Highlights
- Smart RHD car in metallic blue with retrimmed leather seat
- New cylinder head gasket and hardened valve seats to run on unleaded
- Refurbished wheels with new wheel trims and four new tyres
- Regularly serviced by seller since purchase
The Appeal
60s and 70s surfers loved Volvo’s Amazon estate because it could double as holdall and sleepover. That seems to have been the inspiration for the P1800ES because it began as an idea for a beach car. Thankfully, buyers saw its broader appeal and this clever, proto-sporting estate found 8,000 buyers over two years.
Today, it is one of Volvo’s most interesting leftfield offerings, but very rare in the RHD of this 1971 example. It also has the desirable manual overdrive gearbox. Finished in mid metallic blue with a retrimmed black leather cabin, it is a very tidy and clearly cherished example.
The vendor tells us that he bought it in 2022 from a reputable dealer in Belgium. Since then he has maintained the car himself. It is fitted with a new cylinder head gasket and hardened valve seats, so it will run on unleaded. The car benefits from new brake callipers and pads and electronic ignition.
It is rare to find a P1800ES and even rarer in this specification. One not to miss, particularly if your classic car trips involve plenty of luggage.
The vendor says:
“Serviced the car by myself, lovely car to drive, I love the light blue paintwork, with it being an estate car, plenty of room inside.”
History and Paperwork
- First registered 1971
- First UK registered November 2022
- Single UK keeper since first registration
- Vendor states that car is an original RHD example
- Purchased from Xavier Molenaar Old Timer Farm in Belgium
- 119,000 miles recorded we are told
- Regularly serviced by the current keeper
- V5C in current keeper’s name
- Workshop manual as shown
The Condition
- Light blue paintwork appears in generally good condition
- Bodywork presents well
- Underside has been undersealed for protection
- The vendor states the interior is in very good order
- Seats have been recovered in black leather
- Blue carpets fitted which present well in photos
- Headlining, door cards and switchgear present well with light age to note
- All instruments and controls are said to be in working order
- New windscreen rubber and chrome trim fitted
- Refurbished steel wheels with new chrome wheel trims
- Matching spare wheel included
- Four new tyres fitted
- Tow bar installed
- Fitted with Volvo mud flaps
The Mechanics
- 1,986cc 125bhp fuel-injected engine
- Manual 4-speed transmission with overdrive
- Engine reported to run correctly with no known faults
- New cylinder head gasket fitted
- Hardened valve seats installed, allowing the use of any type of petrol we are told
- Electronic ignition system fitted
- New brake callipers and pads
- Regularly serviced by the current keeper, we are told
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