The History of the Volvo P1900 told by its 65-year owner 

It warms my heart to see people outside Sweden take care and drive classic swedish cars.

You picked the right guy to interview. A great storyteller and full on Volvo history book! Love Volvo's and loved this piece!!

Great video David! It's funny that he thinks it's not environmentally friendly - I'd argue that driving the same car for 65 years is FAR better for the planet than replacing one every few years!

I’m 16 years old and I really love Volvo, and especially this man with his P1900! Regards from the Netherlands!

I've heard of Dave a few times from friends at VCOA meets over the years. I've not met him. What a great guy who really knows his stuff. Thank you for this.

Why is anyone disliking this video? Dude has kept a very rare/unique car going.

I had the pleasure of seeing this car and meeting Dave Hunt about 15 years or so ago when I was running the So Cal Chapter of the Volvo Club of America. Great car...great guy! He is right up there with Irv Gordon!

Awesome documentary. This is for the history books!

Thank you for this fascinating story, and what a pleasure to hear it recounted with such passion. I remember coming across a P1900 in a car park in Newbury (Berkshire, United Kingdom, where I lived) n the '70s. I knew of its rarity, as my dad, Kevin Gover, was the Public Relations Officer for the UK Volvo importer, Volvo Concessionaires Ltd, at the time. Then, it was 25/30 years old. classic I recall thinking how amazing it was that one of 67 cars globally was 'in my back yard'. I think it was a pale blue example. I was brought up on Volvos, went to school in them, learned to drive in them, and now have a '62 122s (actually a former Volvo advertising car that I have owned since 1986 (21st birthday present from my dad) and have restored twice), a 240GLT (owned since 2009), and an XC90 bought new, but now old and still a great car. David, the owner of this wonderful P1900, please keep enjoying it and driving it, and recounting your stories. And David, the interviewer, please keep these amazing videos coming! Really enjoying them. Regards from the UK, Lucien Gover.

I have seen this car in 2000 at Rancho Cordoba VCOA Nationals , Davis meet, March Air Force Base Meet around the same time. Very glad it is still around! Hope it finds its way into Petersen's eventually.

Dear David Bello. 👍👏👌 Great guy, great car, great story. That was a fantastic kind of documentary. Very well done, Sir! Congrats! I especially love the fact that you let this Volvo enthusiast do nearly all of the talking. Nowadays unfortunately a lot of interviewers babble too much respectively interrupt too often. You definitely respect this old gentleman. Decency is a really rare behaviour nowadays. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all involved people (and cars). 😁

Thank you for the wonderful story of your Volvo. I know my very young 1997 850R will bring me the same happiness.

this is a great interview two great people in front camera both car owner and interviewr. 2023 and ive rewatched your episodes a couple of times. ILOVEVOLVO. Family,Friends,Memories. Thank You David.

Fun (or useless) fact about the three cars shown from 12:05-12:20. Yellow one is in traffic, been in traffic since 1957-10-17. At the latest vehicle inspection it had 1430 (!) kilometers on the odometer Privately owned. Blue one. Taken out of traffic 1993-06-22. Owned by the Volvo museum in Gothenburg. White one has been in traffic since 1993-11-01. Also owned by the Volvo museum.

You are mi hero, Man! Regards from Poland, Europe!

Thank you for your stories , my first car was a p 1800, later 30 years of driving Saab turbos. Still miss the 1800. Andrew Montreal / NYC

What a great story I knew about the 1800 but never heard of the 1900 this guy’s a legend he needs his time on jay Leno’s show I hope they contact him so he can come on his show makes me proud to own my Volvo C30 R design Polestar

I met Dave and his car at a Volvo car meet in in Lake Tahoe many years ago . Very nice man and car . Thanks for this video..

The model was mainly based on standard components from the Volvo PV444, but was built on a separate tubular frame. The engine was a further development of the 1.4 liter 4 cylinder of the Volvo PV444. Thanks to double carburetors, a different camshaft, larger intake valves and a higher compression ratio, this engine developed 70 hp.

Always wondered about the 1900. Thank you for showing it. I love all the real (rear wheel drive) Volvos.

If I remember correctly, a P1900 was destroyed in a barn fire in Sweden not so many years ago. A bus caught fire on the road outside and it accidentily spread to the barn, which contained several classic cars that were stored for the winter, allegedly including a P1900.

I didn't know one of them was in my country! This is so cool

Thank you David .

Wonderful piece. Thanks for this

This should be qualified as a California classic vehicle with the historic license plate, right? rare & unique classic

The Volvo 164 front, was likely influenced by this rare beauty.

Great video, lots of information, most new for me. Thanks for sharing 👍

Great video, thank you!

Thanks for sharing it

Thanks for the video, very interesting

Taillights on this car were also used on the Renault Dauphine.

Beautiful. I saw ONE in my life at a Volvo meet in Central Florida around 2006. I have pictures somewhere.

Love the sound of that engine

As far as I know it was only called "Volvo sport" the "p1900" came later just as the Volvo öv4 that was called Jakob later on

@8:38 Are there bolts missing in the "trailing arms" - both sides?? The one @ 4:30 used to be white. Prosser painted it Red. I know this because I drove it from N. Hollywood to Portland, Maine via Seattle. for him. The only issue it had was a blown radiator cap gasket. I fashioned a replacement one from my leather belt. oh - and the battery failed (6 volt) so I needed to be aware of where I parked so I could bump start.

When you think of persons, as knowledgeable as Irv Gordon, Rip,the owner of the red 1800 with around 3 to 4 million miles, or the owner of the 1900, these persons take care of there cars, I always thought that the 1900 was somehow based on the Jensen, or the car known as frog eye, it looks similar, I remember seeing a poster or picture where it showed all the Volvos starting from the 1927, all the way till the 240, it even showed some unique models.

Beautiful portrait!

Now like the saying "Volvo for life", those cars are made to las,& last👍👍👍👍👍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

Wasn*t there another car, that was involved in a fire, eventhough it was restored,it was in one of the Volvo meet.

Really interesting video. Never heard before of 1900. Those video clips should have been edited and all odd moves removed. Anyway, much fine details shown on video and everything told well and clearly. Thanks.

I saw another one at the Volvo dealership in Tucson. It’s red.

Are they 1950 Chevy taillights? ... got my answer.

29:23 I think he means ZF German box

4 people at 115 MPH? Impressive!

Future Gavin Newsom lmao

Lol future Gavin Newsome 😆

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Wait. He's 65? That means he was 1 year old if he bought it in 1956. I'll bet he's at least 80 years old.

today , Volvo is the worth car in the world ,, made in China