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Once in a while (believe it or not), we misplace a message. If you do not get a response from us within a few days, please send us your message again!'69 1800S restorationI read your site with great interest. I am the owner/restorer of a P1800 from 1969. The car was first bought in California and has been driven there for 17 years / 200,000 miles by the first owner.
The car was in a barn, standing on the rear axle with two wheels lying flat under the bottom. I first had to put the front axle in its place before I was able to move the car. There was my first (of many to follow) problem: I didn't have any manual or photo of the construction, so it was a little bit of puzzling. Later it appeared that I had switched the shock-absorbers front and back. When I finished the car in May of this year I had to register and import the car in Holland in order to get a license plate. I'll spare you all the trouble I had putting the rest of the car together, but I succeeded!
Greetings from Holland, Thanks for the story, Wim. We've added a second photo of your beautiful car to the gallery. 122S wagon stolenI have kind of a weird story-request. My Volvo was stolen, and the guy who stole it was a mechanic, he totally conned me, said he would do a brake job and went off with the car, disappeared. I am living in Chihuahua Mexico, working with the Tarahumara Indians, so the car got stolen here in Chihuahua city -- but my guess is the guy took "Grace" stateside to part her out, or whatever.Do you have any information on how I could notify Volvo parts dealers, sellers, to look out for this guy and or the car? It has AZ plates, 165 CRZ, Vehicle ID number 22244VD9137, a B18D engine (I don't have THAT number, alas) with the dual SU carbs... Well, I am only writing out of desperation because I loved my Volvo, it is disgusting to think someone can steal a '64 Volvo wagon and get away with it, so I want to notify the community of Amazon lovers to be on the lookout for Grace...
If you have time, interest, information, please reply. Thanks a lot. [Message forwarded from ipd] VolvodadA young boy walks along the street, followed slowly by a Volvo with an older male driver.Volvo draws alongside, door swings open, and driver calls, "Hey, I'll give you a bag of lollies if you get in." "No way!" came the stern reply. Volvo drives around the block and repeats the slow approach. "I'll give you two bags of lollies if you get in." "Rack off!" Third attempt, and the driver ups the ante. "If you get in, I'll give you three bags of lollies, a Nintendo game and a pair of Nikes." The boy stops, looks in, and says, "Dad, you bought the Volvo, you live with it. I'm not getting in!"
as told to Phillip McNabb Artwork Here's a drawing by Mary Schwieger, age 18, just graduating from high school, off to University of Victoria in the fall. We live in Gray Creek, BC, which is in the Kootenays along the shores of Kootenay Lake. Good Volvo cruising country. We have many Volvos, including a 544, P210, 1800, and several 140s.Rob Schwieger schwig@netidea.com Rob, please forgive my unconscionable delay in posting Mary's prize-winning artwork -- imagine she's about graduating from University by now. We've added it to the Photo Gallery, too. Thanks for sending it in! Finless in PortugalI am a proud owner of a '64 1800S. Bought it recently, in March this year, since then have been searching the web for every important 1800 source available. After some small maintenance and bodypaint, [my car] looks great. It is a unique car since it's finless. Bought it that way, so don't know how it happened or when.Your mag is a must: fabulous! I really enjoy it and see it whenever I can. Also, the tech archive is great. I am submiting how I got my car, which I think is quite funny. Specially because these cars are extremely rare in Portugal (there were at most 50 imported originally from Sweden and no more than 20 left). You can find the story and photos at: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/8451/p1800_mycar.html
Best regards, Revamped New Zealand Club siteThe totally new Volvo Enthusiasts Club NZ Web pages are now up and running, please check them out. The purpose of the Club web pages are to promote the club and get more Volvo owners to join us.The previous Club web pages were stored on the free Geocities site, now they are on my own domain called HomeWorld. You can access the Volvo Club web pages at:
Please enjoy all the Club pages, plenty of photos to check out and I would appreciate some feedback. Cascadian insightsAfter reading your insights on living in Cascadia, I wish to point out some perspectives of a long time resident of Southwest Washington.
a.. Why don't Washingtonians go barefoot? SLUGS.
Anyway, my brother and I own four Volvos between us. One running, one parts car and two projects. If you would like me to contribute some of our misadventures in the realm of shade tree mechanics, then please let me know. After all, summer's over and the rain's coming... I'd be delighted to hear the details. It's nice to know that others who (sometimes) have enough sense to come in out of the rain also have mechanical misadventures. --Phil Contacto from ChileHello Volvoides! My name is Mauricio Domange. I am Chilean from Santiago. I am happy for us because my Volvo and I are very alone; congratulatulations for this page. Please, do you know somebody who speaks Spanish to give a answer. Thanks.
Soy estudiante de Agronomia de la Universidad de Chile, y este auto es lo unico material que realmente me gusta. Un saludo desde el otro lado del mundo. Kudos department...Thanks for all the well thought out, and phrased, information ... I found especially informative your real world experience: the examples you gave of the two cars you currently own. It seems to me that this, the blend of technical explanation and thorough experience, is the real strength of the VClassics site.Some mechanics I've talked to dismiss ideas out of hand, based on experience rather than technical explanation. Some enthusiasts will, built around a kernel of a technical explanation and an annecdotal experience, propose grand theories. On VClassics I've found forthright discussions anchored with a record of personal accomplishment and communicable technical proficiency: the kind of jewels I would have had to comb for hours through other bulletin boards in search of.
In appreciation of an excellent resource, (perhaps coming it a little strong, I'm not trying to swell your heads get anything out of you, but really -- nice job) I think we can stand it, Jesse -- thanks!
Thanks for providing this magazine for free over the Internet. It is one of the best sources I have found for Volvo information, next to the Volvo corprate website.
More...Great website! I really like the VClassics on line. Much better tech info than I've seen in many years of subscribing to VSA's SEES magazine. Look for my subscription in the mail soon, and keep up the great work.Tim Schnoor Springfield, VA 1973 1800 ES #7778 Schnoor@erols.com Back to the Top |
I bought my car in Holland but it had not yet been imported. From the papers I got with the car it appeared that the car has first been shipped to Denmark, from there to Germany where it stayed from '91 to '96. Then it came to Holland (I suppose). The first Dutch owner started to strip the car down and replaced the rusty parts. The next owner restored the front axle but didn't mount it. He also bought a lot of new parts. Then he sold it to me in August of '98.