I love a happy ending!

She stops good & straight now. No more sticky.

Glad to hear all are ok from Irene.  TV news reporting alot of flooding and power out.   

Fortunately she doesn’t live in those areas. And I’ll be driving back from vacation on the 9th to get home for a golf tournament for the local Disabled Vets on the 10th. Plus the TD is nowhere near being completed. Perhaps in the spring (I hope). I’d love to drive her to Carlisle in 2012.  newkitman40783.7044097222

Hey Ed…me too! Finally did a walk around on the property. Found one broken fence post. Did a temporary fix so it doesn’t pull the fence down.And cleaned a ton of leaves and small stuff out of the pool.Still a heck of a wind out there.

Lots of flooding and trees down all over NJ.Road closures in Ridgewood, NJ, according to the town’s web site:

• East Saddle River Road between East Glen Ave & Bingham Road
• Hillcrest Road between Hamilton & Avondale
• Linwood Avenue between Maple Avenue & Collingwood
• South Irving between Spring & Grove

That could be flooding or downed trees. Hope your…[Read more]

I thought the brake adjusters bolted in from the back side of the brake back plate. Two small screws or one small bolt like the wheel cylinders did. Perhaps that’s only on the Ghia.

Paul and Ed I’m glad you folks are okay. Haven’t heard from my cousin in Ridgewood NJ But that should mean they are okay. Rest of my family are in the west or midwest. Hope the New England TDers and their families fair okay.

Pops had a ’38 Phaeton–4-door convertible–some time before the Volvo. Mom says he used to wear a top hat when he drove it. As they slowed toward the town square she’d start singing the Miss America theme to announce herself.

I gotta go out & mend fence. Otherwise, no damage.

It’s not over for NJ and PA. The wind is really whipping out there.And our New England friends are still in the midst of it.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
glad to hear that you weathered things pretty well.  I hope that that goes for all of our TDers and their families.

Hope everybody is OK so far!My house is fine. Really minor leak in basement. But property and house are ok.So is my former residence where my daughter and her mother live. they are without power. But they, the house and the property are ok.Wind is still an issue here in NJ and eastern PA. But most of the rain is over.

Didn’t know there were closet Volvo fans here!I occasionally search for 1966 122 wagons AND an 1800 or 1800ES.Some day….

My favorite P1800 was the ES wagon. The Brits would call it a Shooting- Brake.

Roger Moore drove a white P1800 in the TV series “The Saint”.
 

Yes. Your dad was COOL!

Didn’t want to burn it with the stick welder.

Housemate in the early 1990s drove in with a ’66 Volvo wagon. Wasn’t in bad shape either, but hardly practical as an everyday car by that time. The water pump went in the first week, and she wanted to fix it herself, so I helped her do it. Not that hard a job. The car went at least another year but I don’t remember what became of it after that.My…[Read more]

Ed cip1 a vw parts house sells them spring clips to hold the adjusters.I replaced all of mine,they are only peened in place,I filed the edges smooth to fit the new ones and tack welded them in place.

Maybe meet in the middle someday!