480 convertible spotted

Richmann1 · Post by **Richmann1** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:48 pm

Spotted at Gayden today in the car park.

Plus about 10 480's all in all a good day took an xc90 for a spin on the offroad course and good museum there.

Rich

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:03 am

niiiiice!

like it a lot
rgrds
rob

Bear · Post by **Bear** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:10 pm

It's not as nice as you think, and it's not really a genuine one. All the panels and the targa bar are from a breakers in Holland designated to detroy all of Volvo's design prototypes and studies. CP Motors managed to get all the components and chopped a Paris blue down and installed all of what you see.

It's not finished, the top doesn't work and is permenantly down and it requires alot of finishing to make it look the biz.

But saying that Kudos for trying!

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:50 pm

something i would be prepared to take on though.....all the hard stuffs been done by the looks.....just a bit of tweaking....oh and the all important turbo engine swap

rob

piper1st · Post by **piper1st** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:36 am

It's still very interesting to see ...

According to the DVLA ... it's SORN at the moment ... but the number plate is logged as 480ES SPECIAL EDITION ... very special if you ask me!

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:40 am

piper1st wrote:It's still very interesting to see ...

According to the DVLA ... it's SORN at the moment ... but the number plate is logged as 480ES SPECIAL EDITION ... very special if you ask me!

What does SORN mean? Sorry, am not Brittish

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:54 am

coyote1980 wrote:
piper1st wrote:It's still very interesting to see ...

According to the DVLA ... it's SORN at the moment ... but the number plate is logged as 480ES SPECIAL EDITION ... very special if you ask me!
What does SORN mean? Sorry, am not Brittish

Statutory Off Road Notification, basically you have to tell the DVLA that you are keeping the car off the public road, if you donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t and donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t renew your road tax they will fine you.

shimon340 · Post by **shimon340** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:58 pm

hello

any further info on this special breakers yard?

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:05 am

As I see from turbobricks there was also this car

Bear · Post by **Bear** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:35 am

That's My Baby! better photo, than I got on the day!

Katy-Felicity · Post by **Katy-Felicity** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:42 pm

I love the convertible, i'd take her on and finish her off. I don't have a convertible in my collection of 480's

....................although that does give me an idea for my paris special edition

. That looked like a fantastic day out, pitty I was working

muddyfox470 · Post by **muddyfox470** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:45 pm

aibast wrote:As I see from turbobricks there was also this car

Wow look at her gleam

Nice car Bear

shimon340 · Post by **shimon340** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:43 pm

hello

does anyone have any pics of the ACT or EBS converted 480s?

I wonder if this one uses parts from those? from speaking to volvo design heritate, volvo themselves only build 2 convertibles but they did access the ACT conversions... they let them build them but wouldnt let it be sold as a Volvo product... curious they still have the badges.

anyone know how many ACT cars were built? Ive tried to find their webpage or contacts but cant seem to find them. they also made estate hatchbacks for the 440, makes it look like an estate but the car body is actually a hatch.

anyone see an ACT 440 estate or 480 cabrio for sale. they are getting older now so shouldnt be crazy expensive

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:54 pm

I've seen 2 ACT 440 'Estates', and old Mk1 and a facelift.

Mk1:
http://www.volvogallery.org.uk/showphot ... imit=views

Facelift:
http://www.volvogallery.org.uk/member.p ... &protype=1

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:21 pm

shimon340 wrote:hello

does anyone have any pics of the ACT or EBS converted 480s?

I wonder if this one uses parts from those? from speaking to volvo design heritate, volvo themselves only build 2 convertibles but they did access the ACT conversions... they let them build them but wouldnt let it be sold as a Volvo product... curious they still have the badges.

anyone know how many ACT cars were built? Ive tried to find their webpage or contacts but cant seem to find them. they also made estate hatchbacks for the 440, makes it look like an estate but the car body is actually a hatch.

anyone see an ACT 440 estate or 480 cabrio for sale. they are getting older now so shouldnt be crazy expensive

On the website you'll find a list of all known Cabrio's. Except this one, it still deserves an entry

There was a red 440 estate for sale nearby, might still be for sale, seller wanted about 700 euros for it I believe.

For UK drivers: you could of course always put the trunk cover on a LHD 440, quite a simple operation