Volvo 480 Club Europe

I'm in the UK that weekend, but I'll be 400 miles north of the event and a 2011 Volvo V70 isn't quite qualifying for FOTU. so I'm hoping I can make it in 2025.

If it's not mandatory to have adjustable headlights in Finland, just get rid of it!

i guess one of the oldest and first cars is my one. my FIN is 500184 production date acc volvo homologation dept 02.1986 got austrian authorization and registration in october last year ... now it's on the street again :hopping: Wasn't that the car which has been moved all over Europe, doubling its...

The oldest registration still on the road in The Netherlands is first registered March 21, 1986. VIN ends in 224 and was produced February 25, 1986. The VIN doesn't necessarily tell something about the actual production date. There are "prototype" chassis (below 300) which were completed later and h...

I hope someone will put video footage online of the Q&A with the design team, there were some interesting anecdotes

94 cars from Italy, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, France, the UK and of course Germany and the Netherlands. What a day! I have counted 96, including the red 480 Cabriolet and a guy from Belgium (who was about to travel on to take a flight to Canada) who arrived later. I am so happy I have ...

PLEASE check the light switch FIRST before swapping relays and start hunting for unobtainium. The relays are probably fine, they just aren't actuated. The double relay isn't a standard part, however, it can be opened and then you will find two relays soldered on a board. These can be replaced, repla...

As long as you don't leave the motorway to enter Antwerp city centre or Scheldt left bank, you're good. The motorways around Antwerp more or less form the boundary. Scroll down on this page to see the map: https://www.slimnaarantwerpen.be/en/LEZ Good luck with the traffic jams, as they can be quite ...

I hope it's not the CEM, costs nearly 500 euro on eBay. There's a 0 too much on that amount concerning the CEM-III (1991 cars and later). I've got several of them and can get hold of several more. (CEM-00/-01 are harder to come by because they fail more often and still not THAT expensive!) But this...

I soooo wish I could attend this. It's exactly why I bought the car, to attend events like this. Bloody kids and bloody exams! 🤬😡 Mine just said he wanted to come with me on Saturday 18th, despite being in the middle of his exams. It's Pentecost weekend, which is in The Netherlands followed by a ba...

I have 13 cars, including three Volvo 480s awaiting restoration. Some were involved in crashes by inexperienced drivers, prompting me to salvage usable parts. The remaining 480s were neglected until recently when I started working on one, only to realize the challenges of restoring them due to rapi...

If an affordable C30 had crossed my path, I would have bought that instead of the S70, and maybe I will in the future. Here's the choice of engines I've investigated, and which to avoid. As the C30 is based on the same platform as the Ford Focus, with most parts having FoMoCo stamped on them, the en...

My Philips DC532 radio/cassette unit, bought new in 1995, has the same CD-changer input, but it can be configured for AUX input as well! So I can use that (definitely period correct ) head unit, while secretly attaching it to a modern Bluetooth adapter.

But we have those, in fact we have a LOT of them!
In the UK: ask Jeff
In the EU: ask me (I just got a shipment from Jeff )

Definitely the needle catching on something. The speedometer is driven by a PWM signal, which doesn't suddenly stop and jump. Peeling of the speedo face is very common and unfortunately I don't have any faces in miles left (tons of them in km of course), so your best bet is sourcing a non-peeling UK...

The popups can be compared with windscreen wiper motors, they have a parking position, but in this case there are two parking positions, up and down. There is a conducting disc inside the motor where three contacts trace its surface. https://i.imgur.com/a1q8Svb.png Note there are cuts 180 degrees ap...

I might have one, but I'm in a different country. I'm curious what's wrong with the current one, as they rarely fail. Unlike their predecessor CEM-00/01 which is prone to water ingress.

Can confirm that it was this piece of paper that was making the weird noise! 😂 not quite sure how steering effected it but with it now removed the fan sounds normal again! Not sure how it got there but looks like it's been there a while 🤔 https://i.postimg.cc/PfzhxMxn/IMG-20231019-180424.jpg Produk...

If the infocentre lights up and the bulb is confirmed working, it is mostly down to one of these: 1. Fuse for infocentre computer blown. Same fuse as cigarette lighter, so plug in a phone charger and check if it works. 2. Thin blue-brown wire not connected to alternator ground. This is the ground wi...

The car has been sold and exported to Belgium.