Author Topic: Galrot=22 = 1951 Volvo PV445 "Juteborn" by KABO Karosseri (Read 1992 times)

galrot · « **on:** December 21, 2016, 10:06:20 AM »

Identify what this is and who made it for one point.

galrot · « **Reply #1 on:** December 26, 2016, 12:10:31 PM »

Any experts want to give it a try?

richard cuyler · « **Reply #2 on:** December 26, 2016, 01:06:53 PM »

European?

galrot · « **Reply #3 on:** December 26, 2016, 01:08:18 PM »

Lorenzo721 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 26, 2016, 06:25:27 PM »

From this point of view, it vaguely resembles a Pichon-Parat creation.

galrot · « **Reply #5 on:** December 26, 2016, 09:26:04 PM »

I can see where you are coming from, but it is not one of theirs.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #6 on:** December 27, 2016, 03:19:21 PM »

is it the 1944-45 Ford light car prototype, an early Vedette?

galrot · « **Reply #7 on:** December 27, 2016, 05:19:06 PM »

richard cuyler · « **Reply #8 on:** December 28, 2016, 07:38:18 PM »

French?

galrot · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2016, 07:55:06 PM »

tobytwirl · « **Reply #10 on:** December 28, 2016, 08:16:45 PM »

American?

galrot · « **Reply #11 on:** December 29, 2016, 03:30:46 AM »

No, sorry. It's European as said.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #12 on:** December 29, 2016, 04:15:16 PM »

Oops-is it German?

galrot · « **Reply #13 on:** December 29, 2016, 05:15:56 PM »

Not that either.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #14 on:** December 29, 2016, 06:02:34 PM »

It doesn't look Italian, so is it from a country less well known for car production after the war like Belgium or Spain?

Bill Murray · « **Reply #15 on:** December 29, 2016, 06:13:57 PM »

Hmmm... Toby:

Galrot is a citizen of Norway.

As he has posted earlier photos of Scandinavian vehicles here, I wonder if this one is from that area???

Bill

galrot · « **Reply #16 on:** December 30, 2016, 02:19:55 PM »

Scandinavia would indeed be the right region which means that the other countries mentioned are not correct.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2016, 09:24:48 PM »

Is it a prototype for an intended manufacture as opposed to one man's customized car?

mekubb · « **Reply #18 on:** December 31, 2016, 10:57:56 AM »

Swedish ?

galrot · « **Reply #19 on:** December 31, 2016, 12:15:06 PM »

It is Swedish but is not a prototype.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #20 on:** January 01, 2017, 12:58:08 PM »

So, I surmise this is a Swedish built car that was one person's project for an individual car. Is it therefore based on a production car, and if so is it Volvo? ..... and Happy New Year.

galrot · « **Reply #21 on:** January 01, 2017, 03:36:56 PM »

Good new year to you too. I hope it have been a nice year so far too.

It is indeed a Volvo but I'm not sure if would describe it as "one mans project".

I will lock it for you now to see if you can find some more.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #22 on:** January 02, 2017, 06:49:17 PM »

I think I have seen every other Volvo made before 1953, but no hint of this vehicle. I believe it is a PV444 because I think I can make out that trident symbol they have on the bonnet sides, and generally it looks too small to be a PV60. The PV444 had its prototypes and launch in 1944, but was not produced until 1947, and was generally thought to be modelled on the 1940s US Ford. This one is not a prototype however, so presumably someone thought that the original could be improved, and commissioned this remodelled bodywork. I have not determined who this might be .......... would it have been built to get round the strike that delayed the PV444's introduction?
I assume it is not the early 40s PV40, although it does look bulbous enough to house that Star engine at the rear. It looks like a later design

Feel free to unlock.

galrot · « **Reply #23 on:** January 03, 2017, 07:43:11 AM »

You are quite close on the base (although not completely correct), but it was not made due to any shortage of the ordinary cars.

Unlocked then.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #24 on:** January 03, 2017, 03:53:55 PM »

Aha, I suspect then that it is on the PV445 chassis that coachbuilders could use. Question is who was the coachbuilder? I am thinking that the coachbuilder was also probably Swedish so I will have to guess that it was Nordberg or Heinels.

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