I was 10 years old when I first saw the Volvo 1880es. It was at the 1972 car show in the Greengate Mall in Greensburg PA. I have been a huge fan ever since. I kept the brochure for years.
Only 8,000 made, who knows how few are left, I just bought one as I have not seen one for sale for 20 years (in my price category). I also have a Volvo C30, some say it is the modern version with the rear glass. I would like to modify the rear so its like a C30, curves down and pinched in. Massive work for curved surfaces.
I used a P1800ESAsAn daily driver with a power stering from a ?.. I forget the name of this Volvo typ. Twenty years later its one of my best cars. My P1800E I have since 1988 with 135000km, never drìven,... but the P1800ES was my great love. Thx for the video
sorry to be so off topic but does anyone know a way to log back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid lost the login password. I would love any help you can give me!
@Dante Asher I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Takes a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
Unfortunately something broke during driving and I spit out all the oil and burned up the B20 engine in my ES. But I came to despise the 3 speed borg warner transmission anyway, so... I am in the process of installing a B230F engine and 4 speed auto transmission from an 80s 240. I very much look forward to having my ES back on the road, in about a year I think.
@@vladmarianciuc7574 ...not yet. The b230f engine is in. I just need to modify the drive shaft, hook up a few wires, and mount the shift lever. Then I should be ok.
Beautiful car. Same color as mine, except mine is a stick and, unfortunately, sitting in a horse pasture for some time. Next year I will get it restored or sell it.
C30 is the modern one you think about, could even be the mid 80:s 480. And yes, both these volvo models did that as a homage to this old original👍 Just Google volvo 480 Or volvo C30 and you'll see the resemblence about that rear window
I decided on the IPD lowering springs. It's funny...I'm from Oregon orginally. And the 1800ES I bought was in Vancouver WA just a few minutes from IPD. I passed by IPD and saw the building from the freeway when I drove the 1800ES down to California. The car barely made the trip. It was leaking ATF fluid badly. But it made it to my storage lot.
One thing that needs to be done along with the lowering is to adjust the panhard bar (shorten it). Left as it is, it will push the rear end off center (40mm lowering caused it to shift 1/2" on mine). If you look at the geometry involved, you wi see why that is. Especially with adding wider tires on top of the lowering. No need to ask me how I know... I would like to see pix of the end result! Please e-mail me if you don't mind - larsen.john@yahoo.com. John
@@motoflyte Depends on what kind of interaction you want. The forum is a focused group narrowed down to your car of interest. I would never have seen your queries, because I did not initially have an alert set for my posting. I was only posting it to use on my marketing at the Bring-a-Trailer auction site. BTW - I think I posted close to 80 pix on that site which should still be available for viewing, along with another video.
@@johnlarsen639 Found it...! Only $9,700 ?! That's not right. It should have sold for more. Heck, I paid $6500 for my car in rusty condition. Mine is an odd burbundy almost red color. It's not bad, but it's not my favorite. I hope it looks better after polishing.
I think I got the wrong springs for my ES. I bought the same wheels you did and lowering springs but it's just sitting too low, by maybe 1-1.5 inches. Did you tell me earlier exactly what springs you bought for your project ?
Thanks for your post Benjamin - Yes, I believe they were S60 wheels. Had a certain name for the style which I cant recall. 17" rims. Spacers were used to push them to the edge. Helped eliminate what I felt was a toy car stance. My car sold on Bring-a-Trailer last fall. Many more pix there if you search on 1800ES you will see a ton of under priced Volvo shooting brakes, including mine.
Mine is just a bit too low looking. I put the same wheels, tires, and 1 inch lowering springs on, but it just doesn't look right. I'm going to put the stock sprigs back on first. If that doesn't 'fix' the look then I'm goign to swap to different wheels.
You were correct about lowering the car. I just put the same S60 wheels on my 1800ES and it does set a bit higher. I'll probably get shorter springs like you did. Where did you get your lowering springs ?
per post #24 on the link below, I got 40mm spring set from Classicswede.com. I believe they are in the UK, but delivery cost and time was very reasonable. They had a lot of options, so you might want to reference my order if you want the exact product. I am not always getting your notices, as it was a friend who posted this video. I highly encourage joining the forum per below which is a super contact point. The suppliers are all involved and will also offer comments. You will find my contact info on that forum in the usual manner.
Friday evening I bought a decent 1800ES in washington state and drove it down to California. I'm very happy to have it. Would you mind telling me about the wheels and tires on your car...What size they are ? Thank you
@@motoflyte If you haven't already, go to Swedespeed.com and search for user jclars in the 1800 sub-forum. It is a great forum and the users are a deep knowledgebase. You can PM me on that forum if you have more questions. I regrettably sold the car about 1 year ago to make room for a body off hot rod project. It now resides in Connecticut. One of the few cars I ever made money on!
@@johnlarsen639 Excellent, Thank you. I really like the straight spoke wheels you had on your car. I found the same set remanufactured (whatever that means) on ebay for $800. My 1800ES is fine except for some rust on the passenger side lower outside bottom edge. It's not bad. Other than that the paint is really quite nice. I was dubious that the car seemingly only had 27k miles on it. But it really does look that way. An older man had saved it to restore it some day, but time caught up with him and he's too old now. I will finish it now.
