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The last thing I wrote about the car is that the exterior was almost finished. Then COVID happened, the Carbage Run got postponed (twice) and the car sat under a cover for a little over two years. We were a bit disappointed (to say the least) when […]

It has been quite a while since I last posted an update about our work on the Carbage run car. We did make quite some progress! Vinyl wrap We finished the orange vinyl wrap. Although it all looks peachy on the pictures, the wrap job didn’t go […]

Ever since we decided on the team name (Fred & Wilma) for the Carbage run, we have been thinking about how to make the Volvo look more like the Flintstone mobile. We thought about wrapping it in wood grain vinyl wrap, but we couldn’t quite […]

A few weeks ago, I was browsing on one of those Chinese websites (I’m not mentioning names) when I came across some parking sensors. A set of 4 sensors, controller, display unit and a hole saw to make the necessary holes in the rear bumper would […]

The upholstery on the doors of the Volvo was coming off. I mean litteraly disintegrating. The layer of foam between the door panel and the upholstery turned into sticky orange gunk. That needed to be replaced. We removed the door panels, the old […]

As mentioned earlier, the previous owner had a fender bender. Literally. The front bumper of the car is made out of Tupperware with some metal in it for strength. The plastic part didn’t break. It just bent and bent back afterwards. The shape […]

Since we’re carbage running as team Fred & Wilma, I figured we needed a soundboard. You know, Fred screaming “Wilmaaaa!”, the distinctive sound of Fred driving off in his car, Wilma laughing, etc. And some of these sounds should be played […]

Just a quick update on the “getting rid of the rust” project. The sills are welded and I replaced one of the wings. I left the welding to a professional by the way. I can stick two pieces of metal together with a welder, but that’s not the […]