140 bricks

The Volvo life has been a pretty mellow one over the last few months. The 145 is running excellent, and the 142 sits patiently in the garage, waiting on a paint job and a new engine. I recently picked up a rebuildable '74 B20 with the 8-bolt crank and forged internals, and I also have a T3/T4 hybrid turbo (the right size for this motor) waiting for me next time I am in SoCal, so the epic adventure of trying to turbo a carbureted B20 is not far off. I have also made a few repairs and upgrades to the wagon, including fixing the heater fan, replacing my worn-out wiper arms, re-bushing the steering idler arm, and replacing a tie rod. I Finally got around to installing the red-white-red taillights I have had knocking about in my parts boxes for a while now, and I put clear turn lenses on the front to keep with the 'no amber' look. The Momo wheel that was on it when I bought the car had finally starting disintegrating for real, (bits of leather coming off in my hands every time I drove it!), so I bought an as-good-as-new used one---a Momo Prototipo, normally used on older Porsches. The new details are awesome, and I feel really happy about the way it looks and drives.

Coming up in the not-to-distant future: new windshield, new, quieter, muffler, and a fuel injection-to-carb conversion using a Yamaha R1 bank. I hear they outperform Weber DCOEs on Mk. 1 VWs and Triumphs when tuned right, so why not a Volvo?

Heck yeah.