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). […]