And the story was that the Jensen build quality was so poor that the
Swedes took it away from them. The cars built in Sweden were denoted by
an "S" as in P1800S.
On Sat, 24 May 2003 14:16:07 -0500 "Wm. Severin Thompson"
<wsthompson@thicko.com> writes:
> the P1800 body was designed by Frua (sp?) a division of Ghia, but the
> first
> couple thousand bodies were built by Jensen in England (same Jensen
> that
> made the big Healey bodies).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of conan
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 1:51 PM
> To: Spridgets
> Subject: re: Classic Motorsport
>
>
> per FrankC...
> >>The Volvo P-1900 was very interesting. Not an LBC but >>still
> worth
> reading
>
> I don't remember the details but it seems like there was some kind
> of
> British connection with the P1800s.. I think maybe the U.S. bound
> ones were
> built in England, at least early on. (Also, Roger Moore drove a
> white P1800
> as "The Saint". :-) )
> Ed in NC
>
David Littlefield
1962 MGA MkII
1974 MG Midget vintage racecar
1951 MGTD
1961 Jaguar E-Type OTS
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