Volvo P-1800E Drive in HD

This is one of Brad's Customer cars, being proof driven after fitting electric fans to stop the inherent overheating problem they have.

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[360ThickQuinking360]

that looks like something which isnt a volvo.

looks like its more expensive than a volvo

[Aussie50]

@360ThickQuinking360 yeh, if you look at similar vids they seem to have design influences from numerous manufacturers.

[ericallandale]

Had a 63 P1800 not very good in the snow, but a bit of a chick magnet.

Rust killed it in 1971 it was so sad.....sniffle

[amfan12]

@Aussie50 90,000! A fully loaded Ford F-350 Dually would cost about 55-60k here. I think the US and Australia definition of 1 Ton is different. A 1 Ton pickup in the US would be like an F-350 or Silverado 3500. 4000-6000 pound payload, 18,000-22,000 pound towing. Small trucks like a Ranger would be called 1/4 ton here. The actual "ton" rating - at least here in the US is meaningless now.

$12,000 for a 90s Silverado is nuts too. Get them for around 3-5k here.

[Dauntless244]

The overdrive has nothing to do with snow driving, it's just meant to be used in place of a 5th gear. The gearbox model is M41, which is just the normal M40 with a Laycock overdrive on the back

[Dauntless244]

Also it's an 1800E, not a P-1800.

[Dauntless244]

Yeah they recommend not using the overdrive in all gears as it can burn up the cone clutch.

[OlegKostoglatov]

@360ThickQuinking360 That's because they were originally designed and built by Jensen, the same people that gave you the Jensen Interceptor and built the Sunbean Tiger for the Rootes group. The later versions were built in Sweden with the rest of the Volvos, the Jensen built ones were somewhat of a rustbucket, unfortunately.

[V8Jagnut]

cool. i forgot about that. fun it was.

[MrPowertorque]

@Aussie50

Oh ok my bad I thought you all were talking about the large stuff like kennies and macks etc etc although I would love to get my hands on a Dodge Ram 3500 Dually with a cummins diesel in it. :)

I do remember the Holden Suburban that was a sales flop though but the turbodiesel version was a beast to tow with.

[Aussie50]

@amfan12 we have a lot of Japanese and Locally made 1 ton pickups here as it is, the main ones I see are the bigger pickups, Dodge and Chevy Dual wheel/axle ones for example.

Australia is obsessed with mini trucks ( up to 1 ton, called utes) so big ones are a bit rare.

I was looking at a Chevy Silverado, late 90's model for $12,000 a while back. a near new, or brand new one can cost up to $90,000!

Some of the prices are quite insane IMO

[Aussie50]

@MrPowertorque yeh big trucks are, but the Chevy and Dodge pickups for example are all grey import (I think they did sell the Suburban under the Holden name a while back)