Volvo 480 Club Europe

Thanks everyone for your advice and many offers of wheels! Jeff, I shall be brave and attempt start like you say. Funnily enough I called Lake's by mistake (meant to call ex-Volvo dealer in the sticks: Kings of Witcham) about replacement. Surprisingly the nice guys at Lake's are going to get my keys...

Still haven't told my wife!

‎ I haven't got everything in place but I think I'm going to pop to Lake's on Monday and going to go and get it mobile (rolling) on Tuesday‎. Extra muscle appreciated of course. I'm ashamed to say I didn't notice the delamination and had the little bit of rust at the top of the screen on the right a...

Thanks Rachel!‎ Unfortunately I could only see the left side as it is parked hard up against the wall on the right and is very immobile with four flat tyres. A bit of rust on the arches, but not so bad that it will need repair panels, just a few chunks welded in. (famous last words!)‎ I'm hoping to ...

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Saved! D101 DWP chassis number 507274. I think this makes it the second oldest car known about in the UK (107 cars behind Keith Cooper's launch car.‎ ‎ More details to follow and will be seeking advice on getting a car that has sat for 20 years going again.  I'm thinking new belt, light oil down the...

Oops, I meant item 15 too, not 4!‎

If it is item 4 thet is broken (common part to fail, although I thought you'd have noticed the roof not working up/down, not just a leak) then you can get a replacement here from Ruediger Scheidt who sells 3D printed bits for our cars via Shapeways ‎ SUNROOF PART:‎ https://www.shapeways.com/product/...

Excellent news! Good man‎

SE is likely the dealer misreading ES on the back of the car or in the case of Twin Tone, Paris Blue, etc. a way of declaring Special Edition‎ to the DVLA. Are celebrations declared as SE to the DVLA? Very small chance that this is a Celebration (it is very late registered) that has had wheels and b...

Quick search on here has the original oil as ‎3343922-5, which is superceded by 1161681. This is where things get confusing. With your Elf oil, you have GL4 oil, which is suitable for vehicles with "yellow metals" in ‎their boxes. If you look up 1161681 on Scandix, it is a GL5 oil, which is less fri...

I did manage to buy 400-series oil a few years ago. It was labeled on the bottle! Ring your dealer, you might be in luck

There's something about bronze bits and needing special oil which is why it is recommended to only buy the oil from the dealer.
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Saying that, I think the bronze was only in early boxes, so your oil might be a good bet.

I tried and failed years ago. Wasn't brave enough!

Excellent!

Damn! I'd forgotten about this!‎
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On reflection legging it to a Volvo event with no notice on my first weekend back from being away might not go down too well!‎
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Have fun Rachel and whoever you are taking along. ‎