Volvo 480 Club Europe

Spotted today (22-9-19) at about 13:00...... white ES on what looks like MG-ZR or ZS wheels?

Better late than never! I did the same pub this year spectating out the front.... and got absolutely drenched! I did check the car park again just in case.... to no avail this year. Thumbs up for marshalling - volunteers make this event happen. Looking forward to 2020. Hope the celeb is doing well.

I like the modifications - the body colour front skirt is nice - are the headlamp pods done as well? Amazing how those two body-colour items lift the car and that they weren't OE. I'm just surprised they have been performed on such a historically significant car. Try and get the wider Charles Wright...

Doing my HGV training/test in Norwich City Centre this week, today I spotted a metallic blue (possibly Paris?) 480 on a K plate at about 11am.

Instructor was slightly less excited than me

Had GT Vesa wheels but didn't think blue was a GT colour + K too early?

I was always taught carbon glowing cherry red, wrong temp plugs or a petrol engine 'dieseling' on its oil (poor oil control rings etc). But, if you say its a rebuilt engine, that eliminates two of those! I've had a few carb cars run-on, but never an EFI. When injectors dribble they tend to do just t...

Brilliant news... something involving DVLA actually made sense!

Now you need some period, pre-2001 font plates with "VOLVO press office" at the bottom!

fail

I’ll go back to lurking

Hopefully I’m right about the turbo badge

Hey mathrock, Wow, a 480 in the US... people must think its a spaceship! Just like when I went crazy when I saw a 780 over here. I'm gonna have a go answering a question rather than lurking! 1) That ring, according to my sales brochure, should illuminate. I would imagine its made out of a translucen...

Some really nice photos there. Keep 'em coming.

What on earth's going on there :rofl: He's given his car a moustache?!? The blind has sadly seen better days. I always thought that was a cool accessory - but didn't someone on here say the rattle drove them crazy? :lol: As a number plate geek, I love that rear plate. It's slightly oversized vertica...

Fascinating dyno graphs. Thanks for posting.

Fingers crossed for an easy (and economical) repair!

Very interesting data - I like how DVLA is publishing this stuff - albeit after a FOI request. The data is very 'dirty' though. Looks like entrants have had free text - very dangerous! You should see the amount of spellings for Vauxhall! 480 Xi and 480 GLE..... they are 440 trim levels. ... and they...

Many thanks for the post; its all greatly appreciated. Look forward to the 'odo cog' chapter.

Come on the fellow leaflet hoarders That'll be me then :bla: Below is my 1994 price list : http://www.jaykayem.co.uk/photos/480/general/1994-prices-1.JPG http://www.jaykayem.co.uk/photos/480/general/1994-prices-2.JPG http://www.jaykayem.co.uk/photos/480/general/1994-prices-3.JPG This reflects 'broc...

More of an apology really, rather than a meaty update. A couple of forum members had asked how the 480 was coming on. Sadly my world fell apart, lost the house, garage. All my tools went into rent-a-container storage and cars/bikes stashed with friends. Annoyingly, I had to build the car back up aga...

Lots of informative posts here. Special Thanks to Brinkie. So, reading all the above, my criteria should be : GL4 ONLY 75W80 Elf NFP or equivalent. So how about : https://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-147652-comma-mv-mtf-plus-75w-80-transmission-fluid.aspx Every box above ticked and with VOC discount about £...

Lovely pictures, brilliant to see, credit to everyone keeping these cars on the road.

Fantastic day out today here http://www.jaykayem.co.uk/photos/480/general/1.jpg http://www.jaykayem.co.uk/photos/480/general/2.jpg http://www.jaykayem.co.uk/photos/480/general/3.jpg http://www.jaykayem.co.uk/photos/480/general/4.jpg http://www.jaykayem.co.uk/photos/480/general/6.jpg http://www.jayka...

Don't normally post eBay finds, but this is tidy... and its getting a few bids!

Good front and rear lights means its always worthy of a post!

(no affiliation)

http://r.ebay.com/iZsrVH

Fantastic news its a CPV car, and for having the b*lls to take it on.

Watching this thread with interest. Good luck with the forthcoming work.

I wonder where DVLA put that original CPV reg? I wonder, with a bit of arm pulling, it could be re-instated?