As noted elsewhere on this site, 64SAINT was originally Volvo color code #79 or Pearl White. Ten years ago this year, in 2003, the original owner (I’m guessing since the plate you’ll see was registered to him) decided to have it completely restored; an almost 40th birthday present. As part of the papers and documentation I got with the car were some photographs of the restoration: before, during, and after. […]
Testing out a photoshoot location
I took 64SAINT out for a drive this lunch hour to stretch its legs (as it were) after some three weeks without being used, to fill it up, and to fetch something from the vets. Since they shut for lunch, it was late when I took the trip, so the sun was starting to go down by the time I got to Panera. […]
Volvo P1800S brochure–February 1963
It probably goes without saying that since I own a Volvo 1800S I also collect the old dealer brochures from the 60s that extol its virtues. Of course they’re great for the marketing spiel, pictures, and technical details of the car, but also for the most fabulous 60s fashion and hair dos. Absolutely amazing, very trendy. […]
New gauges for the Volvo 1800S
During the latter part of June and the beginning of July, while I was on business travel (and the wildfires threatened Colorado Springs), 64SAINT was at Concours Cars having its annual service and makeover. This time it was the gauges (tachometer, oil and water temperature, speedometer, fuel gauge, oil pressure, and clock) that needed to be refurbished or renovated and replaced. As there was also a split in the dashboard cover, that was replaced as well. […]
Just for fun…
Here’s Raquel Welch at a photo shoot in the early 60s, leaning on some model of the Volvo P1800 series. […]
Concours Cars newsletter July 2012
Concours Cars (where I get my Volvo 1800S serviced, if you haven’t worked it out by now) send out a monthly newsletter email to their customers. Each edition is about a car, concentrates on a particular model, has a picture of an example owned by a customer of theirs, and gives a little bit of history about the model. […]
Who goes there?
I think it’s time to check out the identification plate for my Volvo 1800S; it is the unique designation for 64SAINT. Here it is in all its glory, from just under the hood on the driver’s side: […]
Original window sticker for Volvo 1800S
As part of the purchase for my Volvo 1800S, I got a whole bunch of papers in a big old envelope, saved presumably by the original buyer and passed on to the subsequent buyers. There’s some interesting stuff in there that chronicles the early days of 64SAINT, but the earliest document of all must be the original window sticker for the car. […]
Modern silicone rubber
Last year, in 2011, I asked Concours Cars to get rid of the bloody awful exhaust system put on when the car was renovated and that was there when I bought it. You can see it here from the side of the car: […]
Welcome to 64SAINT
Well over two years ago I bought a red Volvo 1800S. It was originally registered in 1964, so that made it 46 years old. I bought it virtually unseen, but it was a good price and, as it turned out, it was a good car despite the fixes I’ve had to have done to it. And…it’s not finished yet! Since the people I bought it from in California had the plates “64SAINT”, which was a good name, I decided to keep it for Colorado. “64” for 1964, when it was built, and “SAINT” for the TV series of the same name with Roger Moore starring as the eponymous hero (he had a white one). […]