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The Volvo P1800 is an automobile from Volvo. The project was started in 1957 because Volvo wanted a sports car, despite the fact that their previous attempt, the P1900 had been a disaster, with only 68 cars sold. The man behind the project was an engineering consultant to Volvo, Helmer Petterson, who in the 1940s was responsible for the Volvo PV 444. The design work was done by Helmer's son Pelle Petterson, who worked at Pietro Frua at that time. The Italian Carrozzeria Pietro Frua design firm (then a recently acquired subsidiary of Ghia) built the first three prototypes, designated: P958-X1, P958-X2 and P958-X3. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (820x537, 105 KB) Volvo P1800ES Source: Photographed at the Bay State Antique Automobile Clubs July 10, 2005 show at the Endicott Estate in Dedham, MA by User:Sfoskett File links The following pages link to this file: Volvo P1800 ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (820x537, 105 KB) Volvo P1800ES Source: Photographed at the Bay State Antique Automobile Clubs July 10, 2005 show at the Endicott Estate in Dedham, MA by User:Sfoskett File links The following pages link to this file: Volvo P1800 ...
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Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race An automobile (or motor car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ...
Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar, is an automobile maker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Volvo P1900 was a fiberglass-bodied roadster built in very small numbers in 1956 and 1957 by Volvo of Sweden. ...
Per (Pelle) Petterson is a Swedish yacht designer. ...
Pietro Frua (1965) Pietro Frua (May 2, 1913 - June 28, 1983) was one of the leading Italian coachbuilders and car designers during the 1950s and 1960s. ...
In December 1957 Helmer Petterson drove X1, (the first hand-built P1800 prototype) to Osnabruck, West Germany, headquarters of Karmann. Petterson hoped that Karmann would able to take on the tooling and building of the P1800. Karmann's engineers had already been preparing working drawings from the wooden styling buck at Frua. Petterson and Volvo chief engineer Thor Berthelius met there, tested the car and discussed the construction with Karmann. They were ready to build it and this meant that the first cars could hit the market as early as December 1958. But in February, Karmann's most important customer, Volkswagen VAG, forbade Karmann to take on the job. They were afraid that the P1800 would kill the sales of their cars and threatened to cancel all their contracts with Karmann if they took on the coachbuilding of this car. This setback almost killed the project. Wilhelm Karmann GmbH in Osnabrück, Germany is an independent company in the motor vehicle industry. ...
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Other German firms NSU, Drautz and Hanomag were contacted but none of them was selected because Volvo did not believe these firms met their manufacturing quality control standards. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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It began to appear that Volvo might never produce the P1800. This motivated Petterson to obtain financial backing from two financial firms with the intention of buying the components directly from Volvo, and marketing the car himself. At this point Volvo had made no mention of the P1800 and the factory would not comment. Then a press release surfaced with a photo of the car, putting Volvo in a position where they had to acknowledge the car's existence. These events influenced the company to renew its efforts, and it turned to Jensen Motors whose production lines were under capacity, and they agreed to a contract of 10,000 cars. The Scottish body plant of manufacturer Pressed Steel was in turn contracted by Jensen to create the unibody shell, which then shipped via rail to be assembled at Jensen. In September 1960, the first production P1800 (for the 1961 model year) left Jensen for an eager public. 1938 Jensen 3. ...
The Pressed Steel Company (PSC) was a British car body manufacturing company founded at Cowley near Oxford in 1926 as a joint venture between William Morris, the Budd Corporation and an American bank. ...
The engine provided was the B18 with dual SU carburettors, producing 100 hp (75 kW). This variant (named B18B) had a different camshaft from, and higher compression than, the slightly less powerful twin-carb B18D used in the contemporary Amazon 122S. The 'new' B18 was actually developed from the pre-existing B36 V8 engine employed in Volvo trucks at the time. This cut production costs, as well as furnishing the P1800 with a strong engine boasting five main crank bearings. The B18 was matched with the new and more robust M40 gearbox through 1963. From 1963 to 1972 the M41 gearbox with electrically actuated overdrive was a popular option. Two overdrive types where used, the D-Type through 1969, and the J-type through 1973. The J-type had a slightly shorter ratio of 0.797:1 as opposed to 0.756:1 for the D-type. The addition of this overdrive gave the 1800 series a defacto fifth gear, allowing it greater fuel efficiency and decreased drivetrain wear. Cars sold without overdrive had a numerically lower geared differential, which had the interesting effect of giving them a somewhat higher top speed (just under 120mph) than the more popular overdrive models. This was because the non-overdrive cars could reach the engine's redline in top gear, while the overdrive-equipped cars could not, giving the latter a top speed of roughly 110mph. This Volvos litre inline-4 OHV gasoline engine was used from 1961 to 1968 in the Volvo PV544, 120 (Amazon), P1800 and 140 series automobiles. ...
The carburetor (or carburettor, carb for short) is a device which mixes air and fuel for an internal_combustion engine. ...
A Saab 96 (left) and a Volvo Amazon (right) line up to race. ...
M40 or M-40 may be: M40 (field protective mask), a military gas mask M40 (rifle), sniper rifle M40 GMC,a self-propelled gun M40 motorway, in England BMW M40, a piston engine Volvo M40 transmission Winnecke 4, a Messier object and double star in the constellation Ursa Major This...
A gearbox is an assembly of gears allowing the rotational speed of an input shaft to be changed to a different speed. ...
A gearbox is an assembly of gears allowing the rotational speed of an input shaft to be changed to a different speed. ...
As time progressed, Jensen had problems with quality control, so the contract was ended early at 6,000 cars. In 1963 production was moved to Gothenburg and was succeeded by the designation 1800S (to indicate Swedish built) and the engine was improved with an additional 8 hp (6 kW). In 1966 the engine was updated to 115 hp (86 kW). In 1969 the B18 engine was replaced with the 2-liter B20B variant of the B20 giving 118bhp (89 kW), though it kept the designation 1800S. For 1970 numerous changes came with the fuel-injected 1800E, which had the B20E engine with Bosch D-Jetronic fuel injection and a revised camshaft and produced 130bhp from its 2-litres without sacrificing fuel economy. In 1972 came the last model, the 1800ES, a hatchback or station wagon version with an all-glass tailgate; the engine was downgraded to 125bhp (92 kW) by reducing the compression ratio with a thicker head gasket (engine variant B20F); although maximum power was slightly down the engine was less "peaky" and the real-world performance was actually improved. Top speed was around 185 km/h (just under 120mph). For the last model year, 1973, only the 1800ES was produced. Total production of the 1800 line from 1961 through 1973 was 47,492 units. Production ended on June 27, 1973 although Volvo was in negotiations with Sergio Coggiola concerning a possible P1800ESC. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...
Gothenburg (Swedish: ) ) is a city and municipality in the province Västergötland on the west-coast of Sweden. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...
B20 is also a mixture composed of 20% of biodiesel with 80% of diesel, see biodiesel The Volvo B20 was a straight-4 pushrod engine produced in the 1960s and 70s. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
Sergio Coggiola is an italian designer mainly known for his design of automobiles. ...
While Volvo never produced factory convertibles of the 1800, these were produced in the aftermarket. A Long Island, NY (USA) dealer, Volvoville, advertised a convertible version. Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible (sometimes called cabriolet in British English) is a car body style with a folding or retracting roof. ...
The Saint's Volvo 1800
A white Volvo P1800 (with licence plate ST1) driven by Simon Templar, played by Roger Moore, was featured in the TV series The Saint beginning in 1962 and played a prominent role throughout the entire run of the show. There were two exciting new cars introduced at the Paris Auto Show in 1962, and Jaguar was first offered the opportunity to provide an E-Type car for the series but declined as they had too much demand already and didn't see the need for attentional press (a similar situation arose with Mars Candies' M&Ms and Reese's Pieces in the movie "E.T."). Volvo was then asked for a P1800, and they jumped at the chance leading to a nice increase of sales of the P1800 and the creation of a 1960s' icon. Later, in the 1970s when The Return of the Saint was created, Jaguar made up for their mistake and offered the new XJ-S for the series. An artists conception of Simon Templar as seen on the cover of a 1983 omnibus edition collecting several early Saint books. ...
Moore and Tony Curtis in The Persuaders! (1971/72). ...
The Saint was a long-running British action adventure television series, made by ITC Entertainment, that aired on ITV stations between 1962 and 1969, and on American television as a syndicated show (1962-1967) and on NBC (1967-69). ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...
One of the Volvo 1800s used in the Saint TV series in 1967 has been faithfully restored and is now owned by Bill Krzastek. It does indeed look like a giant-size Corgi Saint Volvo, and it has appeared in a number of auto shows.
Influence The all-glass tailgate on the ES-model would prove to be very popular with future Volvo-designers. A similar design was used on the Volvo 480, and on multiple concept cars. The Volvo C30 (based on recent concepts) will also use this design. The Volvo 480 was a 4 seater, 3-door Coupe. ...
The Volvo C30 is a compact car (also considered a small family car) produced by the Volvo division of Fords Premier Automotive Group. ...
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Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar, is an automobile maker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. ...
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The S40 sedan (and similar V40 and V50 station wagons) are compact cars sold by Volvo Cars. ...
The S40 sedan (and V40 and V50 station wagons) is a compact car sold by Volvo Cars. ...
The V50 is a compact luxury station wagon based on the Volvo P1 platform shared with the Volvo S40, Mazda Mazda3, and the new European Ford Focus. ...
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A Saab 96 (left) and a Volvo Amazon (right) line up to race. ...
The Volvo 140 is an automobile from Volvo. ...
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The Volvo 850 was a mid-size luxury car, that would also be considered a compact executive car, produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo Cars between 1992 and 1997. ...
The Volvo S70 sedan and Volvo V70 wagon were introduced to the U.S. for the 1998 model year, and represented mainly new styling and revised suspensions from the 1993 through 1997 Volvo 850. ...
The Volvo V70 is a full-size station wagon. ...
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The Volvo V70 is a full-size station wagon. ...
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The Volvo 700 and 900 series are two ranges of mid-size luxury cars / executive cars produced by Swedish automaker Volvo in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
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The Volvo 700 and 900 series are two ranges of mid-size luxury cars / executive cars produced by Swedish automaker Volvo in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
The Volvo 700 and 900 series are two ranges of mid-size luxury cars / executive cars produced by Swedish automaker Volvo in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
The Volvo 700 and 900 series are two ranges of mid-size luxury cars / executive cars produced by Swedish automaker Volvo in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
The Volvo S80 is a mid-size executive car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo and introduced in 1998 as a replacement for the aging Volvo 960/S90 sedan. ...
The Volvo S80 is a mid-size executive car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo and introduced in 1998 as a replacement for the aging Volvo 960/S90 sedan. ...
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The Volvo 850 was a mid-size luxury car, that would also be considered a compact executive car, produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo Cars between 1992 and 1997. ...
The Volvo S70 sedan and Volvo V70 wagon were introduced to the U.S. for the 1998 model year, and represented mainly new styling and revised suspensions from the 1993 through 1997 Volvo 850. ...
Volvo S60 is a entry-level luxury car / compact executive car built by Volvo that was first introduced in 2000. ...
The Volvo V70 is a full-size station wagon. ...
Volvo S60 is a entry-level luxury car / compact executive car built by Volvo that was first introduced in 2000. ...
The Volvo V70 is a full-size station wagon. ...
1995 Buick Riviera coupé 1990 Mercedes-Benz 560SEC coupé, noted for its large, angular design A coupé (from the French for cut) or coupe is a car body style with a close-coupled interior offering either two seats or 2+2 seating (space for two passengers up front and for...
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The Volvo 700 and 900 series are two ranges of mid-size luxury cars / executive cars produced by Swedish automaker Volvo in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
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The Volvo C70 is a compact car built by the Ford Motor Companys Volvo subsidiary. ...
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Record-Breaking Volvo Driver A 1966 Volvo P1800S owned by Irvin Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, USA has the Guinness world record for highest mileage in the same vehicle he's been driving for more than 40 years. It had covered in excess of 3,572,342 km (2,219,751 miles) by March 2004, and passed the 4,000,000 kilometers (km) (2,485,484 mile) mark in September 2006. [1], [2] 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
East Patchogue is a census-designated place located in Suffolk County, New York. ...
Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area Ranked 27th - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²) - Width 285 miles (455 km) - Length 330 miles (530 km) - % water 13. ...
The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He has driven about 41,000 of those kilometers outside of the U.S., in Canada and Mexico, as well as abroad in Europe. "In Sweden, we drove to Volvo's global headquarters to see where the P1800 was born" Gordon had said. World map showing Europe Political map (neighbouring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...
Four million kilometers, or 2,485,484 miles, is:
- Almost 100 times around the world (via the equator).
- Nearly five round-trips to the moon.
- 1,111 completions of the Tour de France.
The equator is an imaginary circle drawn around a planet (or other astronomical object) at a distance halfway between the poles. ...
Bulk composition of the Moons mantle and crust estimated, weight percent Oxygen 42. ...
Le Tour de France (Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ...
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