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Status Update - My New PV444 444-544

posted by  tscarola on  Wed Oct 12 14:44 CST 2005
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This is an update to the following message:

http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/volvo-992342.html

So I received the 1958 PV444 on Tuesday night. Cousin shipped it down from NJ - cost $600 which I paid half. So, it's in my garage now and I've started looking it over to find issues. As I mentioned earlier, the engine and tranny have been rebuilt. The carbs might need rebuilding as well but the engine looks good. There is some minor welding work needed on the front side members - where the tube connects to the front bumper (both sides seem cracked at the bottom). Some of the seams on the bottom, right side, need to be straightened. The right rear fender well is rusting and needs replacing as well as the spare tire well. The bottom floor pans - definitely the forward, possibly the rear, will need to be replaced due to some rusting. One of the engine mounts and the central tranny mount (the round one at the bottom) need replacing. The rubber suspension seals will need replacing. The master brake cylinder looks pretty rusty, possibly can get a rework kit for that? Brake lines, fuel lines (in the engine compartment, connecting to the carbs) need replacing. Water hoses. No pictures yet but I will get a site setup and post some soon.

The engine has "B16" stamped on the left side. There is also a plate on the right side of the car on the firewall with numbers: P-44408-1958, 187797 (on the next line), 42, 42, and 17-139 (on the last line). Unfortunately I can not make out the designations for these numbers. There is also another plate on the left side firewall with " No. 187848". Not sure why this number is different from the ID number. Anyone know what all the numbers are?

Oh yeah, I have a bunch of boxes of parts - lights, hardware, switches, etc. etc. I also received a thick "service manual" covering the PV444, 445, etc. (It is a photo-copy of the original Volvo service manual.)

If anyone can give me some pointers on where to start looking for parts such as those mentioned above, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,

Tony
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58 PV 444






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