You are correct, Pressed Steel bodies from the Linwood Plant in Scotland, not Cowley, were still supplied to Volvo for car assembly in Gothenburg up until the agreed contractual total of 6000 shells were exhausted.
As you say, Jensen had the P1800 assembly contract terminated for a variety of reasons before the 6000 car agreement was completed, body fit and finish being one of them. Presumably skilled production people in Sweden were able to correct any poor body and panel alignment etc?
Therefore a number of early 1800S models are around with the Pressed Steel identification plate on the bulkhead, we have a particularly nice example owned by a lady member in our Cheshire section of the VOC.
Paul
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