*!Build of the year candidate!* Strange PNW Build: E30+Volvo

[adam.nonis]

That sucks.



Sorry

That’s life. If you’re having the struggle, you need the lesson.

[adam.nonis]

Noooooo! What happened!?

Kid driving a company truck backs straight into it as I’m driving by. He says, “sorry, I totally didn’t see you”, chick with him says, “he wasn’t looking”. They give me the business owner’s phone number (his dad). I call a few minutes later. He apologizes and tells me to get an estimate and email it to him so he can save his deductible. I go see Rich at BelRed to get a quote and as I’m leaving I get another call from the dad, “I JUST LOOKED AT THE PICTURES AND WE’RE NOT TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY, FUCK YOU, YOU TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY!” So I directly hang up on him and go back to the shop. Call the police (Won’t come of course since it’s in a parking lot. Private property) and now it’s on my insurance and they’ll go after him.

[jeenyus]

Anyone have some scotch, or beer, or both.

Ask whoever fucked up the car. They probably have some.

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[LowR3V'in]

[parkerbink]

That sucks.

Sorry

[lukeADE335i]

That really sucks, especially so close to the end of the build!

[Metallated]

Wow that really sucks. I'm sorry man.

I know you are gonna be able to fix it, but still super shitty that it happened.

[oekundar]

Ouch!!!


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[Powling]

Noooooo! What happened!?

[adam.nonis]

Anyone have some scotch, or beer, or both.

[adam.nonis]

Ok, headliner time. I don’t want to do the suspended factory style, so I headed to Pick n Pull with my tape measure and learned a few things. A) sunroofs in wagons are far more common than I expected, 2) modern cars narrow at the top more than an Amazon does and D) a lot of long roof cars have extra “junk” on the headliners (overhead consoles, vents, stuff). I found one candidate though. A Saturn (I thought it said S200 on it, but I don’t remember exactly). It needs a little “work”. It’s short in the back, but I have a plan for that (more later), it tapers towards the back (easy fix) and it has a shallow contour in the front.



I moved the mirror mount down to the windshield as opposed to on a bracket on the header, slid the headliner forward more, creased it a little (that I’ll fix in place with fiberglass after I peel the cloth) and then added an aluminum flange to hold the headliner up and create a straight line in the headliner.



Now I’m working on pillar covers that will run the length on the sides and cover the aluminum, the A & B pillars and trim around the front gaps around the windshield. I’m going to cover everything in black suedeliner (I NEVER do black headliners) as an homage to the European sport BMW option headliners.

[adam.nonis]

out of curiosity, what vehicle did those door bolsters come from that you just re-covered in your last entry?

Those are the factory Volvo Amazon ones.

[flyboyx]

out of curiosity, what vehicle did those door bolsters come from that you just re-covered in your last entry?

[CubbyChowder]

Nice work man

[88M3racer]

I can think of only 1 word: OUTSTANDING!!