Volvo P1800
Volvo P1800 ( 1961-1963 )
The Volvo P1800 is a car model of the Swedish automaker Volvo and Volvo P1900 sets after the second attempt to enter the sports car market.
Description
The design was created in 1957 by Pelle Petterson, then working at Pietro Frua in Italy. The first model P1800 was assembled from 1961 to 1963 in the UK at Jensen Motors in West Bromwich. The bodies were delivered from the factory Linwood the Pressed Steel Company by train. Was equipped this version with a 1.8 - liter petrol engine with 66 kW (90 hp).
Due to quality problems with assembly and painting Volvo ended the cooperation with Jensen 1963; the production was moved to Sweden in the Volvo 's headquarters in Gothenburg Lundby at. The model number 1800 has been added an S for Sweden. At the same time the power to 71 kW ( 96 hp ) was increased. Until 1969 prepared Pressed Steel car bodies, then the pressing tools were transported to Sweden and Volvo put in the work Olofström the sheet metal parts yourself.
1968 got the 1800S a completely new engine with two liters and 77 kW (105 hp). A year later this was replaced by the 1800E, which had an injection for the first time (D - Jetronic) and with an otherwise identical engine has a power output of 91 kW reached (124 hp).
Great visibility gained the Volvo 1800 as " service vehicle " by Roger Moore in the 118 episodes of the TV series Simon Templar from 1962 until 1969.
In the period from autumn 1961 to spring of 1972, 39 407 copies of the coupe built in different engines.
P1800
In August 1971, the Volvo P1800 was introduced, a wagon-coupé on the technical basis of the 1800E.
Despite the high price which is also known as " Snow White's Coffin " designated vehicle in the U.S. a sales success, while in Europe the demand remained limited.
As for 1974, new safety regulations came into force in the United States, which required, among other great bumpers at a certain height, it was decided at Volvo, the production of the 1800 ES with the end of the model year set 1973. Measures necessary for the fulfillment of the rules changes would have been too extensive. After publication of this Decision increased - especially in the USA - the demand for the 1800 ES, so that the entire rest of the production was sold out within weeks.
Volvo P1800 ES ( 1971-1973 )
Specifications
- Transmission: four forward gears with overdrive, initially optional, included since 1963
- Fuel system: until 1969, two constant-pressure carburetor SU HS6; in model year 1969 for USA, Canada and some European markets also two direct -pressure fan flow gasifier Zenith -Stromberg 175 CD-2 SE; from August 1969 injection system Bosch D -Jetronic
- Battery: 12 V, 60 Ah
Record
A 1800 S holds the record for passenger kilometers with more than three million miles (4.8 million kilometers; stand September 18, 2013 ). The vehicle was first registered in July 1966 in the United States, had gone no extraordinary repairs to the original engine, transmission and axles and is still daily from its first owner Irv Gordon.