Description
Here we have another beautiful and practical Classic Car, ready for daily use! This is a 1972 Volvo 1800ES, Sports Estate, Manual, Right Hand Drive, Finished in Metallic Light Blue with Black Interior. Our car is an older restoration, presents and drives very nicely indeed! We havent seen a nice one in years and now we have two available at the same time!
The Volvo P 1800 is undoubtedly the most elegantly, and dynamically-designed Volvo of the twentieth century. The Volvo P1800 engineering was project-managed by Helmer Petterson, and his son Pelle who penned the design in 1957 whilst he was employed at 'Carrozzeria Frua', a subsidiary of Ghia. Volvo introduced its final P1800 variant, the stylish 1800ES, in 1972 as a two-door station wagon with a frameless, all-glass tailgate. Delivering a vehicle that was sporting, but without compromising their standards, Volvo brought to market a vehicle that is still special today. Introduced for the final two years of P1800 production the ES variant brought a striking shooting brake body to the sports tourer. The changes went further than a redesign of the body. The ES engine was changed to to 125bhp by reducing the compression ratio and using a larger head gasket. Although maximum power was very slightly down, the engine was less "peaky" and the car's on-the-road performance was much improved. During the two years of production only 8, 000 ES models were built, making this a true collector’s car. The P1800 became the long-distance cruiser of choice for those wanting to cross a continent in style and comfort. None have such notoriety as a P1800 that holds the highest mileage ever certified in non-commercial use in the Guinness Book of records, recorded at the time at 1. 7 million miles. That same vehicle would go on to be used by its owner until he passed in 2018, with an odometer reading of 3. 2 million miles.
Our car was first registered in 1972. The production number is 784 of 8077. we do not know much about the history of the car expect she spent many years in Belgium and was re-imported to the UK in 2022 by its sole UK owner, who searched long and hard for a RHD car in Alpine Blue, which this! We think this was UK supplied car as the clock is in MPH but we cannot be sure. She comes with a copy of the owners manual and the workshop manual but no service history at all. Finished from new in Alpine Blue with Black leather interior, the perfect colours, the condition is really nice, definitely restored at some time, the paint finish is extremely good and the interior nicely original, although there are a couple of tears in the leather, she has covered 119k Miles from new. All in all a really nice restored car for a great price!
