SML
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- Joined
- Oct 20, 2017
- Location
- Pomona, CA
Hey all. Here's my project car (google photos be kind: I might have to transfer to flickr if these don't show up for other people): It's a 1965 122S.
And here's the other half of the car:
"That doesn't look like a Volvo" That's because it isn't! It's a Nissan Sr20DET that I paid two thousand dollars for and it came with a free car:
"So, what's the plan?" Well, I'm glad you asked! Turns out that Sr20 is worth more than I paid for it, so I'm gonna sell it! Huzzah! So, why am I posting about it here? Well, when I did this:
I thought: "Man, the suspension on that Nissan Chassis is "modern" and "new," I bet it could fit under my Volvo," which of course, it isn't, and it won't. As an example:
According to this beautiful stick figure (which is actually the older brother to my 122, in that it has more than two doors, or twice as many for those of you bad with numbers), the wheel base on the Volvo is 2600 foreign numbers long and 1310 foreign units wide. All well and good...unless:
According to this chalk-drawing, the Nissan (actually this is its older brother the s14 chassis, but it'll illustrate (no pun intended) my point) is 2525 foreign measurement thingies long, and either 1480 or 1470 numbers wide depending on which end of this car is the one that usually goes forward. Honestly, it's hard to tell which end that is from this cave painting, but I digress.
If my math is correct, those numbers are not the same. The Volvo is a little longer and the Nissan a lot fatter. So, what to do? Well, to be honest, if I'd never seen this:
I would've thrown this whole project out with the bath water if I hadn't seen that beauty. That's a helluva car! It happens to have a Nissan Skyline rolling bits underneath it, which are not only similar to my crappy Nissan, but the rear sub-frame is almost identical on both Nissans. So, that leaves the small detail of the width...well actually it doesn't if you look not-at-all closely at that Volvo, the wheels are wider than the car (I know, you may have missed it the first time (these past few phrases have been sarcasm if you couldn't tell)). So, that's the goal then.
"But wait, aren't you gonna sell that Sr20?" You bet your bottom end! "So, what's gonna go in the Volvo?" Well, the very unoriginal, dependable and powerful pushrod that you're all thinking of:
Wait, that's not the one you were thinking of? Well, you mustn't be me then!
Anyway, stay tuned for updates as I bravely go where at least that one other Swedish guy went before and swap some Neon-80's Nissan rolling gadgetry under a Volvo from the golden age, with the heart of literally millions of trucks! It should be a fun ride!
And here's the other half of the car:
"That doesn't look like a Volvo" That's because it isn't! It's a Nissan Sr20DET that I paid two thousand dollars for and it came with a free car:
"So, what's the plan?" Well, I'm glad you asked! Turns out that Sr20 is worth more than I paid for it, so I'm gonna sell it! Huzzah! So, why am I posting about it here? Well, when I did this:
I thought: "Man, the suspension on that Nissan Chassis is "modern" and "new," I bet it could fit under my Volvo," which of course, it isn't, and it won't. As an example:
According to this beautiful stick figure (which is actually the older brother to my 122, in that it has more than two doors, or twice as many for those of you bad with numbers), the wheel base on the Volvo is 2600 foreign numbers long and 1310 foreign units wide. All well and good...unless:
According to this chalk-drawing, the Nissan (actually this is its older brother the s14 chassis, but it'll illustrate (no pun intended) my point) is 2525 foreign measurement thingies long, and either 1480 or 1470 numbers wide depending on which end of this car is the one that usually goes forward. Honestly, it's hard to tell which end that is from this cave painting, but I digress.
If my math is correct, those numbers are not the same. The Volvo is a little longer and the Nissan a lot fatter. So, what to do? Well, to be honest, if I'd never seen this:
I would've thrown this whole project out with the bath water if I hadn't seen that beauty. That's a helluva car! It happens to have a Nissan Skyline rolling bits underneath it, which are not only similar to my crappy Nissan, but the rear sub-frame is almost identical on both Nissans. So, that leaves the small detail of the width...well actually it doesn't if you look not-at-all closely at that Volvo, the wheels are wider than the car (I know, you may have missed it the first time (these past few phrases have been sarcasm if you couldn't tell)). So, that's the goal then.
"But wait, aren't you gonna sell that Sr20?" You bet your bottom end! "So, what's gonna go in the Volvo?" Well, the very unoriginal, dependable and powerful pushrod that you're all thinking of:
Wait, that's not the one you were thinking of? Well, you mustn't be me then!
Anyway, stay tuned for updates as I bravely go where at least that one other Swedish guy went before and swap some Neon-80's Nissan rolling gadgetry under a Volvo from the golden age, with the heart of literally millions of trucks! It should be a fun ride!