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New Project! 1968 Volvo P1800 "Bullwinkle"
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68EFIvert
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The car is off to Rohm Innovations for a 6 point cage. They will lay it out early next week and have me come over to look at things before burning it in place. They will put in attachment points for 3 point belts as well as a removable harness bar for a 5 point harness for teach days.
The body shop finished up the driving lights and I am about 90% satisfied. Still have a bit of blending to do here and there. As it is they kinda remind me of a 57 Chevy bumper.
When the cage is done it will come home for a few days so that I can measure the car's suspension and see ho it all looks. The measurements will go down to Ron Sutton Race Technologies for a full analysis.
The plan for the front of the car is to extend the lower valance down to about 5.5". The lower valance will have an additional opening below the grill for PS and oil coolers. It will also have a carbon fiber splitter to help with downforce. My hope is the splitter will balance out the additional force applied by the rear wing.
Here are some pictures car. The front will be quite a bit lower when fully assembled and at ride height.
Darreld
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The body shop finished up the driving lights and I am about 90% satisfied. Still have a bit of blending to do here and there. As it is they kinda remind me of a 57 Chevy bumper.
When the cage is done it will come home for a few days so that I can measure the car's suspension and see ho it all looks. The measurements will go down to Ron Sutton Race Technologies for a full analysis.
The plan for the front of the car is to extend the lower valance down to about 5.5". The lower valance will have an additional opening below the grill for PS and oil coolers. It will also have a carbon fiber splitter to help with downforce. My hope is the splitter will balance out the additional force applied by the rear wing.
Here are some pictures car. The front will be quite a bit lower when fully assembled and at ride height.
Darreld
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68EFIvert
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It looks like the grill emblem is done and is being shipped back. This is a photo that Jesse at Greening Auto took for me. I will post better ones once it arrives.
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Fast68back
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Things are moving along!!!
68EFIvert
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I received the grill and emblem today. They look great and I can't wait till I can put them on the car.
The roll cage is coming along nicely. We are waiting for the fittings to bolt on the harness bar and that should be in tomorrow. I had them put in a very low profile door bar that will still allow the emergency brake to operate. I forgot to take pictures but it is going to make the car more rigid, safer and allow easy safe access to the rear seat. They designed it to have a very little impact on the side profile and the down bars run parallel to the side of the window. The down bars will connect to the frame rails behind the real wheel tubs.
It will have provisions to mount 3 pt belts as well as reinforced mounts and removable harness bar for a 6 point harness. The seats will also have reinforced mounts. I really don't trust those small 5/16" bolts holding me in place if things go bad.
I hope to have the car home early next week to measure the suspension and send off the measurements to Ron Sutton for analysis.
Darreld
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The roll cage is coming along nicely. We are waiting for the fittings to bolt on the harness bar and that should be in tomorrow. I had them put in a very low profile door bar that will still allow the emergency brake to operate. I forgot to take pictures but it is going to make the car more rigid, safer and allow easy safe access to the rear seat. They designed it to have a very little impact on the side profile and the down bars run parallel to the side of the window. The down bars will connect to the frame rails behind the real wheel tubs.
It will have provisions to mount 3 pt belts as well as reinforced mounts and removable harness bar for a 6 point harness. The seats will also have reinforced mounts. I really don't trust those small 5/16" bolts holding me in place if things go bad.
I hope to have the car home early next week to measure the suspension and send off the measurements to Ron Sutton for analysis.
Darreld
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Very sharp. Looks great.
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68EFIvert
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The cage is almost done. We were waiting for harness bar hardware which arrived while I was there. It is looking pretty nice and should help keep the car from twisting with the added power. They added a nice pad to the bottom of the main hoop that connects the floor, rockers and rear brace to create a much stronger attachment point. They also tied the door bar into the rockers. The door bars won't provide much side impact protection but will mostly be utilized as a replacement for subframe connectors. Bungs will also be added for rear 3 pt seat belts.
I am pretty pleased with how it is turning out. I think I will add some sheetmetal to attach the bar to the inner body sheetmetal so that is flows better and will further triangulated the car to the bar.
Darreld
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I am pretty pleased with how it is turning out. I think I will add some sheetmetal to attach the bar to the inner body sheetmetal so that is flows better and will further triangulated the car to the bar.
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68EFIvert
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Small update to report. The rear valance is coming together and I hope it will be done next week. Forgot to take pictures though. I will post some when it is done.
The outer wheel wells are welded in. Trunk drop down panels will need to be fabricated and then the lower fenders near the rockers will be completed.
The front is going in a different direction than I originally thought it would. We will be using split bumpers off of a 1970 Camaro and modifying them. We will add metal in a few places and reshape the bumper where it goes to the side of the car to better match the 1963 Corvette rear bumper.
The front valance is where it is really deviating from my original thoughts. We are going to start with a fiberglass bumper cover from a newer car and rework it. By doing so we can reduce the weight and make repairs easier than if we used steel. A splitter will likely be added when it is done.
The lower opening will be used for the oil and transmission coolers. I am not 100% sure I like the look at this time but we will see what it looks like as they make the adjustments to fit my car. I like the fact that it will lower the front and create a more aggressive stance. With a little luck we should finish up the metal work next month and then start slinging mud and sanding.
Here is a picture of the raw bumper cover to get a general idea of the direction we are headed. I am kinda scared to ask but, what do you think?
Darreld
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The outer wheel wells are welded in. Trunk drop down panels will need to be fabricated and then the lower fenders near the rockers will be completed.
The front is going in a different direction than I originally thought it would. We will be using split bumpers off of a 1970 Camaro and modifying them. We will add metal in a few places and reshape the bumper where it goes to the side of the car to better match the 1963 Corvette rear bumper.
The front valance is where it is really deviating from my original thoughts. We are going to start with a fiberglass bumper cover from a newer car and rework it. By doing so we can reduce the weight and make repairs easier than if we used steel. A splitter will likely be added when it is done.
The lower opening will be used for the oil and transmission coolers. I am not 100% sure I like the look at this time but we will see what it looks like as they make the adjustments to fit my car. I like the fact that it will lower the front and create a more aggressive stance. With a little luck we should finish up the metal work next month and then start slinging mud and sanding.
Here is a picture of the raw bumper cover to get a general idea of the direction we are headed. I am kinda scared to ask but, what do you think?
Darreld
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3175375
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The P1800 reminds me of the BAT cars Alfa produced
Fst Blk
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Digging it.
Fast68back
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Very cool
Not sure I like the bulkiness of the spoiler/splitter on the sleek looking sheet metal. Unless you intend to reeeeeeaaaallly pare it down. Sketch?
If sectioned in the two outer opening areas, to narrow it up quite a bit overall and reduce the width of the two outer openings, causing it to narrow from the sheetmetal the lower it goes I think it will look very good.
I have it on my "things to do list" to try and find a suitable piece to try and do the same on my car this winter. I think done properly it could look very good, dare I say original even. At least to the common person's eye.
I have it on my "things to do list" to try and find a suitable piece to try and do the same on my car this winter. I think done properly it could look very good, dare I say original even. At least to the common person's eye.
68EFIvert
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Your thoughts are exactly what the plan is. The top will me cut down a little below the factory grill opening. We will do a couple modifications to what is there. The first is to add a section to the inside of the bumper that angles down like in the Vox rendering. The second pretty big change will be to the center uprights in the fiberglass piece. We will switch sides so that the turndown in the bumpers flows into the verticals pieces instead of going in the opposite direction. In addition to that the fiberglass piece will be narrowed quite a bit and the outside openings made smaller. I hope that makes sense. As it is now is just like it is on the factory Mercedes. It is simply held up so that I could see the general direction it is going.
Darreld
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I need to plan a trip to see this thing once it's done! Its going to be frickin killer.
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68EFIvert
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The rear valance from John Royal at Royalworks Speed Shop is looking good. A flange was fabricated to allow it to bolt on. We still have to make trunk drop down panels but it is getting closer. We plan on modifying the valance a little on the center section by indenting it a bit more to add dimension.
Darreld
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Fast68back
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I dig it
gtscode
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Very nice man! Love this thread.
Saw this pic from the HVR race at Heartland Park Topeka, 2011. 
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Fast68back
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Well damnit, this cars already been built.... send yours to me Darreld..