Volvo 480 Club Europe

Joolz, Might have a Volvo badge on your car but the engine is not a Volvo engine. It's a Renault engine and his put it in a Renault. so maybe you should join the renault engine owners club :D And Porsche had something to say in it as well... aside from the chassis part of things, where Lotus was fa...

Simply great.

Great job, AOD... if ever I was going to be that skilled!

Greetz,
Peter

DaKyy wrote:Ferraris tend to snap...

Well that's where the rear half went!

What a body...

Looks absolutely great, but how does one avoid water getting in the engine bay? Or make sure that the water that eventually gets in, is not going to affect the functionality of the engine?

All the best, Volviz! Have a super day!

Greetz,
Peter

A Shooting Break conversion isn't such a bad idea, but this way it's never going to work... it's no use making a 400 bhp breadvan, it's gotta be a little bit more exclusive to make it rock. Back to the drawing boards, fellow countryman!

Welcome back!
Vader is waiting to challenge you.

Dan you crazy kid, that ain't no 440 it's a Lexus you nutter! :lol: Stu. Lexus, according to Tatra! :D http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y253/480Turbo/480T_extra/T700-2_p.jpg Silver metallic is much more convincing on a 440 than Ferrari red, by the way. Your 440 as it was in combination with those g...

Great alloys, good quality paint job and the prancing moose is really funny... But, at the end of the day, it's still a very, very dull car with add-ons. No offence, but the 440 doesn't even come near a 480 stylewise.

Which proves that the original design could have 'grown' into a modern substitute without too much fuss. Nice one!

Woohoo, what colour is that?

Well, as I said, it was often hard to translate. Too hard maybe... anyhow, it was only a go filling up some gaps and hoping that others would take over. There was another list somewhere on that forum I used as well to come to that translation, by the way. Must admit that some translations are a bit ...

I'll have a go at filling a few gaps... 02 : Intensité de soleil retardé [*10 W/m²] sun intensity inside at console level 03 : Intensité de soleil instantanée [*10 W/m²] sun intensity outside the water box 04 : Température extérieure retardé [°C] outside t° at console level 05 : Températ...

Really rare pics. Where have you found/taken them? These pictures are most probaly taken in Belgium (according to the number plates), at what I think was a cabrio meeting. The name next to the number plate is that of Volvo Coolman, a Volvo dealer in Knokke-Heist, a Belgian sea resort. I don't know ...

Happy Birthday !!!

As a day-to-day rider of a '89 Yamaha Ténéré, I'm pleased with the overall concern on this forum about the well being of the biker concerned. Good for him he left the scene shaken but unhurt. He'll probably shed a few tears on his wrecked two wheeler, but hey, at least he'll be able to do so! As ...

Hi Erik and welcome to this most enjoyable forum.

Glad you rediscovered the joys of driving a 480 - my time is still to come.
I Hope you won't have too much trouble putting your 480 back into business after a 2 year outdoor standstill.

Brave man!

Greetz,
Peter