Subject: Hello from Belgium
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998
From: "C. Schramme" <Quemadmodum@village.uunet.be>
Dear Glenn, if I may say so....
First let me beg your indulgency for my nowledge in English.
Then let me tell I'm so happy to have found your adress on the web. I never would have hoped finding so much information and tips about the P1800.
Since about a year we drive on a 1800 of 1970 exported from the States to Europe (sorry). We had to remove the red back side lights (illegal here) and the radio, who couldn't catch anything here. Found an ancient mouse nest under the rear sits, didn't tell immediately to my wife....
For the moment we have two little problems. Maybe you have some good idea?
1) The glass, the front window has everywhere spots who give the illusion that its durty. In the beginning I thought it was a kind of oil comming from the smoke of the boat that crossed the ocean. We used many different products, nothing is changing..
2) There is one place with a beginning of rost. That piece is not available here. In French it's called "contr'aile arriere". Immagine you are looking to the inscription for example michelin on the rear wheel. Immagine now you are that inscription and you are looking in the direction of the person . The first piece of metal that is in front of you is the piece I am talking about. Somebody said me to use the pieces of an 140 (not of an Amazone).
I suppose other persons already met the same problem...
Once more, thanks.
Charles
Charles - I'm very glad your English is so much better than my French, which I can sometimes read, but never write!
The windshield of your P1800 may have some paint on it. You might try scraping it off with a razor blade. If that doesn't work, you could try a glass-polishing kit. This consists of a small buffing wheel that fits in an electric drill and a special abrasive paste. An automotive supply store or a glass supplier might sell this kit.
I don't know whether the Volvo 140 fender well will fit an 1800. If the rust is not too bad, I would try to make a repair patch and weld it in. A good automotive restoration shop can do this for you if you don't have welding equipment. -Glenn.