1956 Volvo PV 444 - My Car Story with Lou Costabile

[@AndrewGraham07]

The first model Volvo exported to the U.S.A. A tough little car which featured coil spring rear suspension when most of its contemporaries still employed leaf springs. The Volvo museum in Gothenburg is one of the best car museums I've visited.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Andrew Graham, Thank you for sharing your knowledge on this one, Lou

[@tomsilven]

Hälsningar från Finland. Fin bil och trevlig ägare. Det är bra att du berättade att Volvo kommer från Sverige. 😄

[@loucostabile]

Hi Tommy from Sweeden, Thank you for viewing. Hope you see many more cars on this KZbin Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@waterheaterservices]

Superb design, simple and sturdy .

[@loucostabile]

Hi Jim Rr, Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@mbaqcytvav]

What a great car!

[@loucostabile]

Hi mbaqcytvav, Happy to read you appreciate this "great car!" :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@CarlosOliveira-cj3iz]

Bellieve it or not this cars were very good racing/Rally cars in my country (Portugal) in the late fifties. Very good this one!

[@loucostabile]

Didn't know that. Thank you for viewing and sharing.

[@ronsimpson7596]

Popular with university professors back in the day. Mostly they had no radios. Basically a tractor motor.Well restored if you like that brand! Maybe the guy shops at IKEA Lou!

[@loucostabile]

Hi ron, Thank you for viewing & sharing your knowledge, Lou

[@MARSIPAANIKAKKU-wj6oy]

NICE

[@loucostabile]

:-)

[@jaratt85]

The part they don't point out is that it was Volvo's first unibody construction car, soon followed by the Amazon/122S.

[@loucostabile]

Hi J.A.Ratt85, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many more cars on this KZbin Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@desalineyanga1116]

Wow.. Looks like a bomb!

[@loucostabile]

KA BOOM !

[@glennfeldt_74]

Nice work👍🏻

[@loucostabile]

Hi Glenn Feldt, Glad you like this one :-) Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you'll enjoy, Lou

[@mlhus]

Am I correct in the Volvo PV was the first imported brand of foreign cars to the US even before Mercedes and BMW?

[@loucostabile]

Hi Lars-Göran Hamberg, Hmmm, not sure. Hoping a Viewer can share knowledge to your question. Lou

[@mlhus]

@@loucostabile Hi again sir. Well I have this info from a documentary, maybe Volvo's own some years ago. But that's no proof of truth, right?

[@waterheaterservices]

Volkswagens were being imported in 1950, Rolls Royce a hundred plus years.

[@mauriziosant1658]

This car drive me crazy🤣🤸‍♂️🙉

[@loucostabile]

:-0

[@PAARYNAKAKKU-qi9gv]

i wishd id had 3 pv444s

[@loucostabile]

Hi OMENASITRUUNA991 OMENASITRUUNA991, Hope you're behind the wheel of the right car for you soon. Hope you see many more cars on this KZbin Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@jacquespoirier9071]

a typical swedish volvo quality today's volvos are not par to these ones

[@mauriziosant1658]

Chinese Vooooooolvoooooo🤣

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

The last great Volvos were the 240's. Solid, reliable and safe. Run forever with proper care.

[@jacquespoirier9071]

@@Hithere-ek4qt I still drive one 244 with over 800,000 Km on it and I won't crush it, I LOVE those cars.

[@loucostabile]

Hi Jacques Poirier, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many more cars on this KZbin Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@PreClassicCarsMotorcycles]

We have same pv444

[@loucostabile]

Hi Pre 1960 Classic Cars & Motorcycles, Happy to read this car is like your car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@loucostabile]

Thank you for viewing and sharing.

[@mauriziosant1658]

I owned one 240. after 350000 km. took the rust over the body.😪

[@loucostabile]

Hi maurizio sant, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@Oxydus1]

Who makes Volvo? lol lol lol lol

[@loucostabile]

Who's in Grant's Tomb?

[@isishecate9883]

Omgs..

[@loucostabile]

Hi Mary jonas, Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

Great looking car, but those taillights look like add-ons - kind of ugly

[@loucostabile]

Hi Hi there, Thank you for viewing & sharing, Lou

[@daniellindstrand8932]

The high mounted taillights were only found on cars manufactured from December 1954 until the end of 1955 (the 444H series).