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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 5:14 pm 
Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Just back from the paint store...here we have the next round of colours.

On the left, the darker and slightly more green (less purple) pastel colour. On the right, something completely different. This is Volvo 458 Ocean Race without the pearls (so a non-metallic).

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I think I should keep painting the full door, though I'm tempted to split it down the middle for a final show-down (final :lol: :lol: :lol: )

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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:04 pm 
Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Let's get these colours on the car. I'm going to just split the door this time and save some effort as I have to clean all the paint off prior to really shooting this car. So I lot of lacquer thinner and razor blade time later, the old door is back.

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Next up - remask the car and shoot the colour. The darker colour (the ocean race) didn't cover worth beans (took 4 coats to cover vs 2 for the other grey blue) and I love the colour, it'd a dark vibrant indigo. Just not for this car. The other colour though. Man, it's making me smile.

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Another angle.

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The colour has been checked outside and it's got enough deep pigments in it that it only gets a little lighter in direct sunlight and is darker than this in diffuse light. You can get a sense of that by looking at the window surround. It looks quite dark (it's split on the same line as the main door). We'll test it against the interior colours tomorrow.

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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 11:39 pm 
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The lighter blue, for sure. It just looks way more cheerful.


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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 1:53 pm 
Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Leather against the lighter colour.

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Leather and colour in direct sunlight.

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In direct sunlight.

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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 4:55 pm 
First volvo in outer space
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The OR blue would be a worthy challenger to your Porsche marine blue on the 242. But like you said not for this car, either of the 2 pales are the one. Now you need to shoot those two side by side.

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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:33 pm 
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No contest Craig...the lighter of the two.


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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 11:09 pm 
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Chad M wrote:
No contest Craig...the lighter of the two.


Next up...the never ending wheel debate. Thinking brake callipers just stay black.

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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 4:35 pm 
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122_Canuck wrote:
Chad M wrote:
No contest Craig...the lighter of the two.


Next up...the never ending wheel debate. Thinking brake callipers just stay black.


Ooh, another easy one!

http://www.americanracing.com/wheelSpec ... at-special


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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:10 pm 
Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Chad M wrote:
122_Canuck wrote:
Chad M wrote:
No contest Craig...the lighter of the two.


Next up...the never ending wheel debate. Thinking brake callipers just stay black.


Ooh, another easy one!

http://www.americanracing.com/wheelSpec ... at-special


Like the wheel and have considered it...I think it looks too american. I'm thinking either something from Jongbloed Racing or who knows.

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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 8:52 pm 
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Cleaning up a few details prior to welding the rear subframe. I made a tool and die to press these gusset supports, but my press is not up to the task of pressing metal this thick. So we're back to making metal origami.

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A few more areas to reinforce as I move from tacked to welded. Should be ready to weld it up on the weekend.

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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:14 am 
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Took a good couple hours to get caught up - Unbelievable work Craig - really fantastic. Also wanted to mention how much you taking the time to document this out is appreciated. I know how much effort it is to just document, and your level of detail that your sharing is just amazing. Will be sharing this build with non-Volvo guys as well since it's just beautiful fabrication work. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 8:38 pm 
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Tonights efforts. Got the tubular gussets welded and ground and the rear reinforcement part mocked up.

Image2016-11-24_07-17-29 by Craig Coburn, on Flickr

Image2016-11-24_07-16-32 by Craig Coburn, on Flickr

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Took a good couple hours to get caught up - Unbelievable work Craig - really fantastic. Also wanted to mention how much you taking the time to document this out is appreciated. I know how much effort it is to just document, and your level of detail that your sharing is just amazing. Will be sharing this build with non-Volvo guys as well since it's just beautiful fabrication work. :)

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Thanks Rabin. I appreciate the complement. Just trying to do the best I can do on this build and keep learning.

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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 11:26 am 
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Making some good progress, nice work. =D>

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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 6:13 pm 
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Gotta keep on rolling along...this was the weekends progress. Some steps not shown to protect the innocent. So I took the cardboard templates and made these caps and tacked them in place.

Image2016-11-27_03-49-01 by Craig Coburn, on Flickr

Oops, before that sucker got tacked, I had to TIG up the join. Lost of up hand and all out of position welding. The diff is, at the end of all this 1/16" out of perfectly square over about 16". That'll be just fine.

Image2016-11-27_03-24-11 by Craig Coburn, on Flickr

Right in the middle of the diff...you'll note that I've been missing something. That something is a sway bar. The idea is to borrow parts from the NASCAR parts bin to have the ability to tune this car. So to start (years ago now) I cut 6" out of the stock bar and welded that sucker back together. So then I installed it temporarily to see what the deal is with the arms being all not so straight.

Image2016-11-27_11-40-41 by Craig Coburn, on Flickr

NASCAR rear bars normally sport straight arms due to the live rear axles that Billy-Bob likes so much. So I can't buy twisted arms, as they usually just bend the straight ones to fit.

So I sorted out how to mock this junk up - that took half the day - yes, killed half a day DEAD on this task.

You can see the down and then up sweep in the arm is meant to clear the rear mount of the UCA.

Image2016-11-27_11-41-26 by Craig Coburn, on Flickr

Cut some tube to hold the front (actually ended up using the tube to reference the hole centre in the bar using the endlink) - you get the idea.

Image2016-11-27_11-40-22 by Craig Coburn, on Flickr

Then added in the 26" splined NASCAR bar - and mocked up the height and depth to match a bracket that I just ordered.

Image2016-11-27_02-24-20 by Craig Coburn, on Flickr

Clamped that sucker down and started to work on the arms using the points that I measured from the stocker.

Image2016-11-27_02-24-39 by Craig Coburn, on Flickr

It wasn't pretty - but I made a wooden template so I can draft up a CAD model of this and get the steel waterjet cut.

I kind of like this picture...it shows the truth of what I do in the garage better than most. Coffee, notebook, calculator and doodles.

Image2016-11-27_02-23-51 by Craig Coburn, on Flickr

So incase you're wondering why I don't just origami the steel bar that I have, here's my thinking (accepting all comments) - If I have to bend the bar on the flat to get the 24 degrees out that I need...no big deal. I've got a torch and a 10 T press (Chinese tons - which are like 1/3 to 1/2 of regular tons) but that can happen. Bending it on edge would be structurally not so great and steel is cheap. So I need 15 degrees of bend up and 24 degrees of bend out so my plan is to reuse the spline portion of the bar alone and weld that onto the bar. The bars really don't need to be 1/2" thick - that just adds weight. So I may just get them done in 3/16 then cap them to make "I" beams. Then add in the splined section and something to allow for adjustment out front (a few holes on 1.25" spacing). This should be lots.

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 Post subject: Re: Project Canuck - 1966 Canadian Build Thread ... Finally
PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 8:44 pm 
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Tacking leads to welding. Cracked open a roll of dimes on these parts tonight.

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Welded all the way around the shock tower base.

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Then put the reinforcing parts on and welded them up.

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Tops coming tomorrow once things cool down.

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A lot of this is done either with my left hand or seemingly with some part upside down. Tube is HARD to weld pretty.

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