Volvo 480 Club Europe

Same as last year (see post with similar title!). A small village carnival with classic cars, all 480s welcome (regardless of condition - but if Si or Kev come, get the polish out!), plenty of activities to keep the family happy. We had 4 x 480s last year, let's try doubling the numbers this year. p...

Update: Speedo has now packed up, and since I was relying on that to keep track of my mileage to monitor the fuel consumption, I am now going to take it off the road. It is taxed to the end of the month (March). If anyone wants to drive it home and tinker with it, the price is now £450, and you'v...

Reluctantly I am going to have to sell my Celeb :cry: This is the ex Richmann1 car which I bought from him last year - see his for sale details of Aug 9, 2007 (I don't seem to have much luck adding pictures to my posts, but can email some to anyone interested). I had expected to be using it only occ...

I have unexpectedly done over 1000 miles in the last week - east into Lincolnshire, west into Derbyshire, north into Yorkshire, and south into Gloucestershire: number of 480 sightings? ZERO!!!!!!!!!!
Hope you were all enjoying your Christmas pud

I do about 200 miles a week in mine, and rarely see another 480. I suppose I probably average a sighting once a month, although I did see three in the space of two minutes on one day

Here's my first attempt - 7am, and -7 degrees, so I didn't stop long....

I have run a 1.7 manual, 2-litre manual and 2-litre Auto over identical routes and driving conditions for the last 18 months (my motoring these days is pretty consistent and predictable). The 2-litre is better on long main road runs, the 1.7 better over smaller country roads and town running. Overal...

Re: VBB's list of standard spec on the Celebration: interesting that he quotes the Celeb as having a CD changer as standard - mine has the lowly VC602 radio cassette, and has had from new :( As for pros and cons of 1.7 v 2.0 (NA, I've no experience of the Turbo), I would suggest that if you want a s...

I don't see another 480 from one month to the next, but in the last couple of weeks I've seen a couple - even managed to flash one of them, with no response from the driver :( Then, on Friday, I was parked by the side of the road from Southwell to Fiskerton - a very minor road in the backwoods of No...

Saw a Red 480 travelling south on the A614 near Ollerton this afternoon. Saw it in good time, so flashed my lights, but no response, so I guess you are not one of us? I was too busy looking for a reaction from the driver to check the regstration number - shame, it's the first one I've seen round her...

Someone owes JT £20

Ahh! But will it leak like the real thing?
No fun if it won't

He! He! It's me! :hopping: You'd think a grown man who is definitely on the slippery slope to old age and senility would know better, wouldn't you? It's not as if a BSA, two Lancias, two TR7s and two 480s aren't enough for one person, is it? Not forgetting a 400 year old house.... Still, it's all pa...

Very nice early Turbo in red, seen in New Ollerton, north Nottinghamshire.
If you see this, and are a local, please make contact - I am only just down the road in Warsop, and yours is the first I have seen locally for ages!

You could try Performance Direct - I have mine on a "semi-Classic" policy, no mileage limit - classic orientated policies can usually accomodate younger drivers without too much of a loading.

I agree the later ES had colour-coded bumpers, but this is supposed to be an early car, and I believe pre-1990 ish they would have been black on ESs, and colour coded on Turbos, hence my comment.

Thanks; that's just what I was looking for!

Got the same problem on my new ES.
Checked with the local Volvo dealer - pins are not available separately, hinges are approx £20 each; I think you just get the half hinge which fits to the door, the body half is welded on.

I regularly see mention of the various original Volvo wheels: Pollux, Taurus, Vesa, etc.
Can anyone post pictures of the different types, so that I can see what we are talking about?
I thought I might find illustrations somewhere on the site, but haven't found them yet...

Yep, that's the one.
They describe it as an ES, but with colour coded bumpers, should it really be a Turbo?