While driving back from Dry Creek Valley last week I was tooling down the 280 trying to avoid the traffic on the 101 when this Volvo 1800E whizzed by in the right hand lane while I was standing still in the fast lane. I guess it pays to be local and know how traffic flows on your daily commute. This looks to be from around 1969-1972 and is probably an E....very nicely restored, and seemingly a daily driver that looks a lot sharper than my 1965 1800S that I use as a daily driver. I'm a little wary of taking my car on long trips (say, to SF or Phoenix) but that's almost as much about its lack of air conditioning as it is the car's reliability. I have few qualms about driving it around town on a daily basis though - Triple A is good about long-distance tows. In fact, here's a shot of my car from the other night getting hooked up to the tow truck:
The situation was pretty pathetic (in the literal sense of the word) and it came very late in the evening, but the lesson has been learned, that lesson being namely that it's not a good idea to buy cheap key blanks to make copies of the ignition key! #@$%&!
Back to Highway 101 passing by the San Martin airport, I saw this nicely restored MGB-GT cruising along the freeway at maybe 20 mph slower than the rest of us were cruising.
More power to 'em (literally)! This was one of the cars I initially lusted after in my teenaged years, but I've read way too many horror stories about them to want to bother with actually owning one. Maybe a MGA or TD or TF 1500 would be more in keeping with whatever aesthetic I profess to maintain. Whichever MGB you wind up buying, you'd do well to check out The MG Experience website. Lots of experienced people involved there, an extremely useful resource if you're restoring or maintaining one of these cars yourself.
Ha, my dad owns one of these babies. I drove it back in my college days, and I think it's a fantastic vehicle. It purrs like a kitten but screams like a jaguar on full throttle. Shame, my dad sold it years ago.
Posted by: Flavia Casumpang | 24 November 2011 at 04:30 AM
That looks like a shelby.
Posted by: classic restoration | 22 December 2011 at 08:19 PM
Volvo 1800 is really a fun car to drive. I would say that the driving experience with this car is unique among other cars. I would truly buy one if I ever see one in my country.
Posted by: CGS cat back exhaust | 18 January 2012 at 07:14 PM
Definitely one that's still best to own until today. If I'd come across one, I'd buy it immediately.
Posted by: Chevy HHR cold air intake | 30 January 2012 at 09:52 PM