29

That guy is building a bad name for himself in regards to delivering product that people have paid for.

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Reply #11 – January 15, 2014, 01:25:15 PM

I don't think the guy is going to win a Riddler Award anytime soon, but you have to admit it is a platform you don't see used very often and he didn't just bolt parts onto it and call it a modified car. That old Volvo looks pretty cool.

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Reply #12 – January 15, 2014, 01:49:26 PM

Nice work, Chuck. I haven't owned a Volvo yet but I would like to have a mid 90s wagon to play around with at some point. I love the look of them, very sleepy.

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Reply #13 – January 20, 2015, 06:08:37 PM

Have you ever seen Michael Yount's 5.0 Volvo over on the Corral? You two have gone different directions in power plants but still cool to see something like that under the hood when you least expect it.

Darren

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Reply #14 – January 20, 2015, 10:05:24 PM

"YEEEEEAHHH it's the Volvo two-forty. Designed in the SEVENTIES, NO air conditioning and the official car of the cold war. This thing's a Frankenstein monster of function over form. It's so slow, that if one of these rolled out of Doc's van, Marty wouldn't have been going anywhere." -Mr. Regular