1970 Volvo 164 'Mustard Moose'

[Sophers]

Well some people know I have the Morris and Helga(e21), I thought I was totally content with them and didn't 'crave' another car.
Obviously me being me this was a temporary feeling... I was craving another Volvo.

Whilst doing my favourite hobby addiction (browsing ebay) I found myself the perfect Volvo. This was back in August now, time flies.

ebay photos:







I arranged the delivery with the ebay seller and a few days later it arrived all the way from Bedfordshire.








Yep, it's a manual


Did the obligatory rummage of the car and found a fiver!



10yrs in a barn, now to bring her back to life (back to reality)...sorry


More to come...

[Sophers]

Whilst rummaging around the car I cleaned the gunk/mud out of the boot.


I soon put my hands on something gross....some false teeth


Very niiiice.


Right first thing to fix was the bent tie rod. As you can see from the front wheels in this picture, it was a bit of a pain steering it anywhere 


Someone used the tie rod to tow with instead of the towing point...


Major fail.

So I got it off...




then got a local engineer to straighten it out.



The fan had spun off at some point and crashed into the rad. So off it came.


and re-cored.



I also fixed the bonnet catch and gave it a gentle wash. Just to get the green off and leave it with sun faded paint.



The windscreen had a few chips in it. So a new one was needed...



I refurbished the twin carbs as they both leaked at the bottom.






No more leaks.



Its now currently having it brakes finished. Had to put new calipers all round. Then it'll be time to do a little welding.

[galooph]

Looks like you've really got your teeth into this project! ;D

Dan

[grifterkid]

Now that is bloody lovely, I really do like this shape of Volvo barge...!

So, what are your plans? Great things can be done with these old swedish cruisers so I'm looking forward to seeing how this old brute shapes up

[stretch]

me too bookmarked

[speedy88]

Awesome stuff! You're getting quite the collection of cool motors

[stretch]

my mrs almost throw up when see see them teeth lmao save the pic to my laptop love it

[aws]

Love it love it. nice Sweed you got there.

[AtomicRooster]

Oh this is lovely, wouldnt be unhappy with one of these!

[cesarbarbosa]

Nice ride...

I have one too and I had almost the same issues with it.
Leaking fuel pump, leaking boul carbs, sticky calipers and a squeky water pump...
Love what you've done to the radiator, I'd like to do the same too...


Try to keep us posted since we are almost 5 or 6 Volvo 164 owners on here...

[jpsmit]

Lovely project, great progress! How did you clean up the top of the carbs such?

[Sophers]

Thanks guys! ;D

I used a brillo pad on the top of the carbs then some metal polish


Well I'd like to get it dropped over some tasty wheels.

Maybe a triple carb set up later on... oh and a nice exhaust to let that 6 pot sing ;D

[GT4ME]

What a cool looking old thing, thats hilarious with those teeth So funny the stuff you find in old cars!

[mclellanmac]

Getting stuck in there! Nice to see it being saved!

[Sinky]

Well saved. Well done .Bookmarked

Eh what are you doing with the teeth? not got my wife's Christmas pressie yet.

[ejenner]

My dad had a green one of these with tan interior. That was in the early eighties. At the same time my granddad had a 244DL in baby-sh1p brown which we later bought off him. I want an old Volvo one day.

Missed out on this one, shame. I drove it for a couple of days and it is probably the most comfortable car I've ever driven.

[meltedcheese]

Love it, great project!

[markske67]

Great Volvo you have !! It's been ages seen I've seen one in the 'metal'. Lower, bigger wheels, louder exhaust.....

[Sophers]

Cheers guys ;D


Rear brakes being finished off today/tomorrow.


More updates soon

[AtomicRooster]

The more i look at this the more i want one. Lowered a tiny bit with some proper period alloys this would make a superb daily driver.