Volvo
228 Volvo P1800
July 1962 - 1965
Available in beige, salmon and two distinct shades of red: a deep red and an orange-red
Models are known with red or lemon interiors for the salmon edition.
A white model is also known but very rare, possibly the result of someone forgetting to put Roger Moore inside a batch of 258 models during production and, rather than put them in the bin, they were left without a bonnet transfer for issue as 228 models.
258 The Saint's Volvo P1800
March 1965 - 1970
The first tie-in with a TV or Film series.
The car was white with a red interior and the Ford Thunderbird driver cut down and fitted in as Roger Moore's Simon Templar at the wheel.
First editions had a Saint logo in black on a transparent background transfer. Later editions had a red sticker or, very rare, a blue sticker on the bonnet.
Issued with normal shaped wheels and later editions, almost always those with a red sticker, had cast wheels.
201 The Saint's Volvo P1800
May 1970 - 1972
The Whizzwheels version in white with a red sticker on the bonnet and a beige interior.
Editions are known with a blue sticker but suspected to be made using stickers now available. It appears that the red sticker followed the blue and original blue stickers only appear on models with shaped wheels and so it would be unlikely to have a blue sticker on a Whizzwheels model.Â
(The illustration has a modern replacement)
These models appear all to have the early 'pepper pot' style and the 'four crowns' style may be scarce if fitted at all.
Red spot wheels were not fitted to these models but may have been added later by people as they're easy to change. Do not pay inflated prices for them.
