1980 Volare questions

[Chryco Psycho]

Cool , I guess it was well maintained , /6 will last forever

[shadango]

Some pics:
















The boy wanted to go to the cruise with the VOlare...LOL.....so we did....hadnt owned the car for 6 hours yet....LOL...had to oblidge him....the fish and the Volare side by side.....cool moment for son and Dad!

[moparman82]

Very cool!

['Cuda Hunter]

Sweet car.  That things looks clean!

[ec_co]

for /6 love and advice, have him check our www.slantsix.org . best site on the internet for those motors (and for forabodiesonly.com)

[HP2]

Nice score, clean car, and great project for a young man. The drivetrain is bullet proof and will give many miles of driving. When the day comes he wants  more, they can be upgraded easily.  I'd recommend a membership on aspenandvolare.com to tech get tips and help with parts hunts.

[brads70]

Nice! , Good times! 

[burdar]

Nice score!  I'd really like to see one of those with the bumpers shortened and tucked up close to the body.  Kind of like what a lot of people do with the 73-74 Challengers/Cudas.  That's the only thing that looks way out of place with those cars.  I wonder how hard that would be?

[shadango]

Burdar -- yeah we were wondering the same thing about the bumpers......they are mounted on cylinder-like deals ---- I guess so they compress when hit?

Could probably compress them in some and weld in place.....but that would defeat the safety feature.....

HP2-- thanks for the aspenandvolare.com lead...will check it out!

I have an appointment for tomorrow to get the exhaust pipe replaced and maybe a little better muffler.....gonna see what the shop recommends because I cant seem to find a favorite on the web.....like anything else I guess its what you like and your experience.....we want a little more rumble but not too loud or drony....not doing a whole exhaust right now...just the midpipe and muffler and maybe a tail pipe.

hell, thats a cat back I guess....LOL

[HP2]

I did that bumper mod on one of the F bodies I owned previously (I've had abround 6 of them). Used a fiberglass version. Narrowed and tucked in. I used small angle iron brackets to support it.  I've also done a mod with the stock steel bumpers where you remove all the internal bracing inside the chrome cover, then gutted the compression mounts and welded them solid. This took a bout 50# of weight out of the nose, but completely eliminated the compression safety feature fo the units. But they looked stock and weighed less.

 

[74 challenge]

There is a guy who has a 76 or thereabouts Volare and its light tan exterior on goat sh!t brown interior and for years I have wanted to buy it and twin turbo the 318 in it, throw an 8 3/4 in it with a posi, electric cut-outs on the exhaust and drive it as is.