CAR SOLD! BOUGHT NEW ONE.

Well, sold the ‘66 122 to a fine gentlemen up in Washington. Quickly there after I paid in full for a 1957 Volvo pv444. The 444 came before the 544 which came before the 122 series. Taking many design cues from 40’s American car design the 444 is a unique little car. This specific example is totally rot free. The paint has worn through in a couple places, but other than that, its straight and solid. It has also been upgraded to a later larger displacement b20 engine followed by a 4 speed m40 gear box. Its a pretty lightweight car and was hailed as quite the performer in its heyday.

I drove the car to the shop Tuesday of last week. It pulled sharp to the left when braking. Somethings unbalanced. I took the wheels off and things looked to be ok. The right wheel looked to have less braking power than the right… which would explain the pull. I’m thinking the right wheel cylinder was to blame… it also appeared that the right cylinder was leaking a bit, as was the master cylinder. *Sigh. Here we go again.

So, I ordered my rebuild kit and a couple wheel cylinders. Went back to the shop to try to ‘tackle’ more issues. Of course idle hands are very dangerous. I pulled the seats, took up the ratty homemade carpet and started removing the tar sound deadening panels. Half way through I cursed it all. Removing the stuff is a nightmare. And now that I’ve gotten into it. I’ve got to finish it. This seems to be my first task on any car. I guess I figure that if I don’t have to worry about the floor boards eventually rotting through I’ll have saved myseld a lot of trouble in the future.

Anyways, I plan on POR-15-ing the floors and laying some nice carpet down. Either repairing the seats, or finding new ones. Not sure yet. Hopefully I’ll have the brake parts by the weekend and will get it all running and driving. Cool, ONWARDS!

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