Keith’s Blog: Last Year You Sold me a Range Rover, This Year Sell Me a P1800! |  |
| Monday, 12 December 2011 12:40 |
It’s Road Trip Time It’s time for my annual fly-and-buy road trip with my daughter, Alex. She’s returning home for Christmas break after a semester studying marketing and business management in Grenoble, France, and she’s already asking what we’re going to buy this year. Last year I was on the hunt for a Range Rover to use for our “civilized” off-roading; the crude part was served by our Series III rig (which has since gone to Colin Comer’s father - I know, if Colin REALLY loved his dad why would he stick him in a mobile Waring Blender?). The SIII was replaced by our turbo-diesel D90. SCMer Jeffrey Stout of Manhattan Beach contacted me, and I was immediately seduced by his 1989 Range Rover Classic – in fact he had even taken Sir Stirling Moss for a ride in it (presumably not off-road). Alex and I flew down and drove it back to Portland, where it has become a much-beloved member of the SCM stable. This year, we’d like to buy your Volvo P1800S, or P1800E, or 1800ES. We’ve been hunting for over a month now and still haven’t found the right car. My preference would be for an older restoration that’s been driven, with everything functional, good suspension and no immediate needs. Whether it’s a coupe or wagon does not matter. Subscriber Cal Turner drove the white ES that’s for sale in Nashville on my behalf, and there’s another ES about 90 miles away that we’ll be looking at this week. But we haven’t found the right car yet. Got one to sell me? Email me directly at keith.martin@sportscarmarket.com. We’re pretty set on the Volvo - do you agree with our choice? I look forward to reading your comments below. And if you see Alex and me cruising down the road in a Volvo sports car, be sure to wave.           |