As usual for many european automotive firm, also this car was styled by an italian designer: for this car the job was given to Pietro Frua coachworks. This is not one of the early cars built by Jensen at Pressed Steel: early cars (called P1800) suffered by big assembly and rust issues; they were also… Read More Frua style: 1965 Volvo 1800 S Coupé
We’ve seen many barn finds but it’s the first time we see a Volvo P1800 carried out of a long storage. Indeed the seller says that the last run of this car was in 1998, then it was stored in a dry garage, the same place from which it is just out. The seller says… Read More The Swede in the barn: 1970 Volvo P1800 E
Again, this is a car never seen before. It’s Called P1900 and it’s a fiberglass car built by Volvo during 1956 and ’57, in no more than 70 units. This was quite an experiment made by Volvo: the fiberglass body was commissioned to Glasspar when Assar Gabrielsson, founder of Volvo, saw the Corvette during a trip in… Read More The unexpected: 1956 Volvo P1900
This stylish station wagon was made in the last production year for this model after, more or less, 8,000 units built; actually this car is a design masterpiece even now: try to figure out how this car could look 40 years ago. Unfortunately for Volvo, this car was too expensive for its class and its… Read More Nordic design: 1973 Volvo P1800 ES
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