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My 1st post and intro, been visiting this board for about a year or so and was inspired by bluePV544's post to contribute a pic or two.
This board is an excellent reference and has helped us tremendously with our project.
We've always had Volvo's in our family, here's a scan of a pic of my father with his 1960 544 with a B16. Pic taken in 1962.
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Nice pictures. Thanks. This car looks like the one in some of the Volvo Adventures shots. ledfoot
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Thanks Ledfoot,
This car does have an indirect link to volvoadventures, though the SA Volvo Club link. Here's a pic of our engine bay as shown on that website.
Best wishes,
J.J.
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"VERY NICE" where would someone get a set of the K&N Filters???? Bruce
61 PV544 B16B "Under Construction"
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Thanks for the compliment.
The K&N's were ordered through a South African K&N supplier
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Definitely NOT a B16 in this pic!!
How does it run? Happy with the air filters?
Almost to pretty to drive and get all dirty!
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George Downs, Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!
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The engine pic is of the blue car, B20B (our current project)
We love the K&N's, great sound & performance.
Thanks for the tip on the pic posting! Struggling a bit with the format on this board...
Cheers,
J.J.
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Our car at a local clubmeet.
Apologies for the multiple posts, couldn't figure out how to post pics using [IMG] code.
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What a great looking car! It is examples like this that have kept me obsessed with the PV over the years. I hope to someday become tolerant enough to let someone (maybe even a blood relative) sit on my car's paint job.
Suppo176
1965 PV544
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Thanks for the nice words!
That's my Dad sitting on the car and rightly so, he's the owner...
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Love the Panasport Wheels are the actual Panasports? Can you advise the wheel size and tire size you are using. I hope to upgrade from factory steel and have been watching e-bay for about 5 months for 15" Panasport or American Racing 5 Spoke 70s Mustang and Dodge Dart Wheels with 5 Bolt 4.5" stud pattern will little luck (lots of Chev 4.75" 5 bolt stud pattern) "Very Nicely Done" Bruce
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Hi Bruce,
Thanks again, those aren't Panasports, don't know what they are, they came with the car when we started the project.
The wheels have been removed as they have the wrong offset, which caused some rubbing on the fronts fenders. They are 15 x 5.5
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All you have to do is just put the image codes one after the other
(all in brackets) with whatever caption you might want in between.
Usually if you upload several images the numbers are sequential so
you can cut and paste one several times and just change the last digit.
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George Downs, Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!
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The pic below is of my father with our 1961 PV544. This car has a B20B, front discs, alternator, and a double shock mount front suspension. We have a John Parker SP kit on order.
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J.J.,
You beat me to the draw on a question I was going to ask.
Years ago I read a road test of the PV544 in a South African car magazine (can't remember the name), and there it mentioned that PVs came with double shocks up front, which, of course, was not the case in Europe and the U.S. I was interested in the subject because I was contemplating converting to disc brakes, which would involve repositioning the shocks. I have brought up the subject before, both here and on Volvoadventures, and had never gotten an answer confirming or negating that dual shocks were standard equipment in S.A, or, perhaps, all of Africa, or a special rally option. Your mentioning that your beautiful car (Congratulations!) has the dual front shocks makes me think that the dual shocks were standard equipment. Am I right?
I'm also wondering how dual shocks affect the cars' handling, aside from the obvious advantage they give on unpaved, potholed and/or washboarded roads. Do you have a opinion on that?
Bob S.
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'62 PV544 (B20, M41), '71 142E, '93 240 Classic Wagon.
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While I can't comment on what showed up in South Africa as 'standard' on a 544, I do know you could order the double shock cross memeber from Volvo. I have an early rally parts catalog ('Competition Service Parts and Equipment Catalog') that shows them being for sale. I think the catalog was printed in about '74 and volvo was still selling items like that for the 544. I can go dig that out and scan that page if you are interested....
Thanks
Chris
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Yes, Chris, I'd like to see it. Posted here would, probably, be best because there may be others who would be interested. Thanks for the response.
Bob S.
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'62 PV544 (B20, M41), '71 142E, '93 240 Classic Wagon.
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Bob et al.
Well I looked about in that catalog and that doesn't have the cross member I was thinking of. It has shocks and stuff for the early cars but it only has photos of the 140 rally x-members.... I know I have seen a photo of one, I will keep looking.
Chris
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Chris, Bob,
I'm no authority on the matter, but consulted with my father, who's had Volvo's for most of his driving life.
PV's were imported from Sweden to SA through the Lawson Motor Group as agents.
Lawson's obtained the first rights to sell Volvo trucks in 1951. A Volvo manufacturing plant was subsequently established in Durban, starting with the 122's and then 144's
The PV's were all in left hand drive configuration, having been imported. (South African cars are RHD)
The double shock front was available on "Sport" models only.
The "shock mounting bolt mod" had to be performed after the disc brake conversion to prevent interference when steering.
I'll ask my Dad to take a pic or two of the double shocks and then post them up here.
Best wishes,
J.J.
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I think Volvo homologated the disc brake/twin shock package when they did the 1964 Safari Rally. That entry didn't fare too well but the following year the Singh brothers won it using a rebuilt car left in Kenya after the '64 rally.
1965 being the last year of the 544 meant that very few cars were originally sold new with these mods although they could be ordered as extras to the normal spec. Unless you wanted to rally the car, single shocks were fine but ordering just the disc brakes was a good idea and the slotted wheels fitted for the last year helped to cool the discs. The Amazon also got the same wheels and discs as standard on all models for '65. From an engineering point of view the off set stud for the extra shock wasn't very good and by then the whole front suspension was an old design. It certainly wasn't designed for negotiating African potholes at 80+ mph!
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You made my day! I inspired someone! I enjoyed the old photo. I also enjoyed the photos of the the blue one as obviously I am partial to that color. Just a few questions; Were PV's officially exported to South Africa or was it done privately? What are those wheels?
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The wheels were made by Tiger Wheels in South Africa, now known as TWS. According to a wheelsmith in ZA, old truck pistons were melted for manufacturing those wheels. Regarding the twin shocks up front, an offset arm was used to accommodate the second shock absorber. I may still have an old unit available and will post a photo thereof.
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Thanks for the nice words, please see my reply somewhere else in this thread.
Best wishes,
J.J.
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