| Puget Sound Chapter Volvo Sports America |
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| THE Car Club in Washington for Owners of Classic Volvos |
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| Welcome to the Puget Sound Chapter of Volvo Sports America. PSVSA has been in existence since 1995 and offers a wide variety of activities for its members. We hope you enjoy this website and, if living in the Pacific Northwest, that you'll join us for an event and join PSVSA/VSA. |
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| Volvo Sports America was founded in September 1976 by Jon Keebler and David Pollock, both 1800 buffs, in Philadelphia, PA. There are now over 1,200 members from coast to coast, in Canada and around the world. The club's purpose is to encourage the ownership, proper operation, maintenance and restoration of all Volvo 1800 series and other vintage Volvos and to serve as a source of technical information and exchange. As of 2003, VSA has opened its membership to any owner of an out of production model Volvo. Local chapters throughout the United States and Canada and around the world hold regular meetings, technical sessions, swap meets, and various other events to help members care for their Volvos. National meets are held on an occasional basis on east and west coasts. The Puget Sound Chapter of Volvo Sports America was started in 1995 with Gary Ramstad as the first Coordinator of the club. He remains in that position today. This is one of the most active chapters in the U.S. with many events throughout the year. Gary is a Volvo man from way back. He joined the Volvo Club of America back in 1984 and started the new Pacific NW Chapter for Washington, Oregon and Idaho with other directors in 1987. Gary joined Volvo Sports America in 1991 and has been coordinator for the Chapter since 1995. He currently owns three classic Volvos, a 1962 PV544, a 1967 122 which has won two first places and two second places in past west coast VSA meets. In 2005 he purchased a 1967 1800S. Since that time, Gary has worked very diligently to make PSVSA a very active and successful chapter. He organized the first VSA car corral for the Pacific Raceways Historic Races that has been an annual event since 1994. Gary also is serving as Vice President of VSA. Gail Ritchie is our Assistant Chapter Coordinator and Webmaster. She also serves on the Board of VSA and as VSA Merchandising Manager for their new line of logo merchandise. She also is a long time Volvo lover. Gail purchased her first 1800S from her godmother in 1973 and drove it as a daily driver for 12 years before being forced to sell it due to unemployment. It was 15 years before she could afford another one. In 2000, Gail purchased a 1969 1800S which she has been diligently restoring ever since. Come join us for an event! |
| CONTACT INFO: Gary Ramstad Chapter Coordinator Email: ramslfp@hotmail.com Phone: 206/365-6913 Gail Ritchie Asst. Chapter Coord. Email: volvo1800s@comcast.net Phone: 253/267-0096 |
| Classic1800.com has a great 1800 screen saver for free - no registering or anything. Works with Windows XP and Vista. Try it out - you'll like it. I've got it going on my laptop and love it! Gail |
| Volvo High Mileage Badge is Back Volvo has begun offering their high mileage badges again. They are completely different than those previously produced and won't match any others that you currently have. They also are no longer free - cost is $16. But, at least they are available. Go to www.collection.volvocars.us and do a product search for "high mileage". They are available in 100-500,000k and 1,000,000 miles. |
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| The 4th Annual Swedish Car Cruise-In at the XXX Drive-In in Issaquah was held on Sunday, February 14th in conjunction with Valentine's Day, a holiday weekend, the Daytona 500 and morning wind and rain and we still managed to have a successful meet once again. Dick Libby (PSVSA/PSVCOA) counted cars and came up with 64 Volvos and 15 Saabs for a total of 79 or 80 cars, down from over 100 last year - due to the weather. The rain did stop by noon and the temp was 52 degrees so once again, the weather cooperated in February for us. The first cars arrived at 9:30am . We were very pleased to have a number of cars from the Pacific NW VCOA Oregon Chapter come up from the Portland area for our meet. We also had a couple from Vancouver, BC who decided it would be a good day to "get out of town" on the 2nd day of the Olympics. Thank you for making the long drive and supporting our meet! The Saab Club of Seattle had a large group of newer Saabs and was the last group to leave at 4:30. The vintage Volvos showing for the day were out numbered 3 to 1 by the newer Volvo models. Once again, we had great support from the XXX and owners Jose' Encisco and Jose' Jr. who gave us gifts to give away as prizes. They provided a Meguiar's car care kit, 3 Chevron $10 gas cards (who went to drivers from out of state), 2 XXX hamburger meal tickets (each a $13 value), 1 screwdriver kit, a set of work gloves and a XXX T-shirt. They are great organizers and support us every step of the way. Once again, they managed to feed many of our participants in a short time. Awards given out were: Oldest car: 1953 PV444 Volvo, owned by Walt Tartar Highest milage Volvo: 360,000 miles on a 1985 Volvo 245GLT, owned by John Laughlin Longest ownership: 41 years, 1967 Volvo 122S, owned by Gary Ramstad Newest Volvo: 2010 C30 Volvo Newest Saab: 2007 Saab 93 Out of state long distance driver awards went to Oregon and British Columbia participants In-state long distance driver: Mike Mauer in his new 1973 Volvo 1800ES who drove from Chelan, WA We are the first car show of the year at the XXX. Thirty four events are scheduled to follow ours this year. Again, thank you to everyone that attended on a day that started out looking really poor. |
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| IPD 2009 Photo Contest - Grand Prize Winner Owner: Jack Connelly, 1966 1800S |
| First Event of the Year a Success! |
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| NEXT EVENT: Sunday, April 18th Noon to 3pm PSVSA SPRING RAIN OR SHINE VOLVO MEET AND TAILGATE PARTS SWAP Puget Sound Volvo Sports America and Puget Sound Volvo Club of America Chapters get together for a joint meet. All Volvos welcome whether club members not not. Learn how to restore your classic Volvo from club members. Bring your new/old Volvo, parts to swap, a lunch and chair to enjoy the day with old Volvo friends. PSVSA event coordinator: Gary Ramstad, 206-265-6913, Email: ramslfp@hotmail.com |