Volvo 480 Club Europe

I take serious issue with this James. You can't take a 480 on a dead straight road, it needs corners! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: it does! Seriously, I know quite a few cars that got a new identity this way. Some were "educational" cars, Volvo donated them to schools, the cars were completely new and unus...

In the UK you can try a single vehicle approval and a Q-plate if all else fails. In The Netherlands you can't, because for registration without registration papers you need the help of the manufacturer or importer, and Volvo will tell the authorities that the car has never been registered and has of...

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Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:06 am

Even with ones as expensive as these? Would be good to get hold of some renaults and put the engines back in 400s

No, only the project cars of course. They won't scrap a 480 turbo in good condition because those are too expensive for them to buy.

Then again, a 480 Turbo in this condition is becoming increasingly rare. Even in its native country they're still snapped up by the banger racers and for engine transplants into Renault 5 Turbo. The car has become too rare and has proven too difficult to maintain for the boy racer brigade, who used ...

Bump to an old topic. I've asked the seller if it could be registered. Their response: there are no registration papers and registration would probably be difficult, but why on earth would you want to drive it, as it has only 77 km and you would like to stay it that way. Dutch 480 enthusiasts recall...

H467AAL is still registered in the UK (Export marker: No), tax and MOT ran out a couple of months ago, apparently he never bothered to get it registered in the USA.

I started to dislike Top Gear because of their childish, bullying kind of humour, Harry's Garage on the other hand is one of my favourites. Especially because Harry Metcalfe has a very balanced view on motoring, a kind of wisdom perhaps. Seeing the videos of going to the Arctic Circle in an old Roll...

I've given away my set of Pollux alloys with snow tyres for the 480 last week to a friend who has his 480 as only car. Snow has become rare here due to global warming (at best we've got a mild frost at night and lots of cold rain during daytime) so I'm not bothering to put them on. When it snows, I'...

Volvo used the same battery since the 200-series and have been using it until the stop-start systems became commonplace (those systems require AGM batteries), so it's the only part for the 400-series that main dealers have in stock! If the battery of my (petrol) V70 dies I can take the one from the ...

Modern cars now have to look so agressive now, there aren't many pleasing shapes about, granted there are a few that are nice, like I am fond of the Pug 508 The 508 is definitely my favourite too! I am a sucker for French cars as I've been raised with Renaults and Citroëns and I have driven many Pe...

Cars have become increasingly similar in shape, because a car that looks familiar sells in numbers. It's like popular music that only consists of four chords, it has to sound familiar to sell. Cheap econoboxes and FWD SUV's (which only see asphalt) are just like such pop music, where the singer even...

The Paris Blue is no longer in my possession, but got new wheel arches under my ownership and was sold to a friend who works for a Volvo dealership. The car got some upgrades. :) https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171106/096f6f8cb2903eb02984f76918abd258.jpg https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?...

Well done, this one is worth saving as there are almost no 480 Turbo left, even on the Continent. They're all thrashed by the boy racer brigade or used as donor for a Renault 5 Turbo. Arthur, were you the one who brought an instrument cluster at my place (well sort of), donated several spare units a...

If you really want to hurt a Limburger (from the southernmost province of The Netherlands), call him or her a Hollander. :D The 480 was built in the province of Limburg. Limburgers don't feel they're part of Holland, because they are so different from them, in fact, everything looks different in Lim...

"The dashboard has been serviced with the electrionics being serviced by the only Volvo 480 electronic specialist in Holland." I can't remember having service the "electrionics" of this one, but I'm not living in either province of Holland in The Netherlands (there's a North and South Holland), so t...

Happy new year to everybody! Hope 2021 will be properous and healty for all of you.



Meanwhile, hang on in lockdown... Things WILL be alright.

What a loss to the community. I hope the breakers yard will continue to operate, as I have understood it's the last of its kind.
By coincidence I've re-watched Flipping Bangers yesterday (it was on Discovery Channel) but his brother Barry was filmed.

It's only a mounting bracket, useless without the matching Thule roof bars...

I have one but never used it, its design is very, very 1980s. So make sure the rest of your attire is matching.