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1967 Volvo 210
Click here to see the first half
of the work
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5/10/07: door bottom-new bottom and lip |
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Driverside door bottom renewed |
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5/14/07: Sand blasting the floor |
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5/15/07: Driverside rear inner fenders partially stripped |
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Passenger side inner fender as found |
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Blast hole in floor found after blasting being cut out in order to make a pattern |
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5/16/07: Rear inner fender stripped and ready for blasting |
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Hans fine tuning body work |
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5/23/07: Spare door body work done and ready for primer |
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Rear door body work done, ready for primer |
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Passenger side door body work done and fitted to body |
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Nose, inner fender shows rust along bottom |
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5/24/07: Nose flange done and ready for paint |
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New flange welded into nose, driver side, passenger sdie has been done before |
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Nose processed and ready for body work |
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Chemically stripping the hood |
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Under hood will need a light sandblast to eliminate rust |
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Hood stripped down to perfect bare metal. No abressives used-so its left just as it came from the factory |
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6/11/07: Hans sandblasting the bottom of the door |
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07/03/07: Clutch linkage assembly-all pivot points welded up and reground or rebored to round |
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Frame stripped down and ready for cleaning |
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Front end out spindles and control arms already done-cross member will be cleaned and painted |
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Front end ready for sprucing up |
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8/07/07: Oops! Somebody touched the sandblasted metal. The graphic effect the acid in sweat has on bare metal... |
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8/08/07: the final blast...at last |
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8/17/07: At long last in self etch primer |
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Firewall in self etch primer |
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Final body work before priming |
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Floors, final before primer |
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Great lines- Hans and Denis are the dynamic duo-an unbeatable combination to get perfect body work and paint |
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8/27/07: Springs-old and humble. Not much good anymore and beyond restoring (we have ways around that...) |
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Springs are sprung! Note the over-sprung lower leaves-too late for this spring |
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8/28/07: Front cross member degreased and ready to sandblast |
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Hans and Denis, the dynamic duo once again, degreasing the frame to get it ready for sand blasting |
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Denis, 'having a blast', working on the frame. If only the undercarriage componants had been blasted when new, they would likely still be sound |
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Denis getting up close-the new generation of blast media does such a nice job, extensive sanding is no longer necessary to get a glossy paint job on |
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blasted parts! |
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8/29/07: Chassis parts in veriprime-a self etching prep coat that will give the primer better adhesion |
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Brake backing plates, front springs, suspension trunions all ready for final prime and black |
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9/13/07: New springs-what a relief it was to find them! The old ones were beyond repair |
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Restored frame, showing new rear cross member-another great part from out friends at VP (the best in the business) |
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A portion of what Hans has ahead of him... |
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A fresh rear end is a thiing of beauty |
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Brake drumbs- 3rd phase, after blasting and truing |
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New springs, freshly painted |
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For those who choose to stoop to look under the car when it is finished: Shiny black is not the original color of the frame on this car. |
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210 frames were painted body color even though they were painted before the body was attached. Other components were, however, painted black. We choose to paint all undercarriage components one color for practicality and aesthetic continuity. In some cases it is problematic to define where to craw the 'color' line on a nut and bolt undercarriage. Black always works, and is an outstanding contrast-especially on a red or white body. Here (as you will see) as the work progresses, the black frame color is a far more pleasing treatment than as if the frame were blue against a blue floor. |
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If car parts were prepped and painted in this fashion originally, redoing them would likely be necessary |
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9/18/07: Rear brakes, completly renewed-a thing of beauty |
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9/25/07: Brakes done right |
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10/01/07: Rear axle bumpers, showing stages of rebuilding |
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10/04/07 Wonderful European delivery single stromberg carb. Showing old diaphram in bad condition-behind is new diaphram |
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Carb body-shows a lot of crud |
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Motor ready for reinstallation-doesnt get much better than this! |
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(other side of the motor) |
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No matter how nice a motor may sound or perform, if it is out for detailing, it's a good idea to at least look at the bottom end. Here, Hans has the |
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pan off to replace the front and rear engine seals with upgraded rubber seal housings from IPD. When this is done, it is best to pull the pan and replace the gasket. He is also looking at the oil pump for excessive PCV buildup. If it were bad, we'd look for further problems in the bearings. |
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10/10/07: Transmission painted the original color |
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Engine ready to go back in chassis |
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10/16/07: Engine in chassis-SWEET! |
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10/22/07: Finally, the body meets the frame |
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Hans custom made new boy to frame mounting rubbers |
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Raising the frame up to the body to reattach |
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10/31/07: Reassembling heater box |
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Engine bay close to complete |
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11/07/07: Awaiting paint! |
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Floors in primer and seam sealed |
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11/13/07: Rusted out section of inner fender being replaced |
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