Volvo 480 Club Europe

Sounds plausible, but I am not an expert on these as my car is pre-catalyser :/

Oh yeah I get that, I think it may be normal

That is very interesting, maybe it came in through Vladivostok...

How do you mean the gearbox mounts might need doing? mine is on 78500 and I recently felt that the gears might not be as slick as I thought they used to be...

http://www.volvo-480-europe.org/volvo480/vin_reader.php?vin=XLBEX193EKC541801 Well Alexander here we have the Analysis: It seems to be an early turbo, definitely european spec, first 6000 produced. Now other experts will know more about what you need to face when dealing with this particular product...

Hi Alexander what a fascinating story! I know a lot of westernn cars started a new life in Russia after the Cold War, I am so glad to hear there is a community, or at least individuals preserving them. It sounds like you would have had to get very creative in order to keep this car going, maybe even...

jamescarruthers wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:07 am

Well done Ben!

The 480 is now famous* having now appeared in a piece of automotive journalism! https://i.postimg.cc/RVgCHwNp/E5-E0-AA27-F740-4637-8989-774-FB6-DCFFCE.jpg This is part of a superb new magazine called Classic.Retro.Modern, which is well worth picking up as they have some well written features on less...

Spotted this article in the new Classic.Retro.Modern magazine, seemed familiar...



Do let me know what you think, I was very proud to see my words in print, and put a good word in for the club

Congratulations Norm so glad it is staying in touch, any assistance from a chap with a (mostly) functioning '88 car, let me know!

I have always wanted to visit there, I can picture the wedge against such an amazing backdrop!

Well congratulations! I know we would all be very curious to see what it is like!

Hi there Jim, this was where I lurked before entering the beige! You have a really nice one there, glad to see someone is saving the base models, and you don't hang about either! What you said about going with a straight negotiating tactic will definitely come in useful for me, I have my eye on a hi...

Pud is looking superb on those wheels, definitely the right move to fit those!

On watching the video, this case is a bit different to mine, whereas in my case it sounds like a creaking noise of tiredness, that one sounds like something is loose, which could be a case like James said of the shock not quite fitting properly...

This is very similar to mine, and yes there is a creaking noise that can be heard sub-40mph on smooth roads, I think mine does need new shocks, especially after 6 months of going over the killer speedbumps at my college... It is almost certainly the shocks, especially if they are a bit old like mine...

They got picked up by the Classic.Retro.Modern. Instagram account too, fitting given the content of their launch title...

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MisterH wrote: ↑

Fri May 14, 2021 4:11 pm

This one has the dismal engine

Hey! I have that engine!

It's not really dismal, just a bit dismal.

Are you able to get de-cat on that or is it a year too late?

I think that having one out of sync "above the line" is more annoying than "below the line" of the bonnet

I can offer my experience for the early 1.7s (B18E): - Most powerful 1.7 N/A engine, with no real performance difference with the 2l - Build quality tends to be a bit higher, but trade off with more foibles (less in production improvements) - Mechanical parts are easy to source as they are common is...