RE: [T3] French names Type 3

[Stieg Hedlund <SHedlund@blizzard.com>]

You're right, Jensen did a crappy job, and their run of cars lasted only
three years and around 5000 cars. What could you really expect from the
British, though? I have also heard, however, that Volvo, on receipt of the
Jensen cars rebuilt them by hand, bringing them into line with the quality
they had in mind. Their only problem was the tendency to rust out in the
fenders. I know it's not your taste, but I think Ghia styling is cool, and
went into our Type IIIs as well. For my money it's German engineering and
Italian design that makes for the best all around cars: Type III, KG,
Abarth-Carrera, etc.

Best Regards,

Stieg Hedlund


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Per Lindgren [SMTP:lindgre@online.no]
> Sent:	Monday, March 13, 2000 11:16 AM
> To:	type3 list
> Subject:	Re: [T3] French names Type 3
> 
> 
> 
> Stieg Hedlund wrote:
> 
> > The coachwork has to be done by Jensen in the UK. So the P1800 was
> > almost the Volvo Karmann-Ghia.
> 
> From what I have read in swedish mags, those cars built by Jensen were
> really
> crap, Volvo saw that early on, and it didn't last long before they built
> the
> bodies themselves.
> 
> I'll have any VW anyday. I dont like the Volvo much, it is a bit too
> extravagant
> for my taste. It reminds me of one model Studebaker, I believe. Not my
> taste.
> 
> PerL
> 73 Variant L
> 
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