I was contacted late last year to do a “Volvo Story” feature for the IPD newsletter “The Brick”. I happily obliged and am excited to see it online today. The photo used on the site was taken at a chicken farm in NY state, before I installed sport springs. I may go back this month […]
I’m disappointed that I didn’t get chosen as a runner up for the ipd RWD photo contest. I’m sure they got plenty of submissions. I’ll try not to be bitter by saying that there’s some cool photos in there. I think next year I need to go for the pensive, looking off into the sunset […]
The lowering springs I ordered last week from ipd came in. They’re so pretty in blue. Can’t wait to see how they complement everything else.
IPD had a free shipping sale so I finally bought their 25mm anti-sway bars. They sat around the house for a few weeks but I finally put them on today. My friend Andy keeps his Porsche at a garage about a 1/2 hour away and I drove out there to use the hydraulic lift. We […]
Ipd premiered a new rim for RWD Volvos today and it looks pretty sweet. It’s a replica of the rims used on the 850/v70 R-series. At 17″, it’s pretty bad ass. They say it’ll fit the 200 series. I just don’t know about the little “R” symbol, considering my brick is a total slug.
I paid my last respects to the old brick today and signed the title over. It’s laying in state at Alton’s Auto in Congers, NY. If anyone is interested, these parts are worth salvaging: – Bilstein TC shocks and struts, less than a year old – IPD Sport Springs – IPD Anti-Sway bars – 4 […]
Saw this black brick in front of the bank. You can see how the ipd sport springs change the rake on my car. I recently re-blacked the bottom trim and you can see the difference it makes. As usual, the other Volvo 240 is plastered with an Obama sticker.
Below is a sketch documenting how I checked the over-drive relay after I lost the use of over-drive last winter. It follows a technique I’d seen posted on the Brick Board, probably by Dave Barton. It took a while to troubleshoot but I eventually sucked it up and got the $40 Over-drive Solenoid Bypass kit […]
Finally pulled the glovebox out and checked the Overdrive Relay switch. It looks fine but, after trying Art Benstein’s test of the current at the relay, it didn’t give a response. I’ve read that the circuit boards often need to be resoldered, so I’m thinking I need to bust it open and check, before springing […]
The video below offers a glimpse of the Volvo assembly line in Kalmar, Sweden in the early 1970s as it produces the 200 series model. It’s an educational video demonstrating new factory production techniques pioneered by Volvo and offers an amazing glimpse at how Volvo was trying to humanize the assembly line and improve worker’s […]