Volvo 480 Club Europe

Sent you a pm with details of 2 I'm having to part with in the next few months.

What sort of budget ? Any preference on model ?

Sent you a pm Stephen.
Fingers crossed the owner makes contact.

Hi Stephen
Was it a white Celebration ?

Your rear lights experience sounds horrendous. Should you ever decide you want to invest in some better lenses bear the following in mind, copied from another thread The best option is to go to the boutique on the French club's website, volvo480.org. Their reproduction lenses and complete light unit...

Hello Lewis Welcome to the club and congratulations on your purchase. It sounds as though the sponges of doom are still in place - hidden behind the rear bumper, one each side, dripping water where it shouldn't be. Get rid of them asap. You will probably find they have fed enough water in between th...

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The best option is to go to the boutique on the French club's website, volvo480.org. Their reproduction lenses and complete light units are expensive for a very good reason. They were originally made by a man who supplies all the major car manufacturers lights for their prototypes. Once the design i...

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I wouldn't recommend a car from a storage container. I looked at one for the rescue group and it had been so hot inside the container that the plastic side trims were banana shaped. Don't suppose it did the electrics any good either. Wouldn't surprise me if the plastic sheaths had melted in places.

The Bumble Bee and the Bat a tale of the wonderful experiences Alastair had just before disaster struck. Al loved driving and shooting but also was fascinated by wildlife. After collecting Paris from store to go to the detailers we both pulled into our local petrol station so I could fuel up. Al pa...

Sharon has posted on Facebook

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I think that belongs to Sharon Northmore who posts on the facebook UK group. She's a friend of Zapcity and came to one of the Rutland meets with him. My Snazzy was also a UPW reg originally, it's a Norfolk one. Al spotted her near Thetford once but he was on his own in the Saab so he didn't give cha...

Good to know that one is being saved, storm grey is a rare colour. There are only 5 or 6 with a current mot on the register.
Keep us updated on progress.

If you follow the link to book now, it will first of all show the original event which is marked up as cancelled. Scroll down to find the NordikFest25 event on the same day, same location.

This event is back on now - Nordik Rides opened it up to all Volvos and Saabs to get the necessary numbers. They would still like as many 480s as possible so having cancelled our hotel booking I've now re booked.

I seem to recall that the talk in 2024 referred to the rear lights when actually John meant the natural light making the paint look different shades.

Here is the promised write up of my notes from the talk John gave to the French club The design brief for a new car was contained in what was known as the Red Book, which would be issued to various designers for them to work from to submit a design. When Volvo issued the red book for what came to be...

James, you probably remember letting me know when a ladie's 480 promotional scarf popped up on ebay - I wore it to the funeral. Al has since acquired a 480 tie so he wore that. Made a nice tribute to John.

After a whatsapp message from Brinkie on 21st June to tell us John had died. I received the following email from Janny with the funeral details : “I herewith wish to inform you that on Saturday the 21st of June my husband, our father and our grandfather John R. de Vries, with a gentle pinch in my ha...