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The tenth model in the Volvo Collection by Editions Atlas is a gold metallic Volvo 262C Bertone with black vinyl roof. The model reflects a car from the first production run that has been produced from 1977 to 1979. The color combination that Editions Atlas has chosen for their scale model has however never been available in real. Please refer to the quote below for further informations.
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The first series of 262C Bertones were available only in Mystic Silver metallic paint with a black vinyl roof and black interior; these used Volvo's 262-based trunklid and flat tail lamp design, which would be changed for a deeper trunklid and larger wrap-around tail lamps on the $15,995 1979 models. They featured a new lever-type thermostatic heater control system, and manual transmission-equipped versions received the sporty 242GT's tighter shift linkage. Metallic gold and black single-tone paints, as well as beige leather, were added to the exclusive black roof over silver color palate. The $17,345 1980 Bertone Coupé, as it was then known, gained the 242GT's front air dam and lost 35 mph from its speedometer, as per new American regulations. Rarely seen new colors included single-tone light metallic blue and a gold roof-over-bronze metallic paint scheme. For their last year of production, the vinyl roof was no longer fitted to the now-$19,550 Coupés, and a redesigned and color-coordinated instrument panel extended to incorporate the center console. .... Source : www.hemmings.com/hsx/stories/2006/01/01/hmn_feature10.html
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Tom Steverink
5/18/2012 12:32:16 pm
As far as I know, the gold color is produced with the vinyl black roof, but only on asking, the colcor gold however was not available in the first years of production..so you're absolutely right that the car cannot be from the first years of production...
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Michelle
5/19/2012 03:25:24 am
Hi Tom,
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Tom Steverink
5/20/2012 10:47:44 am
You're absolutely right, they made a a mix of the 3 produced 262C's through the years..But I have seen at least two gold colored cars with black vinyl roof, and they didn't look as amateurs work, so....I assume that you could order the vinyl in the last two production years because that's when volvo offered this color gold?
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Jan
5/22/2012 01:37:36 pm
Are you sure that this color combination wasn't produced? I'm pretty sure that I've already seen it at a volvo meeting in sweden. Ok, could have been a modification, but when I see this auction:
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Jan
5/22/2012 01:47:56 pm
hm... I was too quick. I haven't quite looked at the pictures, my posted car is a later produced vehicle.
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Michelle
5/22/2012 02:00:24 pm
Well It might be possible that I'm wrong. I have based my comments on the records I have been able to find.
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Tom Steverink
5/22/2012 02:11:47 pm
No, but these special cars were also made to order because they were largely handbuilt...You wouldn't find the special ordered cars in a brochure. I'm sure that this is the case with these cars
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