My father had a fairly eclectic taste in cars, although he did have a strong leaning towards almost anything with a Ford V8 under the hood. The last car that he owned was a 1979 242GT, and I couldn’t understand why he purchased this until I drove it for the first time. The 2,316...
this 1962 Volvo P1800 is looking for a new home. The early P1800s were built under contract for Volvo by Jensen, but when the deal turned sour due to quality control issues, Volvo chose to take production in-house after only 6,000 cars had rolled out of the Jensen factory in West Br...
These days there are some 480 Turbo Cabrio cars on the road: at least two in The Netherlands (a red one at importer Volvo Cars Nederland and a Paris Blue version with RHD in private usage), one was sold on Ebay UK a couple of weeks ago (May or June 2012) and of course there’s...
Volvo XC90: the sights are set on leadership in safety With the launch of its first-ever SUV, Volvo Cars enters an entirely new segment, and the goal is perfectly clear: to lead the way in terms of safety. Sep 18, 2003ID: 785 ...
When you’re looking for a part that’s rare these days you should try eBay, volvo-forums or classic car events. Keep in mind a lot of aftermarket accessories are used at several classic cars, like the stone guards for the headlights: most classic cars have the same headlights (like the...
posted byjonny2boxon Wed Apr 28 14:40 CST 2010> (9 responses) Distributor rotor modification for improved starting for high mileage cars. Anyone done this? [200][1979] posted bysuthermlon Wed Apr 28 16:39 CST 2010> (2 responses) ...
Id. Plaintiffs' Trademarks "have been used exclusively and continuously by Volvo Car[] in relation to passenger cars and related goods and services for over 50 years, and have never been abandoned." Id. Volvo Car spends millions of dollars in advertising, promoting, and developing plaintiffs'...
000 vehicles were produced before Volvo took over production in-house. This 1961 P1800 is one of the Jensen-built cars, and it needs some restoration work. It is located in Olympia, Washington, and has attracted 22 bids since being listed for salehere on eBay. This action has pushed the...
so if you’ve been in the market for a late-sixties MG with some non-traditional components this may be a good car to take a look at. It’s located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and can be spottedhere on eBay, where bidding has reached $1,825 so far. There’s no reserve, so the...
It’s hard to assess just how rough these cars were when they came into this collection versus how much they deteriorated once in storage. Regardless, they are all decent parts donors for owners of more worthy projects, but if you won this Volvo for $200, would you pay to transport it?