Topic: Whaddyacallit #412 - Ruston Lange's 1954 proposal for the Volvo PV 454

[Ray B.]

Ever seen this ?

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[Carnut]

Mock-up for Volvo PV644 styling proposal?

[Ray B.]

You're almost right. But PV644 is wrong.
Locked for you 48 hours.

[Carnut]

It's a 1954 proposal by Volvo in-house designer Ruston Lange to update the PV444 (think the suggested name was PV454) with this design inspired by a 1953 US Ford.
The PV444 was not updated until they made it into the PV544 in 1958, with a much more conservative restyle.

[Ray B.]

You're right, and this is Ruston Lange's proposal. There were so many numbers that I don't know if this one was still called PV454. But it also had a specific number, not shared with any other proposal.
This number will be worth another point. Locked for you 48 hours

[Carnut]

You do like to make it difficult!
Can't find much else out.
It was said to be 'similar to proposal #65 from around the same period' but not sure whether this is proposal #65 itself.  Probably not but can't find any other specific number for it.

[Ray B.]

Difficult maybe, but it makes your identification complete, gets you another point and makes an expert out of you.
From what I found it IS proposal #65 or Typ 65.