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"The Saint’s" Volvo P1800 - 258 page last updated: 24 January 2007 |
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THE "SAINT'S" CAR VOLVO P.1800 |
You can't look at the Volvo 1800 Sports without saying 'The Saint'. Corgi put the non-Saint version of the car into production in 1962, a year after Volvo so it was still very new and very hot when launched by Corgi. The Saint also started driving this car on TV in 1962, but it was not until 1965 that Corgi painted it white, put Roger Moore in the driving seat and stuck a decal on the bonnet to make it the Saint's car.
One or two more anoraky facts, it was only 'P1800' in 1961/62 in 1963 it became the 1800S when production switched from Jensen in England to Volvo's own plant in Sweden. Also - this model is of a pre-production prototype, the big V on the radiator grille never made it into production.
It always looks to me as if Roger is trying his best to stay in his seat and failing.
