WORTH THE WAIT

Stephen Shacaluga is a retired baker living on the Rock of Gibraltar. He has been a classic car enthusiast for many years and has owned several interesting cars in the past, including a Daimler Barker Special Sports, a Singer Gazelle and an Alfa Romeo Duetto. The car that he always longed for above all else however, was the Volvo P1800.

'I used to watch Roger Moore as The Saint on TV in the 1960s driving that white Volvo P1800 with its distinctive ST1 registration, and really liked the looks of the car,' he explains. 'Then back in 1963, I noticed a chap driving a Volvo P1800 here in Gibraltar. That did it – although I was only 15 years old at the time, I was hooked and I knew one day, I'd own one.'

Many years later, and well after he had driven an Aston Martin when playing James Bond, Roger Moore was asked what his favourite movie car was. Moore replied: 'Without doubt it was the Volvo P1800. I have a great affection for that car, as of course I owned one as well as using one in The Saint