LongNoseElk is such a good name.

You sure that dog is not a tiny red fox??

LongNoseElk wrote: ↑27 Jul 2025, 08:56
Taking it apart was a breeze—easier than assembling IKEA furniture, and that’s saying something.

Dignity mostly intact.

Cleaner, meaner, and 10% faster due to reduced bug drag.

Good work, looks great!

Do the parts prices induce the aw-crap?

Matt - you could find yourself a 3rd world dictator 600 to cruise the streets of Denver.
But I’m partial to the early 70’s 4-headlight elegant sedans, from 6 cyl to diesels to smooth V8’s. Or the coupes, which seem very posh…

SO tidy, and a manual!

We dug up a stump and planted a new tree. Thank gawd for clouds. Also, thank gawd for root-cutting Sawzall blades.

After I finished my front bar and took a mental break (and my wife took it on an uneventful 600 mile trip - fingers uncrossed), I tackled the rear bar. I followed the simple and seemingly self-explanatory IPD directions, but I had some trouble, and maybe those were written for several different cars...

That’s “Hypersonic Volvo Racing Blue.”

(New sway bars)

Happy B-Day, MVS!! I know I couldn't have kept mine going without the help and info stored here. And as Luggy says, the community is so nice.

Don’t you think you could make a pattern and 3D print some in some sort of…….plastic..?

“You’ll be fine.”

Not today, but TOMORROW…. We leave port for an 1800 mile roundtrip across the wilds of Wyoming. Rough seas and dry brush there. About a 4-day sail in any direction to any sort of knowledgeable import car shop. Taking a back way on one leg, away from the shipping lanes, over a twisty alpine pass that...