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1968 VOLVO 1800S
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These are the defective seat runners that came inside the car |
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Starting the disassembling process, trim being removed |
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Here we tested an area of the driverside floor panel for rust...we didnt find any rust through...thats a good thing! |
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All the trim removed before starting to strip the paint |
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Mislocation of the brake servo |
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Misalignment of the trunk due to the hit from the driverside. Look at the left lower corner compared to the right lower corner...not the same amount |
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Corrosion around the fuel tank sender |
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Driverside tail light support from inside the trunk, shows the body damage |
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Trunk interior showing rust |
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Driver side shot: the body is stripped! |
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Passenger side: again, body stripped! |
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This is the driver side tail light area, the picture shows how the metal is deformed from a hard hit |
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Driver side rear 1/4 rust on the seam from the 1/4 panel installation |
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Passenger side rear deck shows the trunk lid fit...there's no clearance! |
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Driverside rear deck-trunk lid has a large gap... |
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A view of the body stripped... |
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A rear view-shows the rear valance body damage |
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Driver side door latch area showing deformation of the panel and poor installation of the 1/4...see a pop rivet?! |
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Lower section of previous picture |
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Same area, see the braze? |
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Sand blasted door jamb-best news of the week: NO RUST! |
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No rust...a good thing...just soem deformed metal at the mount-bolt hole |
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12/15/05: Battery box floor repair |
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Rear decklid section cut out for removal |
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Rear deck area shoing fiberglass work |
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Rear valance area showing repair |
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Rear quarter showing fiberglass work |
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Sandblasting areas that couldnt be grounded |
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12/20/05: door in primer! |
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Right side, interior of trunk-shows how the trunk floor is humped up from the hit |
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Driverside door jamb-shows where the work is necessary on the rear quarter |
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Fittting tail light to rear quarter |
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Deformed passengerside floor |
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Driverside door, you can see the bad body line-especially at the top of the door |
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new, correct, trunk line! |
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1/19/06: Rear valance to quarter seam, crooked |
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Lights, trim and plate light fitting |
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Front valance ready to prime |
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Close up of front valance |
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Passenger side roof and deck lid in plastic |
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180 grit sand through guide coat on to expose any defects: driverside rear |
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Rear valance in sand through guide, before the sanding |
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Sand through guide coat sanded through on the top metal |
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1/31/06: Rework the driverside rear quarter-there were some high spots |
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Doors, hood and vehicle in final primer |
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Final primer and guidecoat-ready for the 320 blocking! |
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Undercoat area under front fender |
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Pannels, hood, trunklid all in final paint! |
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Car is masked and ready for paint! |
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2/13/06: Carl and Amanda...and the PAINTED BODY! |
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2/14/06: Carl wet sanding the front end |
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Looks more military with the compound on it...still in process |
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Left rear quarter, painted |
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Right rear quarter...PAINTED! |
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2/15/06: There it is! All painted...wet sanded...buffed...polished! Now we can start making it look like a real car again! |
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2/20/06: Going back together! Headlights... |
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The following shots are obviously interior pieces...think new... |
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