> > From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/08 Sat AM 10:44:53 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO:Route 66 car and shop in Switzerland > > Reminds me of a Polish car from the 70s (I think) called the Warszawa. > Perhaps the Poles made it under license after Volvo ceased making it. By > all accounts it was a real tank. Fuel consumption was measured in gallons > per mile. Or more likely, litres per metre. > Which was a copy of a Russian car. Which was a knock-off of and American car. Which explains the fuel economy. I know a couple of owners of Warszawas. They are OK for the era (1950's) without needing any allowance for the place of construction. I think the Volvo is an Amazon.
m > > On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:26:17 +0100, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Looks a bit like this one: > > > > Volvo PV544 (1958-1965) > > > > <http://www.volvocars.com/NR/rdonlyres/187F1E1C-1007-419A-8B5B-0866D3D06623/0/PV544_01_maxi.jpg> > > <http://tinyurl.com/zenyk> > > > > Try this page for all things old Volvo: > > > > <http://www.volvocars.com/VolvoCars.Web.Sites/Templates/General/DropdownSearch.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7b2650AC61-0A83-4436-A6A0-146C36A9484E%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fcorporation%2fHeritage%2fHeritageModels%2ehtm&NRCACHEHINT=Guest#> > > <http://tinyurl.com/fmhyl> > > > > Dave S > > > > On 4/8/06, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Markus Maurer wrote: > >> > >> > Hi Paul > >> > >> [...] > >> > >> > Here is a Volvo for the "car guy" in you, a test shot with the lovely > >> Pentax > >> > A 24mm 2.8 lens last Sunday: > >> > > >> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4309016&size=lg > >> > > >> > > >> > greetings > >> > Markus > >> > >> Hi Markus, > >> > >> What model and year is that Volvo? > >> I can't decide whether it's quite old or just a model we don't get in > >> America... Or both! > >> What throws me is the grill. The rest of the car could be 30 years old, > >> but > >> I've never seen that grill shape. > >> > >> My first Volvo was a 1958 122S. > >> > >> keith whaley > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > "All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy." - > > Spike Milligan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
