From 2015 some posts are in English. This is just a hobby blog but after five years it receives some 500 visitors per month. I hope someone find it worthwhile reading and perhaps find a tip or two for maintaining a Volvo P1800. Many old pages are in Swedish. Feel free to comment, all posts are open for that. Thanks for visiting.
Fick tag i en gammal plåt och gamla bokstäver/siffror med originalnumret från 1964. Den här bilen såldes i Norrland så det var två länsbokstäver, inte bara en vilket blir viktigt om plåten – som i detta fall – hade förborrade hål. Två bokstäver och fem siffror. Fick tips via Facebook att …
Some shots from a sunny Saturday, now with a proper camera.
Fint väder och torra gator, ovanligt för Februari. Trevligt värma upp motorn på gatorna istället för i garaget. Stannade till några gånger för att ta nån iPhonebild i det fina vädret. Första stopp, Mosebacke.
Vid runt 90-95 km/h börjar min bil skallra. Det låter som det kommer framifrån, liksom under instrumentpanelen eller torpeden. Men tar man tag i växelspaken slutar det. Eller om man varvar upp och kör lite snabbare. Det är alltså någon slags resonans som uppstår. Så var det såklart inte från …
It took some years but finally I found the identical mirrors that’s on the car – but round rather than square. They’re not too hard to find at ebay but they can be very expensive – beyond 1000€ is common for pairs in good condition. These were mint and more reasonably priced. They have identical mount and are originals …
Well worth keeping. My floor/side/back upholstery is a bit fluffy and has an overly red tone. The original mats was replaced in the 80’s. First post is about VP’s alternative and while the tone looks very good it may not be the best.
I’ve had it since I bought the car a couple of years ago. It is activated through an oil pressure sensitive brake contact placed on the front torpedo plate in the engine bay. Supposedly these are very reliable and should not easily wear out. But I had to push the pedal …
Karl-Eric Målberg work hard to get images into the chassi registry. It has turned into a great source of detailed information about the P1800 but also many images available for 100’s if not 1000’s of cars still running. At a summer meet in Taxinge close to Stockholm K-E sneaked around and took some images of …
With little to do on my car – being garaged for the winter – earlier this evening I asked the Swedish P1800 group if they knew what a metallic container could be. It’s found at the driver door post on my car. Not all have them. The image is bad but the given the …
A few original P1800 images glues themselves into the mind. One of them is a shot of a red ’64 in old town Stockholm, coming up from a narrow alley to the main square. During season this place is filled with tourists and the cafe’s in the buildings have big outdoor serving areas built on wooden platforms. But by late october these …
A Chrysler 300 backing out from the workshop to make room for a P1800. Normal service with oil change, oil and air filter. Plus various greasing here and there. My brake contact had gone bad so we also tried to check if there were some air in the pipes but it doesnt appear to …
So, I put that 300 Ohm resistance in and then it was time to check RPM. Fine at idle but what about higher speed/RPM. In a Service Bulletin K-E Målberg found this. Here’s the gear/speed chart for an early P1800. B18D is the P120/PV sport versions of the P1800’s B18B, …
Easier than expected. The tachometer in my car showed too high RPM. I measured it and in idle 850 RPM it showed 2000 RPM. In various forums you can read about a hidden adjustment screw which requires drilling, or you can send your tacho to an instrument repairer. But if you …
There’s a lot of P1800-activity on Facebook where people ask questions and quickly get answers or suggestions on what to do. It has essentially replaced the old-style PHP-type of forums like it or not. In these groups a lot of images are posted from all around the world. Sometimes something …
I got a mail from a UK mail friend, also a P1800 owner who had done some driving in rainy weather. The previous owner of his car had filled the drain holes on the underside, dont know where or which but when opening almost a liter of water had poured out. That’s …
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Day started with fine weather. A MC-cafe 45 min drive south of Stockholm had announced a meet and me and a friend planned for a nice sunday trip. Mostly american cars just a few europeans among perhaps 60-70 cars. Then the rain came and many cars left. The upside was that it meant some …
Some shots from Taxinge 40 km south west of Stockholm. The Volvo Amazon, 140 and P1800 clubs had a meet with possibly some 100-150 cars meeting up in a sunny day. Did not count but perhaps just above 30 P1800’s. Many more Amazons and less 140’s. Reds and one gray. My gray …
Eskilstuna Veterandag (veteran day) is one of the large summer classic meets in this country. Eskilstuna is a town 1hr drive west from Stockholm. A large old grass airfield houses 1000+ cars. This year the P1800 club had an own hangar to display cars as seen in previous post. Here’s a (rather …
One of the biggest annual meet in Sweden with a 1000+ classics. Eskilstuna is an hour drive from Stockholm and the meet is located on an airfield. This year the P1800 club was to have an own hangar. Searched but found no relevant information from the club about it. So I mailed …
Wasn’t too happy about the Swedish P1800 club badge so I did not fit it. Maybe later. In the meanwhile I found a chromed RAC-badge. RAC was the major British rally since the 30’s, usually won by various British cars like Jaguars, Triumphs and once Aston Martin (1956). But starting in the 60’s …
These mirrors were common for the Porsche 356 and are considered rather exclusive. Absolutely vibration free mounting was possibly a selling argument and nice original ones can exceed USD 1250 on ebay. Mounting is unusually elaborate – as I found when disassembling mine a while ago. Mine were fitted when I …
At least the thinking was there. Found a print from Volvo director Tord Lidmalm from the 60’s. It’s an investigation about car safety and various solutions and problems in that area. Major concern for the P1800 is probably the steering wheel shaft protruding from the steering wheel to the front …
UPDATE Early 2016. Still working i.e. batteries last 5+ months which is enough. Case closed. UPDATE Early Nov 2015. Clock on the spot. The new batterypack has worked for 3 months. All is fine. So with a new Multimeter I of course had to measure how much current (Ampere) the clock consumes. The …
I was overly optimistic about my separate power feed to the quartz converted clock. I assumed a 12V battery (type “A23”) would keep the clock going for a year or two. That is not the case. After installation the battery was drained in days. I thought it was a bad battery …
