OSLO MOTORSHOW 2011

Just back from Norway and a great event.

The Caresto P1800 GT was awarded with the "BEST IN SHOW" award within street cars and was also selected as one of the top 20 exhibitors at the event.

Thanks to the event and our sponsors

28 - 30 of October 2011

Visit us at the annual OLSO MOTORSHOW.

We will have the Caresto P1800 GT with us.

OSLO MOTORSHOW 2011

20 - 21 of August 2011

We will be attending the annual Vallåkra event 20:th to 21:st of august. You are all welcome to come by and visit us.

We will have the Caresto P1800 GT with us.

July / August 2011

We are right now working on some really interesting and unique projects. We can unfortunately not reveal it yet så stay tuned.

To the left you can see our first complete EV build. It was a 200cc Quad that now will be our transport in the pit on trackdays and at events.

May 2011

The Volvo P 1800 GT was unvieled at Elmia and we where awarded 5 individual prizes. To see some of the pictures from their photo area check out the pictures to the left.

Pictures: Bilsport

As usual you can follow the complete build at the dedicated webpage: www.p1800gt.se/

The car will now be featured in a few great magazines and also appear again in an upcoming Motor program on TV.

April 2011

Finally the car has come back from paint and we face a tough deadline. The car will be unweiled at the Elmia Custom and performance show on the 21:st of april. Visit us there ! More info on their web: Custom motorshow.

As usual you can follow our build at the webpage: www.p1800gt.se/ in english or here for Swedish: Gatbilar.se/forum/Caresto

First day in the shop !

New lights (a slightly arched glas).

Test fit after dynomat.

The floor starts to look good.

The knob.

Cables and dash !

Wheelarches get leather !

The retro GT steering wheel.

Air-ride, slightly modified.

March 2011

The last preparation, off to paint in 2 days.

Follow our work at www.p1800gt.se/

February 2011

A scoop for the hood. The V8 wouldn´t fit !

Follow our work at www.p1800gt.se/

January 2011

Air ride from Karnag ready.

Follow our work at www.p1800gt.se/

Late autum 2010

The woody has a new controlsystem installed, Thanks to Niranova for all the help and the NOVA 3 system. All we need now is less snow so we can take it for a real testdrive.

See the clip here: Woody NOVA 3

At the same day TV8 also came over to start the recordings of the upcoming Gran Turismo episodes.

Late autumn 2010

The TV show Gran Turismo from TV 8 was here and recorded a segment from Caresto.

Watch the show here: http://tv8.se/granturismo

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 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.