The Volvo 1800 was safe, solid, and sporty, but also overweight, rather cramped, visually dated, and not all that fast. Of course, it was never intended as an all-out sports car, but it was the Swedish automaker’s image-leader and, as such, quite in need of updating by 1970. Thus, the Volvo 1800ES was born.

Volvo toyed repeatedly with plans for restyling the 1800 during the Sixties, but could never justify a completely new body. Finally, in 1967, it came up with a clever solution that would not only give the car a new lease on life but answer complaints about lack of people and package space: a restyled roof that would turn the coupe into a sporty station wagon.

i recently bought a second hand Volvo 240. it was old but during my father's time, it was his dream car and so i bought it. interior are still new, but some of the parts needed repair. since it was an old car (i think, a collector item one, lol), i dont to spend too much in it (i only bought it for my father since he really wanted it until now. :) ) i did repair it during my free time and when im at home and dont have worked. it was easier for me because i found this » read more | 1 comment | 0 points

i recently bought a second hand Volvo 240. it was old but during my father's time, it was his dream car and so i bought it. interior are still new, but some of the parts needed repair. since it was an old car (i think, a collector item one, lol), i dont to spend too much in it (i only bought it for my father since he really wanted it until now. :) ) i did repair it during my free time and when im at home and dont have worked. it was easier for me because i found this » read more | 1 comment | 1 point

For less than the price of a new Escalade (if Bonhams & Butterfields' estimate is correct) you could own a truck with a hell of a lot more history and a "cool factor" that's too high to register on any scale. The 1958 GMC Pickup you see above belonged to one Steve McQueen. Perhaps you've heard of him.