The 'Authorised', 'Official' and 'Original' Volvo Enthusiasts Club was established in 1989 by its current Hon. President & Director Kevin Price, as a Club specifically for Classic & Out of Production Volvo vehicles, incl: Cars, Trucks, Buses and Ex Millitary & Emergency  Service vehicles. At that time it was the ONLY Classic Volvo Club in the UK and today is widely aknowledged around the world and by the Classic Press as one of the leading Clubs for all Classic Volvo built vehicles.

The aim of the Club is to encourage ownership, interest, preservation and correct maintenance of ALL Volvos over 15 years old or out of production.

The Club has World-wide Membership, Regional Representatives around the UK plus Overseas Reps in many counries around the world, who ALL love Classic and older Volvos

The Club produces a professionally printed full colour A5 quarterly Club Magazine, has several Facebook pages and an all new Website, which has just been relaunched/Updated.

The Club organises Regional Days Out and Road Runs, a National Gathering in the Midlands, usually 1st Sunday in June each year and exhibits at National and Regional Classic Car Shows in the UK plus supports Volvo Events around the world.

The Club has an extensive Techinical Libary and is approved by DVLA for V765 Applications and obtaining Age Related Registrations in the UK

Technical Information is also available to Club Members through Model Specialist Technical Co-Ordinators and our extensive Technical Libary of Volvo Manuals and  Volvo Special Tools.

We look forward to seeing you become a Club Member - More Information is on our Club Website at www.volvoenthusiastsclub.co.uk or www.classicvolvos.com

or please Email - membershipvec1989@btinternet.com

OUR CLUB DISPLAY: 'VOLVO'S Debutants'

Our Display at this years Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show celebrates the theme 'Deputants'

Our Celebration of Volvo's 'Debutants' centres around the diverse models that have been produced by Volvo over the years, which includes not only Cars, but Trucks, Buses, Millitary vehicles, Agricutural & Plant vehicles and even Aero and Marine Engines - We also celebrate that Volvo's have not only been built in Sweden but in Plants and with Parts produced  around the World in order to Build 'The Volvo Way'!

The Centre-piece of the display will be, what is believed to be a Prototype 1800S Estate, built in 1967, 4 years before Volvo produced the 1800ES, the estate version of the 1800.

This 1800S, although not known to Volvo in Sweden, was built from the same P Type 1800S, used for the other 2 known prototypes, 'The Rocket' and the 'Beach Car', although the Chassis Number is actually earlier that either of these.  It is believed that this 1800S Estate was professionally converted possibly by Coachbuilders - Abbots of Farnham, Friary or Panalcraft but no documentary evidence has yet been found to confirm who actually converted the car. What is certain is that the body conversion is professional and believed to be a possible styling exercise, confirmed by there being no strengthening of the bodyshell. On the other hand the interior is very poor quality, which leads us to believe that this was not undertaken by the bodywork coachbuilders.

The car was found on a Farm near Salisbury and had been stored outside for many year and thus suffered from the rages of the British weather. The car is displayed in 'as found' condition

We will celebrate the 40th Birthday of the Volvo 480 Series, Volvos first Front Wheel Drive model which was Designed and Build at the Volvo Plant in Born, Holland. Our display vehicle, a rare automatic 1990 Volvo 480ES, has covered just 23,000 miles from new.

To celebrate the Best of Both Worlds of Volvo we must include Volvo Trucks. Fore without them Volvo would not be here today. In the very early years of Volvo, Truck production was greater than cars. Today the Trucks are still owned by Volvo AB whereas Volvo Cars are owned by Geely of China. Displayed is a recently restored Volvo F86 one of the first models to be sold here in the UK. and changed Truck design forever.

Volvo also produced cars in Britain, The Volvo 1800 1961-1968 had a Bodyshell that was produced by Pressed Steel in their Linwood, near Glasgow Plant in Scotland, with final assembly of the early cars being undertaken by Jensen Motors of West Bromwich in England. Our display vehicle is a 1967 Volvo Sweden assembled 1800S ('S' for Sweden) and is displayed as a Replica of  one of the 3 most famous 1800's that were used by Roger Moore in TV's The Saint - registration NUV 647E, the third car used by him, complete with Minilite Alloy Wheels, which sadly no longer exists

Celebrating the 60th Birthday of the Volvo 140 Series: Volvo have been associated with building  safe and reliable large estates and the Volvo 145 built between 1967 and 1974 took comfort and load capacity to new heights, our display Volvo 145 is a 1974 Volvo 145DLwthe last production model, which will demonstrate just how nuch you can load in the back of a large Volvo Estate!

In the 1980's Volvo developed a Bike made from recycled plastic - the 'Itera'  and must have a space in any Volvo celebration 

We look forward to meeting you on our display, celebrating the Volvo 'Debutants'