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1973 Volvo P1800 ES Shooting Brake

Sale price: £6,750.00 make an offer

Car location: Weybridge, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Year:
1973
Doors:
2
Mileage:
58,386
Engine:
1,800
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1973 Volvo P1800 ES Shooting Brake for sale

Current customer rating: current rating for this car(2.05) based on 357 votes
For sale with Historics at Brooklands. Call Mathew on 01753 639170
In December 1957. the first hand-built P1800 prototype was
driven to the headquarters of Karmann. Volvo had hoped that Karmann
would be able to take on the tooling and building of the P1800 and
they were ready to build it which meant that the first cars could
hit the market as early as December 1958. But in February. br/>Karmann's most important customer. Volkswagen. forbade Karmann to
take on the job as they feared that the P1800 would compete with
the sales of their own cars and threatened to cancel all their
contracts if they took on this car. This setback almost caused the
project to be abandoned.


The project looked doomed until a press release then surfaced with
a photo of the car. putting Volvo in a position where they had to
acknowledge its existence. These events influenced the company to
renew its efforts with the car and it was presented to the public
for the first time at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1960.
Volvo turned to Jensen Motors. whose production lines were
under-utilised. and they agreed a contract for 10. 00 cars. The
first production P1800 left Jensen for an eager public after its
much troubled inception. In 1972 came the last model. the 1800ES. a
coupé station wagon with an all-glass tailgate. sometimes described
as a shooting-brake.


This fantastic example presented in gold has been much loved and
cared for by its present owner and was completely restored to its
showroom condition as a surprise for his birthday in 2000. Since
its restoration. very few miles have been covered and the car has
been dry stored to preserve the work undertaken. This is fully
documented in photographs. including its bare metal re-spray. which
are available in the history file. With just 59. 00 miles covered
and in such lovely condition it would be hard to find a more
desirable example.



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