SUPER SAINT
May 25, 2022
4 minutes
WORDS GUY ALLEN
PHOTOS
TROY BARKER
Owner John Stevens admits that you need to be a certain age to ‘get’ the Roger number plate on his 1971 Volvo P1800. It is of course a nod to actor Sir Roger Moore, who helped make the model famous in the British TV thriller series, The Saint.
“I have had people come up and question me about the number plate. They ask, ‘Is your name Roger?’” John chuckles.
Names aside, this was a critical car for the Swedish maker, which recognised it needed to do something to shake up the somewhat dowdy if terribly robust image created by its
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