So I finally got around to picking up my 500 buck PV. It had been sitting in grass for as near as I can figure !6! or so years before I came to coax it out of it's early grave. All 4 drum brakes were fully locked and it had sunk in the ground a good 4 or so inches.. good thing I had thought to bring an overhead crane to use as a come along (same thing depending on your lingo). After a lot of work it's now in my garage and has had the initial throw out of rotten interior and various crap finished.. most importantly after backing off all the brake adjusters IT ROLLS! Other than the rockers and some other bits it doesn't seem to have been completely destroyed by it's vacation on grass. I'm not sure what I am going to do with it yet, my initial plan was to flip it, but I really like how it fits in my garage (a lot better than my 140s) and the styling is growing on me. https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3430#msg-3430 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:28:01 -0500 Phorum 5.2.15a https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3719#msg-3719 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3719#msg-3719 hudson Off Topic Tue, 23 May 2006 22:07:15 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3647#msg-3647 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3647#msg-3647 -------------------------------------------------------
> has a bunch of panels for it already sized and
> dimpled. I don't know what they have in stock
> (most of the floor pan stuff seems to be "call to
> order"), but they're pretty cheap and that might
> be a whole lot easier than fabbing up whole panels
> yourself.

I usually get most of my parts from www.scandcar.com They have just about everything available for vintage Volvos. A lot of the companies in North America are simply resellers and have little to no stock.

That being said, http://www.vp-autoparts.com/ now has a warehouse in the States and I've been led to believe they stock most of the available parts for "commonly restored Volvos" ie Amazons, 544s, and 1800s.

I have to look into how much $$ I'll need to spend for sheet metal soon. Quick looks at the pricing is not good.

The thing that drives me nuts about buying sheetmetal for old Volvo's is none of the stores have proper pictures if any at all.. and the Volvo parts manuals, etc of which I have many usually don't have any information either, even when it's a Volvo part No.

Edit: I just noticed Swedish Treasures has a wack of pictures now for at least the 544 sheet... that's really nice to see. ]]> hudson Off Topic Tue, 16 May 2006 18:45:22 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3636#msg-3636 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3636#msg-3636 http://www.swedishtreasures.com/ has a bunch of panels for it already sized and dimpled. I don't know what they have in stock (most of the floor pan stuff seems to be "call to order"), but they're pretty cheap and that might be a whole lot easier than fabbing up whole panels yourself.

]]> hoche Off Topic Tue, 16 May 2006 00:56:12 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3635#msg-3635 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3635#msg-3635
]]> hudson Off Topic Tue, 16 May 2006 00:30:51 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3587#msg-3587 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3587#msg-3587
in case y'all dont know why a finn would say that about a swede, check the history books. (here's a tip, finns are swedes' canadians/ france's belgium)]]> JB Off Topic Thu, 11 May 2006 21:54:34 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3577#msg-3577 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3577#msg-3577 You can't read the WORDS but you ought to be able to read 2590 kubik and "effekt....300hk" and "3000 till 8000"
Should I do better scans so the words are clearer?]]> john vanlandingham Off Topic Thu, 11 May 2006 09:44:56 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3576#msg-3576 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3576#msg-3576
I've got to slow down car work and gear up house work unfortunately.. Hopefully I'll get a lent welder in here sometime soon and start attacking some of the rot.]]> hudson Off Topic Wed, 10 May 2006 22:24:26 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3575#msg-3575 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3575#msg-3575
At a quick glance I notice you can mount the b21-23 on an angle in a PV and he is not using stock suspension.]]> hudson Off Topic Wed, 10 May 2006 22:21:11 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3569#msg-3569 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3569#msg-3569

them pitchers're pretty neat tho.

]]> hoche Off Topic Wed, 10 May 2006 19:11:43 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3564#msg-3564 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3564#msg-3564 Here's some fun stuff:










Read the text!]]> john vanlandingham Off Topic Wed, 10 May 2006 14:31:31 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3553#msg-3553 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3553#msg-3553
Perhaps we can move this to the Construction forum. I'm pretty interested in following your teardown/buildup.
]]> hoche Off Topic Wed, 10 May 2006 06:24:52 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3550#msg-3550 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3550#msg-3550
I don't see how/where your car is in significantly worse condition. I'm going to have to cut out all the floors of this one too.]]> hudson Off Topic Tue, 09 May 2006 22:01:30 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3529#msg-3529 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3529#msg-3529
Hm. The lower A-arm is 16" long, with the bumpstop 2.5" inboard. Sitting at rest, my bumpstop's got a 1.5" gap to the subframe...so the total travel is roughly 1.75"...plus a little squish factor in the bumpstop itself...call it 2" on the high side. Yikes.

Lessee, what else. Oh, the spring is 4.25" dia, 5/8" wire, and 7" long, so about 6.5 effective coils...giving a spring rate of approx 430 lb/in. It's mounted about 9.5" of the way in on a 16" arm, or about 60% of the way in, so its effective rate is 255 lb/in. Hm...that seems high.

I was trying to figure out if there was a way to get more suspension travel out of it, but the only thing I can think of (without going to something completely custom) is to put in a longer spring, which would raise the ride height and decamber the wheel. I guess one could get some of that back with camber bolts, but not much. Seems like about 3" of travel is the max.

Anyway, I'm just pondering. Here're pics of mine. They should make you feel better about the shape yours is in.

]]> hoche Off Topic Tue, 09 May 2006 04:27:30 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3528#msg-3528 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3528#msg-3528
As per your suspension question.. you're right.. I don't know how the shock works effectively, but it does work.. see picture]]> hudson Off Topic Mon, 08 May 2006 22:43:14 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3520#msg-3520 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3520#msg-3520
Yeah, if yours is a '59 it's probably got a B16. Mine's a B18, probably a B18D, with twin SUs. The engine purrs nicely, and the transmission seems to be in really good shape, but the clutch is shot so I haven't been able to try it out.

I crawled under it today and was looking at the suspension, trying to figure it out. The rear's a pretty straightforward trailing-arm system, but the front completely baffles me. It looks like a double a-arm setup at first glance, but the really teeny shock is mounted between the lower a-arm and what I thought was the upper a-arm. Is that upper arm fixed or is it supposed to move? If it moves, what's the shock working against? How the heck do you get more shock travel out of the thing?

]]> hoche Off Topic Sun, 07 May 2006 22:17:22 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3516#msg-3516 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3516#msg-3516
But first gotta repair rust and put in the larger trans tunnel that has been hanging around my basement.]]> hudson Off Topic Sat, 06 May 2006 07:52:00 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3514#msg-3514 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3514#msg-3514 http://www.georger.com/Tuning%20Vintage%20Volvo%20B18%20Engines.htm]]> hoche Off Topic Fri, 05 May 2006 22:40:48 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3506#msg-3506 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3506#msg-3506
]]> hudson Off Topic Thu, 04 May 2006 23:04:13 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3504#msg-3504 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3504#msg-3504 JB Off Topic Thu, 04 May 2006 20:56:45 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3490#msg-3490 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3490#msg-3490
hoche Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> john vanlandingham Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > b23 with 11.5 comp a big cam and a pair of
> DCOE
> > 48s...
> > Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaww!!
> >
>
> From what I've been able to find, I don't stink
> that's technically legal for Historic, but it sure
> would be fun.
>
> This whole thread is odd, because someone just
> gave me one. A b18 Pv544 Sport. At the moment it's
> quietly rusting in the yard while I attend to my
> Golf, but it'll probably show up in rallies in a
> year or two...
>
> Anyone have any dope on what the car's config was
> when Volvo campaigned it? As near's I can tell it
> was disc-front/drum-rear, an M40, a B18b with SUs
> and some mods that got it up to about 170hp,
> and...what else?
>
> What I can't find are the details of the shell
> prep, what shocks/springs rates to run, what the
> actual engine/carb mods were, what the gear ratios
> and diff were, and all that sort of thing.
>
>
>


]]> hudson Off Topic Thu, 04 May 2006 06:13:19 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3488#msg-3488 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3488#msg-3488 -------------------------------------------------------
> b23 with 11.5 comp a big cam and a pair of DCOE
> 48s...
> Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaww!!
>

From what I've been able to find, I don't stink that's technically legal for Historic, but it sure would be fun.

This whole thread is odd, because someone just gave me one. A b18 Pv544 Sport. At the moment it's quietly rusting in the yard while I attend to my Golf, but it'll probably show up in rallies in a year or two...

Anyone have any dope on what the car's config was when Volvo campaigned it? As near's I can tell it was disc-front/drum-rear, an M40, a B18b with SUs and some mods that got it up to about 170hp, and...what else?

What I can't find are the details of the shell prep, what shocks/springs rates to run, what the actual engine/carb mods were, what the gear ratios and diff were, and all that sort of thing.


]]> hoche Off Topic Thu, 04 May 2006 02:10:17 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3456#msg-3456 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3456#msg-3456
]]> hudson Off Topic Tue, 02 May 2006 22:23:28 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3450#msg-3450 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3450#msg-3450 Another one here.

http://www.johaneliasson.com/under_sidor/PV.htm]]> nick the brit Off Topic Tue, 02 May 2006 17:45:10 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3448#msg-3448 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3448#msg-3448
A friend of mine near Seattle has two 544's. He's race prep'ing one of them up from bare metal. It's maybe 60% done. The second is a nice "custom" street restoration he just bought that's about 90% finished. By custom I mean it's been decked, has tinted windows, etc. These cars are great fun.

Keep it... build it... you'll love it!

Rich Smith




]]> Rich Smith Off Topic Tue, 02 May 2006 16:25:26 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3435#msg-3435 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3435#msg-3435 hudson Off Topic Tue, 02 May 2006 11:35:28 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3434#msg-3434 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3434#msg-3434
I need strip it first and figure out what's what body and suspension wise though. The rear axle is freakin weird. Disc brakes would be nice as well, even if it were just upfront.]]> hudson Off Topic Tue, 02 May 2006 11:34:54 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3433#msg-3433 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3433#msg-3433
You KNOW that would make a fantastic historic class car.

Cheers, Ted]]> Ted Andkilde Off Topic Tue, 02 May 2006 08:17:40 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3431#msg-3431 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3431#msg-3431 Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaww!!]]> john vanlandingham Off Topic Mon, 01 May 2006 22:52:04 -0500 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3430#msg-3430 https://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?2,3430,3430#msg-3430
Other than the rockers and some other bits it doesn't seem to have been completely destroyed by it's vacation on grass.

I'm not sure what I am going to do with it yet, my initial plan was to flip it, but I really like how it fits in my garage (a lot better than my 140s) and the styling is growing on me.]]> hudson Off Topic Mon, 01 May 2006 20:01:35 -0500