What a spectacular film you've put together of the making of such a thing of perfection! DPM, you are masters at your craft - I only wish you were across the pond in the US where I could utilize you! Such a beautiful and fascinating thing to watch and witness. Thank you for doing this!
Thanks to share such a high end restoration and show us the difficulty to restore like it has to be done... It change of TV programs the show some people that "restore" cars in 40 hours and make profits doing it. Those cars of the 60's are just true jewels compared with ugly SUV that company produce actually. The line of the Volvo P1800 is gorgeous. Italian designers were the best at that period !
A tremendous amount of work. Although my research shows that for a 1964 the front crossmember is painted to match the body colour instead of painted grey which began in 1966.
What i learned dealing with British doing this or any kind of job that needs precision , There must be a shed in the middle of nowhere ,They are expensive ,they are slow , some got also a right attitude even if you are the one who pays them but ....the end result is what you paid for and more ! By the way the Editing of the video is amazing well done to who ever made it !
Just the bodywork, new panels, new chromes and paint with 1200 hours of labours are certainly around that amount... To my opinion, I would have redone the seats that look poor compare with such a high end restoration...
The video is brilliant ,superb in fact. The restoration sublime and of a standard seen only from the finest artisans. I owned this car, the Saints version as a young man,that is to say it was white with red leather interior. Mine was rather like this vehicle it was also deeply set in with years of rust although appearing quite solid. I had done a body off restoration of a classic 57 Chev and felt I could give it a go. As I had another love in my life , married her, I chose a path least resistance and outlay of cash. I ground down rust bashed in panels riveted tin and best of all a gallon or two of Bondo lovingly, artfully applied. The results amazed a neighbour who lent me his spray booth. The paint job was excellent. Of course this was to be a terminal case. The marriage survives. Greater for me was the joy of seeing my beautiful blonde wife take it to her job and impress the men while I worked in the studio at home, not to be eclipsed. One caveat I wish to endorse ; this being the Saints car it surely is meant to be white and pure as the Nordic winter with a heart of fire The red exterior is for our southern Latin friends. Cheers
For anyone interested in restoring these cars, apparently I heard a rumor (and saw pictures of) there being 3 P1800s and some other volvos just sitting in a field outside of Java, south dakota, so if someone lives close to there in the US, find out who owns them and save them :)
really boring video, ridiculous epic music for sheet metal work, multiple pointless edit cuts, so pompous, over importance and the start "a film by...." LOL it's a TH-cam video on par with kittens being cute videos, get over yourselves.
You certainly made a wonderful job of Andrew's car, one that I've known over the years. However the camera work is very poor compared with the car restoration. It constantly flashes from one bit to another and you can't follow anything that's being done. Also that music is terrible.
What a spectacular film you've put together of the making of such a thing of perfection! DPM, you are masters at your craft - I only wish you were across the pond in the US where I could utilize you! Such a beautiful and fascinating thing to watch and witness. Thank you for doing this!
Thank you very much for the kind words! We can arrange shipping to the uk if you desire 😊
Fantastic job done there we have one to do in 2025 great video wish i had seen this at nec but i was working on a stand well done
As a swede, this gives Me pure joy to see Volvos best car being perfected!
What a great job you did , that's the definition of restoring a car 👌thnx for the in depth video , waiting for the next one.
Top class of restoration I have ever seen. This video have to impress everybody.
Absolutely brilliant video that shows the lengths you go to to achieve an outstanding result 👍
Unbelievable as always. Well done Dave and the team at Dpm love the video 👏👏👏
Superb restoration and that production deserves to win an oscar! Enjoyable from start to finish
Great video and great work. Lechler all the way boy!!
Thanks to share such a high end restoration and show us the difficulty to restore like it has to be done... It change of TV programs the show some people that "restore" cars in 40 hours and make profits doing it. Those cars of the 60's are just true jewels compared with ugly SUV that company produce actually. The line of the Volvo P1800 is gorgeous. Italian designers were the best at that period !
The fun thing is it was designed by pelle pettersson, a swedish dude, but marketed as italian design
absolutely beautiful
A tremendous amount of work.
Although my research shows that for a 1964 the front crossmember is painted to match the body colour instead of painted grey which began in 1966.
Awesome job, loud music seriously gets on your t*ts though!
Yes a shame about the music. Makes it virtually unwatchable.
@ yep, I gave up!
Simply turn it down. My goodness it wasn't all that bad. If it was classical, you would have been sleeping two minutes in.
Yeah. There are plenty of other videos to watch on TH-cam. The music adds nothing. Not everyone has great hearing, why discriminate?
What i learned dealing with British doing this or any kind of job that needs precision , There must be a shed in the middle of nowhere ,They are expensive ,they are slow , some got also a right attitude even if you are the one who pays them but ....the end result is what you paid for and more ! By the way the Editing of the video is amazing well done to who ever made it !
Having keenly watched your previous video . A terrific restoration but this must have cost close to a six figure sum !!!😊
Just the bodywork, new panels, new chromes and paint with 1200 hours of labours are certainly around that amount... To my opinion, I would have redone the seats that look poor compare with such a high end restoration...
The video is brilliant ,superb in fact. The restoration sublime and of a standard seen only from the finest artisans. I owned this car, the Saints version as a young man,that is to say it was white with red leather interior. Mine was rather like this vehicle it was also deeply set in with years of rust although appearing quite solid. I had done a body off restoration of a classic 57 Chev and felt I could give it a go. As I had another love in my life , married her, I chose a path least resistance and outlay of cash. I ground down rust bashed in panels riveted tin and best of all a gallon or two of Bondo lovingly, artfully applied. The results amazed a neighbour who lent me his spray booth. The paint job was excellent. Of course this was to be a terminal case. The marriage survives. Greater for me was the joy of seeing my beautiful blonde wife take it to her job and impress the men while I worked in the studio at home, not to be eclipsed. One caveat I wish to endorse ; this being the Saints car it surely is meant to be white and pure as the Nordic winter with a heart of fire The red exterior is for our southern Latin friends. Cheers
Wonderful restoration. I'm guessing in the production of the vid, a LUT was applied that turned the red to a primer brown?
Bellisimo!!!
Yes those cars are cool Peace out
For anyone interested in restoring these cars, apparently I heard a rumor (and saw pictures of) there being 3 P1800s and some other volvos just sitting in a field outside of Java, south dakota, so if someone lives close to there in the US, find out who owns them and save them :)
It would’ve been nice to see the owner drive off with the restored Volvo P 1800.
Talking or music, not both at the same time. The music adds nothing.
I agree, skip the music.
At what cost?
The reg plate was on an Austin maxi belonging to an elderly lady in the West Country and she wouldn’t sell it to the tv company.
The voice over is hard to understand.
the first Jensen baremetal bodies were left to rust outside as i have heard offcourse making them prone to rust
You put the steering wheel on the wrong side.
America, the land of plaster
really boring video, ridiculous epic music for sheet metal work, multiple pointless edit cuts, so pompous, over importance and the start "a film by...." LOL it's a TH-cam video on par with kittens being cute videos, get over yourselves.
@@wealthypepe thank you very much for the kind words 🙋🏼
You certainly made a wonderful job of Andrew's car, one that I've known over the years. However the camera work is very poor compared with the car restoration. It constantly flashes from one bit to another and you can't follow anything that's being done. Also that music is terrible.