80 og 60 år for Volvo PV444/544! Let's give a shoutout to them gearheads yall





The Volvo PV 444 may be 80 years old this year, but in the picture above, you're seeing a real Volvo PV444 turned into a hot rod, back in the 1950s. Almost feels like it could've been Notodden back in 2003.

The Volvo PV 444/544, y'know, that was like one of the first ever true blue hot rods, at least here in Norway. The PV 444 was first rolled out back on September 1, 1944, right there in Kungliga Tennishallen in Stockholm. Shoot, that's like 80 years ago now, but they didn't start pumpin' 'em out 'til 1947. These bad boys could muster up to 85 horsepower, which was pretty darn good for back then. 'Specially considerin' how light and maneuverable cars were back in those days, and the roads? Ha! They were nothin' like what we got today. So, 85 ponies felt like plenty.

Now, the later model, the PV 544, didn't really up the ante much. Only squeaked out about 10 extra horses, cappin' at 95 horsepower in the final Sport model from 1965. That's a whole 7 years after they quit churning out the PV444. The Sport model for the 544 hit the scene in '61.

The Volvo PV444/544, now that's what folks around here remember as some of the OG hot rods, right alongside the Volvo Amazon. Shoot, it's even older school than the Amazon when it comes to roarin' down the streets.

The 1944 prototype of the Volvo PV444 - now that's where it all began.


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