Solved - MJW #502 - Volvo PV445 Coupe by Ole Sommer 1960

Started by woodinsight, June 25, 2011, 02:12:32 PM

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woodinsight

June 25, 2011, 02:12:32 PM Last Edit: July 12, 2011, 09:04:28 AM by woodinsight
I'm surprised this has not been posted before (hopefully not a repost).
For one point - make, model, year and who built it?

woodinsight

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July 11, 2011, 04:56:42 PM
This one has spent more time than enough in the Rookies with no response so up it goes....

SACO

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July 11, 2011, 05:18:08 PM
Volvo Amazon by Ole Sommer ?

barrett

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July 11, 2011, 08:36:59 PM
 :popcorn:

woodinsight

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July 12, 2011, 01:27:34 AM
Quote from: SACO on July 11, 2011, 05:18:08 PM
Volvo Amazon by Ole Sommer ?
It is a Volvo bodied by Ole Sommer but the model it was based on is not the Amazon.
Locked for you to provide the correct model name and a year.

SACO

#5
July 12, 2011, 01:53:33 AM
a shortened chassis from a PV445 estate car ,in 1960 ?

woodinsight

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July 12, 2011, 05:21:24 AM
Quote from: SACO on July 12, 2011, 01:53:33 AM
a shortened chassis from a PV445 estate car ,in 1960 ?
That's correct.
Yet another point for you.

Wendax

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July 12, 2011, 05:33:46 AM
The car survives and is displayed at Ole Sommer' automobile museum in Naerum, Denmark. The car has a name, though. Not very creative, but it is called "Volvo Special".

PS. In the headline you wrote PV544 instead of PV445. The PV544 was a unit body construction, while the PV445 had a real chassis.

woodinsight

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July 12, 2011, 09:03:39 AM
Quote from: Wendax on July 12, 2011, 05:33:46 AM
The car survives and is displayed at Ole Sommer' automobile museum in Naerum, Denmark. The car has a name, though. Not very creative, but it is called "Volvo Special".

PS. In the headline you wrote PV544 instead of PV445. The PV544 was a unit body construction, while the PV445 had a real chassis.
Apologies - my typo. It should of course be PV445.
Thanks for the extra view that provides a better idea of the proportions of this coupe.

Carnut

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August 20, 2013, 07:51:55 AM
The picture below is from a Volvo website, which states that this car was adapted by Danish Volvo dealer Sommer from a Volvo 120 (Amazon) saloon.  Looking at the front of the car that is entirely believable, but surely the museum know what it is?!:

Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Wendax

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August 20, 2013, 08:18:48 AM
The grill is about the only part that is actually from the Amazon, besides the windscreen which is an Amazon rear window. Why should Sommer have bothered converting a four-door unit body into a two-door coupe without using hood, roof, rear wings, boot lid etc, when there was the PV 445 ladder frame easily obtainable?
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