A small correction regarding the design of this car. The designer is Swedish and his namn is Pelle Petterson. He was working for an car design company in Italy in the late 1950ies when he designed the Volvo P1800. He later became one of Swedens most famous and successfull sailors. He also designed the world famous fleet of sailingboats that is known as Maxi boats. He also partcipated in one olympic game in 1972 and won a medal, two of Swedens challenges of Americas Cup in the 1970 and 1980ies where he was the skipper and designer of the boats. Pelle P as he is called in Sweden now designs leisurwares for his own branding mostly for sailing people. He lives in Sweden and is now 92 years old and still going strong.
It is a seriously good looking car, but if it hasn’t been driven in 20 years, that plays a significant in the lack of corrosion. It does look good with clean shut lines and crisp welds, but apart from that, it could still have some dodgy repairs. My E-type looked just as good, when I bought it, but full of Bondo over nailed on metal patches. By the way, the engines were never 2.2 liter. That model had originally B18 (1800cc) engine around 90ps. They later grew to 2000cc ad named the B20? The E version had I believe 120ps, maybe somewhere mentioned with 125ps.
Very nice restoration. Tough to top if you just want it to shine in a garage Mechanically it looked very sound but a I'd have a few concerns. Entire suspension was was rebuilt but it looks like rubber bushings which are probably significantly deteriorated after 20 years. Too bad it didn't get PU bushings. Bilstein shocks are not stock but great choice I noticed driver didn't test the electronic overdrive which was one of the special features of the 1800s and subject to occasional issues. The tach was all over the place. Unfortunately the Smith / Lucas instruments in 1800s was one of their weakest components and might be extremely difficult to repair or replace at this point.
Nice looking daily driver but I don’t see the vertical seam lines that should be in the rocker panels and rear fender below the taillights, must be filled with Bondo, which doesn’t suggest a detail quality body restoration along also wrong grill for a 1965.
A small correction regarding the design of this car. The designer is Swedish and his namn is Pelle Petterson. He was working for an car design company in Italy in the late 1950ies when he designed the Volvo P1800. He later became one of Swedens most famous and successfull sailors. He also designed the world famous fleet of sailingboats that is known as Maxi boats. He also partcipated in one olympic game in 1972 and won a medal, two of Swedens challenges of Americas Cup in the 1970 and 1980ies where he was the skipper and designer of the boats. Pelle P as he is called in Sweden now designs leisurwares for his own branding mostly for sailing people.
He lives in Sweden and is now 92 years old and still going strong.
Such a beautiful car.
Very beautiful cars. Years ago it was popular to swap in Ford 289 engines, giving them performance to match their looks.
Thanks for making this comprehensive video. It was very educational. Especially the 5 bearing engine fact.
That's one of the few cars where the fins blend in with the styling. I believe the later MGB engines went from 3 to 5 main bearings.
It is a seriously good looking car, but if it hasn’t been driven in 20 years, that plays a significant in the lack of corrosion. It does look good with clean shut lines and crisp welds, but apart from that, it could still have some dodgy repairs. My E-type looked just as good, when I bought it, but full of Bondo over nailed on metal patches. By the way, the engines were never 2.2 liter. That model had originally B18 (1800cc) engine around 90ps. They later grew to 2000cc ad named the B20? The E version had I believe 120ps, maybe somewhere mentioned with 125ps.
Very nice restoration. Tough to top if you just want it to shine in a garage
Mechanically it looked very sound but a I'd have a few concerns. Entire suspension was was rebuilt but it looks like rubber bushings which are probably significantly deteriorated after 20 years. Too bad it didn't get PU bushings. Bilstein shocks are not stock but great choice I noticed driver didn't test the electronic overdrive which was one of the special features of the 1800s and subject to occasional issues. The tach was all over the place. Unfortunately the Smith / Lucas instruments in 1800s was one of their weakest components and might be extremely difficult to repair or replace at this point.
Nice looking daily driver but I don’t see the vertical seam lines that should be in the rocker panels and rear fender below the taillights, must be filled with Bondo, which doesn’t suggest a detail quality body restoration along also wrong grill for a 1965.
Want to trade for an impeccable 1973 p1800 es?