I figure it's time to log this sled.
This is a 1979 262C Bertone that I picked up by pure luck.
Background on name: Sisu= a Finnish concept of resilience and confidence in the face of hard times. This car seems to follow that definition. It still had the original motor. I saved it from a collector that had it for a month before realizing he was in over his head. before that, it had spent 8 years between two college girls hauling them around austin, dallas, and tyler texas. It was also previously owned by a dealer manager in utah when he lived in california, which is where this was sold. headlights and highbeams we all weird, grand canyon dash, no valve adjustments in years, black trans. fluid. On the way home it proceeded to overheat as the dude didn't mention the hole in the radiator. Then I spent the next 2 weeks overheating another four times blowing every hose untill the headgasket went. I found one of the few people in dallas who could do the job. Ever since then, it's ran like a top and all repairs after have had my hands in it. Any problems that poped up, it let me know but never left me stranded since then.
After 3 years 20K miles with around 250,500 miles. It has payed off in many smiles. Laughing as I pass every little honda or every low mile CEL bmw that shows up in my shop. I always get questions at gas stations, also alot of hecklers telling me to LS SWAP BRUUV, but neigh, I have plans.
THINGS ALREADY DONE:
replaced dash
made all the dash lights and switches work
new waterpump and stainless heater pipe
almost complete silicone hose conversion
pertronix coil and msd wires
swapped out the old bw55 when the pump quit which can be found here: http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=332124
new rear seats
unplugged the lambda (so unnecessary)
timing advance to somewhere around 16 btdc
sawed off the large starla muffler that was holding things up (LET SISU ROOOOAR!)
PLANS:
so what is a 262CX? well, everyone is always scraping the ground around here, no one fills in potholes, and heavy flooding are constant problems here. I also want to drive into the new mexico desert. so why not make the personal offroad coupe of the post apocalypse bouge that volvo never made? who says the CC wagons get all the fun?
so things that are going in is a new 3 inch exhaust with headers (courtesy of matt dupuis)
a set of 282 degree cams from dbilas
alloy rockers
ARP head studs (yes they exist)
head porting
2.5 to 3 inch lift with either parts from ben kaplan or sellhom
redo the front seats
get headrest cushions made
repaint the car with a satin gun metal grey color and a maroon vinyl top (this had a black top at one time.)
redo the seal and trim on the windows
BF Goodrich A/Ts
possible trunk rack or roof rack for spare tire and adventure supplies
maybe a CB?
and a bull bar or brush guard with a set of hella rallye 4000s
this is my first volvo, my only volvo, and continuing daily driver, and i expect it to be for many years to come, I will probably regret the day I sell it, if I ever do. who knows, maybe I might drive it around the world. I am also not that old, so it puts a smile on people's perplexed faces, especially the young kids at car shows.
leave ideas, parts links, questions etc. will be updating with pics.
This is a 1979 262C Bertone that I picked up by pure luck.
Background on name: Sisu= a Finnish concept of resilience and confidence in the face of hard times. This car seems to follow that definition. It still had the original motor. I saved it from a collector that had it for a month before realizing he was in over his head. before that, it had spent 8 years between two college girls hauling them around austin, dallas, and tyler texas. It was also previously owned by a dealer manager in utah when he lived in california, which is where this was sold. headlights and highbeams we all weird, grand canyon dash, no valve adjustments in years, black trans. fluid. On the way home it proceeded to overheat as the dude didn't mention the hole in the radiator. Then I spent the next 2 weeks overheating another four times blowing every hose untill the headgasket went. I found one of the few people in dallas who could do the job. Ever since then, it's ran like a top and all repairs after have had my hands in it. Any problems that poped up, it let me know but never left me stranded since then.
After 3 years 20K miles with around 250,500 miles. It has payed off in many smiles. Laughing as I pass every little honda or every low mile CEL bmw that shows up in my shop. I always get questions at gas stations, also alot of hecklers telling me to LS SWAP BRUUV, but neigh, I have plans.
THINGS ALREADY DONE:
replaced dash
made all the dash lights and switches work
new waterpump and stainless heater pipe
almost complete silicone hose conversion
pertronix coil and msd wires
swapped out the old bw55 when the pump quit which can be found here: http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=332124
new rear seats
unplugged the lambda (so unnecessary)
timing advance to somewhere around 16 btdc
sawed off the large starla muffler that was holding things up (LET SISU ROOOOAR!)
PLANS:
so what is a 262CX? well, everyone is always scraping the ground around here, no one fills in potholes, and heavy flooding are constant problems here. I also want to drive into the new mexico desert. so why not make the personal offroad coupe of the post apocalypse bouge that volvo never made? who says the CC wagons get all the fun?
so things that are going in is a new 3 inch exhaust with headers (courtesy of matt dupuis)
a set of 282 degree cams from dbilas
alloy rockers
ARP head studs (yes they exist)
head porting
2.5 to 3 inch lift with either parts from ben kaplan or sellhom
redo the front seats
get headrest cushions made
repaint the car with a satin gun metal grey color and a maroon vinyl top (this had a black top at one time.)
redo the seal and trim on the windows
BF Goodrich A/Ts
possible trunk rack or roof rack for spare tire and adventure supplies
maybe a CB?
and a bull bar or brush guard with a set of hella rallye 4000s
this is my first volvo, my only volvo, and continuing daily driver, and i expect it to be for many years to come, I will probably regret the day I sell it, if I ever do. who knows, maybe I might drive it around the world. I am also not that old, so it puts a smile on people's perplexed faces, especially the young kids at car shows.
leave ideas, parts links, questions etc. will be updating with pics.
Last edited:
