Volvo 480 Club Europe

Is that Blue 480 cabriolet from CP Motors?

Curious how they built it seeing that, whilst a number of test vehicles were built, the Volvo designed cabrio parts were never sold.

hi there Sorry to dampen your plans but the modification requires hardware upgrades too. For comparison, see the P1 volvo ie C30, S40, V50 Flexfuel models (Ford-Mazda MZR engine, doesnt seem volvo was involved in the design but Im still looking into that) and the Volvo 5 cylinder 2.5FT (thats a pure...

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thanks for the pics and good luck with the restoration!

I like the axle stand set up you have there...who makes that sort of stand / where did you get it? looks good!

best of luck with the restoration!

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hi, With regards the fact the 480 cabrio was ready for launch and that a series of cars was built for dealers etc this sounds like a series of pre-production cars being made available to dealers or press ahead of a cars full launch. Whilst this could just be a fleet of handbuilt cars/prototypes for ...

This post speaks about the CP Motors one, no white car mentioned.

http://volvo480.dragons.org.uk/forum/vi ... et&start=0

Clarification about the red 480 owned by Guy Vermant, no roll bar. Pics as above. He writes "It’s indeed an EBS/ACT car. It was privately financed and then when finished it was presented to Volvo to come to a cooperation as this company did with Renault. But Volvo decided to choose the other ...

oh yeah! so they do!

I thought EBS and ACT were the same company too. ACT of 440 hatch/estate fame. Volvo didnt like these cars and tried to stop them selling the conversion kits.

Guy Vermant's 480

http://www.volvogallery.org.uk/showphoto.php?photo=1766

No roll bar so an early ASC non-roll bar prototype or an EBS conversion?

awaiting some news.....

hi thanks for the very interesting clarification. I've got a pic of Geoff Wight and a guy from ASC in a silver 480 cabrio and a pic of a white 480 cabrio being tested in Arizona. Interesting to find out if the CP Motors car is one of the 30 production vehicles you refer to or a converted standard 48...

interesting....the CP car looks like a RHD version of the cabrio in the video. Anyone know what the dude in the video is saying??

Hello I've also tried to find out about the blue cabrio from CP Motors. From seeing the car it seems to be an aftermarket conversion. That said, the roll bar and rear panels are bespoke so that's interesting. Being RHD is curious though. Could be a survivor of one of the genuine volvo cabrio prototy...

New images/sketches of the cabriolet project from Volvo http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/shimon340/volvo_480_cabrio_85_1st_sketches.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/shimon340/volvo_480_cabrio_85_swb_sketches.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/shimon340/volvo_480_cabrio_85_ske...

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I would think turbos would use different spark plugs ie ones with a different heat rating compared to the NA engine. turbos would run a cooler plug?

hi there I posted this last week but a pc problem meant it didnt upload for some reason. here is the history of punch powertrain as from their website A history of innovation CVTs for small and medium – sized cars have been produced in Europe since 1974. One of the earliest models to incorpor...

nice cutaway pic of a CVT unit for a 400 series

http://www.autotransonline.ro/cataloage ... vd_cvt.pdf

Hi Thanks for the correction. This thing about Daf/Van Doorne taking Volvo to court was something I heard a few years ago. From the post above it seems the g/box was sourced direct from Van Doorne Transmissions. So what was the dispute between Volvo and VDT then? Was it centred on the g/box not bein...

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could you post some pics of this car please? and any further info? very interesting!

CVT...now that's interesting. The 440 came with CVT for a while but Daf sued volvo over the use of CVT saying they sold the rights to the variomatic CVT system to volvo with the 300, 66 and 46 series cars (46 was sold as Daf model by volvo, 66 got extensive upgrades to become the volvo 66) but...Daf...