August 21-22:nd 2010

Vallåkraträffen – Skandix booth

July 2-4 th 2010

Sportvagnsmeeting – Ring Knutstorp

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The Caresto V8S in good company.

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May 23:rd 2010

Rod Run 2010. The ninth annual Rod Run day with Finish and Award cermony at Caresto.

Visitors in Caresto Hot Rod shop.

May 18:th 2010

New project arrived – Our first EV build. This is a Caresto first. We started with stripping it down and today we ordered the EV components.

Stay tuned for more build and design pictures.

May 15:th 2010

Just in the water - a water JET conversioned and restorated Areo Craft has been totally rebuilt during the winter.

This was a new type of project for us, it included both motor and waterJET work, complete new wooden floor and a brand new upholstery.

May 2:nd 2010

Delivery day – This unique Jaguar C-type 53 has got a brand new hand built hood and also some new upholstery parts.

You can see it at Classic Racing events in Scandinavia this summer.

April 2010

Article and link to the Caresto P 1800 GT movie at the Bilsport website.

Link to article: BILSPORT – CARESTO >>

CHIP FOOSE AWARD 2010 Caresto and the Woody was awarded the Chip Foose award for 2010 at the show.

ELMIA – 1:st to 4 :th of april.

End of March 2010

We're right now doing a mock up assembly to the Elmia fair that starts on the 1:st of april.

Our P1800 and our Woody will attend.

March 2010

The Caresto P1800 GT as we've chosen to call our Volvo P1800ES is coming together well.

We are using a Volvo XC90 - V8 enginge, Volvo V50 front suspension, BMW 5serie rear subframe, Volvo 960 - 5 speed automatic.

Special built adjustable suspension system.

January 2010

The car got back from sandblaster late 2009, so the rust repair and panel check is started.

Fitting a new rear BMW subframe.

Engine and suspension are ready. The car can be lowered onto the jigg in a few days.

January 2010:

An article in Bilsport called: The Leif Tufvesson story.

Read about everything from the first build up to where he is today, also mentioning his former work at Volvo and Koeningseeg.

December 2009:

Article in the magazine Bilsport about the latest project. A Volvo P1800 ES that will be backdated to the 1961 look and powered by a V8 from the Volvo XC90.

A brand new chassie is being built with coilovers and BMW rear subframe.

October 2010

Project P 1800 ES – Some pictures from the the start. The car gets stripped.

September 2009

The day the car was picked up.