Lots of chrome in my life :)

Chris P. · July 11, 2008, 11:20:14 AM

Actually John de Vries designed it and Koch was the team leader.

So you didn't liked it and still you leased a lot ov Volvos after that!?!?!

uwe · July 11, 2008, 11:41:26 AM

It was my first "real" car. I loved the looks, but it was severely underpowered - that Renault engine with a Porsche engineered turbo lovelessly added to it delivered a scarce 120 hp, it had all the agility of a tractor engine. I still do like the look, it was never available in the US by the way:

I thought they must be able to do better than this so I gave them another chance!

Uwe

Chris P. · July 11, 2008, 03:52:41 PM

Of course this car was meant as a modern interpretation of the Volvo P1800 ES. The normal P1800 (great car, i drove it once!!) is of course well know by Roger Moore as The Saint. The ES version is a stationwagon/sportscar like the 480 ES. I think the new S30 is a car in the same tradition.

BTW: Val Kilmer used a C70 coupe in the later Saint movie.

TBird1958 · July 11, 2008, 04:31:30 PM

Not much chrome........

Evil Europeans!

Chris P. · July 17, 2008, 08:30:56 AM

We do use chrome in Europe! I'll do my best to find some examples.

Holland had a big chrome shortage in the late '40s, early '50s, after Hornung Sr. took all our chrome-steerd bikes to make a fortune for his future son... you can imagine it hurts badly, everytime Junior's talking about his chrome pick ups.

gearHed289 · July 17, 2008, 09:37:47 AM

Quote from: Barklessdog on June 30, 2008, 06:07:26 AM
Great upgrades on the birds, but from a Camaro to a Subu?

Yeah man, I noticed that too!

I'm a Ford guy myself.....

Love the birds though! That green is awesome. I'm getting my Fenderbird body re-finished very soon. I was thinking of having it painted to match my car, which would basically be Lake Placid blue. I don't know, maybe I'll start a poll in another thread.

And BTW - hi everybody!

Chris P. · July 17, 2008, 09:48:01 AM

Nice 'Stang!

Take a look at the Gretsch G Love Corvette and copy those racing stripes for the Bird!

Barklessdog · July 17, 2008, 09:52:31 AM

Quote from: gearHed289 on July 17, 2008, 09:37:47 AM
Yeah man, I noticed that too!

I'm a Ford guy myself.....

Love the birds though! That green is awesome. I'm getting my Fenderbird body re-finished very soon. I was thinking of having it painted to match my car, which would basically be Lake Placid blue. I don't know, maybe I'll start a poll in another thread.

And BTW - hi everybody!

About time you showed up.

A cruel irony if it finally ends up Lake Placid!

TBird1958 · July 17, 2008, 10:05:36 AM

Beautiful car!

A Fenderbird in that color would be fantastic, and like your car a little chrome just sets it off!

NICE!

gearHed289 · July 17, 2008, 10:36:45 AM

Quote from: Barklessdog on July 17, 2008, 09:52:31 AM
A cruel irony if it finally ends up Lake Placid!

Holy crap! That's right, it was supposed to be that color in the first place, wasn't it? Well, Pelham anyway.... I'm close to going that route, but I really have a thing for green too. Then there's JAE's favourite, Fiesta Red. Decisions, decisions...

Barklessdog · July 17, 2008, 11:22:05 AM

I started a thread on it without you. Hope you don't mind, but the House Of Blues picture was too cool to pass up.

http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=838.0