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by richard-smyth
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:56 am
Forum: Meetings
Topic: North East (England) Meet
Replies: 18
Views: 880

Re: North East (England) Meet

'ow do ? Looking forward to Saturdays meet up.
Always wanted to visit Tan Hill Inn the highest pub in England.
Will have to practice some hill starts as I never need to do any being from flat York.
Cheers, Richard.
:hopping:
by richard-smyth
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:51 am
Forum: Meetings
Topic: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen
Replies: 69
Views: 40797

Re: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen

Hi, Martin one of the organisers and me have just started a Whats-app group for UK drivers going to the big meet up. So anyone from the UK going please message us your mobile number so you can be added. I'm going via the Ferry from Hull to Rotterdam on Friday the 17th of May. Others in the south of ...
by richard-smyth
Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:16 am
Forum: Meetings
Topic: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen
Replies: 69
Views: 40797

Re: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen

Country.....Number....Percentage (BE)...........4............5.19 (CH)...........1............1.30 (ES)............1............1.30 (F).............2.............2.60 (Finland).....1.............1.30 (GER).........23............29.87 (I).............1..............1.30 (NL)...........31...............
by richard-smyth
Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Meetings
Topic: North East (England) Meet
Replies: 18
Views: 880

Re: North East (England) Meet

Oh yeah. :hopping:
Cheers Richard.
by richard-smyth
Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: Body and Interior (80)
Topic: What's this piece?
Replies: 3
Views: 698

Re: What's this piece?

Hi. I don't know what they are, but my guess would be that they are off-cuts from some rubber off a different car, that someone was trying to make into widow scrappers. That's the rubber at the bottom of the door windows. Under the yellow and red is it sticky tape ? Do your window scrappers look ori...
by richard-smyth
Wed Jan 17, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: Meetings
Topic: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen
Replies: 69
Views: 40797

Re: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen

Have drawn on the back of an envelope a graph of the numbers signed up so far each month and then drawn a line on wards until May. So I sort of calculate you will have 90 Volvo 480 owners signed to attend by May. Lets see over the coming few months if it plateaus off, keeps on its steady climb upwar...
by richard-smyth
Sun Oct 29, 2023 6:56 am
Forum: Meetings
Topic: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen
Replies: 69
Views: 40797

Re: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen

Hello. Looks like I’m going, must be as I’ve booked into the bridge hotel. Well you only live once and I don’t want to miss out on loads of 480s in one place at the same time !! Pudsey me 480 the R2 rescue car has passed its MOT and once again only needing two new tyres. Before the euro trip going t...
by richard-smyth
Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:54 pm
Forum: Meetings
Topic: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen
Replies: 69
Views: 40797

Re: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen

In obtain an estimate of the potential number of cars and people, please register without any obligation at https://2024.volvo480.info/register About 40 Volvo 480's registered so far. International VOLVO 480 Meeting 2024 in Brüggen / Germany (very close to the Dutch and Belgian borders) Friday 17.05...
by richard-smyth
Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:09 pm
Forum: Meetings
Topic: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen
Replies: 69
Views: 40797

Re: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen

Hello. Of the UK people signed up to attend, have any of you decided or booked up your method of crossing the channel ?
Ferry from Hull seems quite expensive.
Cheers, Richard.
by richard-smyth
Sat Jul 22, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: Meetings
Topic: Northants - Lincolnshire Wolds Meet Saturday July 22nd 2023
Replies: 21
Views: 12214

Re: Northants - Lincolnshire Wolds Meet Saturday July 22nd 2023

Not looking forward to driving such a long way all day in the rain, so won't be coming along.
Hope you enjoy your day,
Cheers, Richard.
by richard-smyth
Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: Meetings
Topic: Northants - Lincolnshire Wolds Meet Saturday July 22nd 2023
Replies: 21
Views: 12214

Re: Northants - Lincolnshire Wolds Meet Saturday July 22nd 2023

Sorry but will have to see how bad the weather is before setting off tomorrow morning. . . :badmood:
by richard-smyth
Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:08 pm
Forum: Meetings
Topic: Northants - Lincolnshire Wolds Meet Saturday July 22nd 2023
Replies: 21
Views: 12214

Re: Northants - Lincolnshire Wolds Meet Saturday July 22nd 2023

'ow do ? Me son Finlay and me plan to attend in Pudsey the R2 Celebration Volvo 480, starting with the cafe lunch and ending with the pub evening meal. We won't be staying over. Thanks for organising the meet up.
Cheers, Richard Smyth.
by richard-smyth
Sat May 06, 2023 8:55 pm
Forum: Body and Interior (80)
Topic: Seat belt arm repair
Replies: 1
Views: 2554

Re: Seat belt arm repair

Correction : Then tighten up the screw by hand into the arm, it was at an awkward angle but just about doable.
by richard-smyth
Sat May 06, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: Body and Interior (80)
Topic: Seat belt arm repair
Replies: 1
Views: 2554

Seat belt arm repair

Hi, unfortunately one of my 480 seat belt arm lugs broke off recently. So removed the roller and pushed in an inch long wood screw with a doomed head bigger than the hole in towards the arm. Then slowly drilled a pilot hole into the arm where the lug previously connected using the thinnest drill bit...
by richard-smyth
Sun Apr 23, 2023 7:36 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Pudsey (rescue 480 R2 formerly known as PUD) update.
Replies: 6
Views: 3092

Re: Pudsey (rescue 480 R2 formerly known as PUD) update.

‘ow do ? Just a quick update. Had to replace another tyre recently this time due to a slow puncture. First time it went fully flat was at an auto jumble so I just bought an old style car foot pump from one of the stands. So now have two new tyres on the back, as I was told once by some older timer i...
by richard-smyth
Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:47 am
Forum: Meetings
Topic: Meet up north ?
Replies: 6
Views: 5225

Re: Meet up north ?

Hi. Turns out the Jensen Interceptor thing is happening early doors, so I will not be going to the Volvo Huddersfield meet up.
Maybe something for the future. Cheers, Richard.
by richard-smyth
Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:17 pm
Forum: Meetings
Topic: Meet up north ?
Replies: 6
Views: 5225

Re: Meet up north ?

Hi. Probably only going to be at the Volvo Huddersfield meet up for a little while, as my plans have had to change as I am now on Saturday the 22nd helping with the first tidy up for 20 odd years of a 'barn find' Jensen Interceptor mk 1. It's quite odd, but it feels like I am going to meet a minor r...
by richard-smyth
Sat Mar 25, 2023 5:56 am
Forum: In Car Entertainment
Topic: Philips radio cassette stereo
Replies: 0
Views: 21816

Philips radio cassette stereo

Hi, if you are after a Philips radio cassette stereo that can control a CD changer then there is one on Facebook Marketplace :
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 1971653575
Vintage Phillips DC740 Car RDS Cassette Receiver for £50
Collection from Wootton NN4 Northampton.
Cheers, Richard.
by richard-smyth
Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:24 pm
Forum: Meetings
Topic: Meet up north ?
Replies: 6
Views: 5225

Re: Meet up north ?

See you there Martin.
Like you say a good opportunity to have a look under me motor.
Cheers, Richard.
by richard-smyth
Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:15 pm
Forum: Meetings
Topic: Meet up north ?
Replies: 6
Views: 5225

Re: Meet up north ?

Its on in the morning of Saturday the 22nd of April at the Volvo Huddersfield dealership on Leeds Road, Huddersfield, HD2 1FG between the hours of 8.30am and 12.30pm. Cheers Richard.