Volvo 480 Club Europe

I was at KGF the other day looking at a Fiesta ST for a friend. Lovely chap who runs it, very friendly and accommodating. Prices optimistic but like most of these examples... “go find another one” as they say. They have a lovely 244GL for £6995 :shock: Cant wait to go see it one lunch time. Thanks f...

What an opportunity to rescue another Turbo from salvage and keep it in the community. It is also a brilliant example of the need for 'agreed valuation' on insurance policies. I know values are all over the place, but to buy another, rust free, sub 50,000 mile Turbo with history and low owners, you'...

Haha thank you - yes, the house is redundant now :wink: Todays 480 anecdote : Chatting with my paint guy, gave him the code "305" for the boringly titled "Black Metallic". He said just run the VIN through a Volvo dealer to double check. He confirmed quite a bit of blue in the mix which explains its ...

As jifflemon says; "Any update is a good update" ! So here goes... https://thumbsnap.com/s/lq1NMIAg.jpg https://thumbsnap.com/s/1DwmzpKF.jpg A long build, juggling many tradesmen. Tried to save money by 'splitting the trades', but ultimately paid the price in time taken. Over-budget, way over-time a...

Is the dash surround held on with duct tape behind the fog light switches?!?

Like people have said.... something brewing under them there arches.

Can you tell which set is, and more importantly, why? At the risk of putting everyone to sleep :bored: Technically, in 2019, it is ‘illegal’ for a registered plate maker to use the older 57mm wide Charles Wright font. It would be ‘illegal’ to have 57mm characters on a plate which displayed BSAU145d...

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...