Volvo 480 Club Europe

Just some more inane observations... This started with the GT press cars being "BW" and suspected Lyehill Quarry supplied... https://i.postimg.cc/4dW1LpP7/gt.jpg Well, I was watching the 1996 BTCC Review on VHS.. as you do... :lol: https://i.postimg.cc/Jn8Hjw6L/jbw1.jpg There's a "team highlights" s...

this one by any chance? Oh dear :( Well, as suspected, that's CAT-B now. What could be a perfectly serviceable 480 is now "terminated" following a paperwork exercise. In which case, £2800 doesn't make sense - and I can't see a big queue forming for export (being RHD). I suspect its another one to b...

Merry Christmas & Seasons Greetings to all forum users around the world.

Best Wishes for 2024.

I ended up deleting that "flooded" post, just so I could repost when I got word from the insurance company. They just happen to tell me its a total loss and will be scrapped. Yeah that was the basis of my reply. Don't get the insurance company involved in any way, shape, or form it said. Most of th...

Would appreciate advice on whether preserving her is worth it for the long run. Well, it certainly doesn't make any financial sense. 2023 and values are still a country mile off P1800ES with no signs of ever getting close. There has to be a bit of heart over head. You do get quite an exclusive car ...

Yep i'm with you Alan, nothing fancy Dexron-III.

Unlike transmissions where they may be sensitive to types, I think any old red ATF will do for PAS.

Grade "F" dates back to the 90's, so 30+ years entirely possible if its been stored OK.

Good luck, its a messy old job.

WOW

Are they meant for an FH480 running STGO and Volvo got their 480's mixed up

They're adequate for a static home !

dcwalker wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 15, 2023 10:16 pm

As far as I know, once the red stripe was discontinued the black cars had no stripe.

Thanks David; much appreciated.

I have never found a Multi-Car policy competitive enough to insure a group of multi-purpose, old & new, vehicles. They say "10% multi-car discount" but in reality, if you shop round for each car it can save you a stack. I guess it's a balance of less faff vs. money saved when choosing multi-car. Eac...

Yep, they’re standard. They are anti-vibration pads to stop the nose cone chafing the bumper. I think there should be some more by the indicators. They fall off in time, or the bumper gets painted and they never get restored. I have used some gel blobs for kitchen cupboard doors. The little self adh...

This is a question many will find pedantic but it's quite important to me. I thought I was comfortable in my knowledge that early cars had red bumper stripes and later cars had satin black bumper stripes. This is supported in press photos which you can only assume to be standard... https://i.postimg...

Stand down.... "The Lakes" provides. :wave: Just when you thought that grey 480 couldn't possibly give anything more... https://i.postimg.cc/wjPBJRWP/lakes.jpg 1x perfect wheel arch liner with integral mudflap all intact. :eek: They have a new 460 there I didn't recognise if anyone has any running g...

Evening all; It's only taken me 7 years to work this out, but one of my wheel arch liners is broken. :cryhard: Paintshop #2 requires a journey in the depths of winter so best to have these fitted really. Just discovered one of my integrated mud flaps is missing... https://i.postimg.cc/SKK18XVh/AD0-E...

Wow that's great feedback for a spotted thread! Got you in the end! Considering how rare they are, to see one in your own village, absolute :shock: Welcome to the forum. I was typing a reply to your "flooded" thread but it seems to have disappeared :? There's a few 480 owners in the USA now. Think i...

Slightly off topic as it's Kenwood but i'm also toying with the CD changer port. In the name of nostalgia I want my first ever head unit back - a 1995 Kenwood - but I want to make it Bluetooth compatible. This head unit has no aux-in functionality. I have purchased the JL Audio MBT-RX... https://m.m...

Optimistic wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 19, 2023 4:58 pm

not so optimistic of me I know

When not even Optimistic is optimistic, we've got problems

Kind words as always on here.

I have a future place lined up, so all is good.

November 2023 - Half an Update... [/u] Since September 2022 a text was sent every fortnight to that paintshop man. This continued for 8 months. :wall: May 2023 I was told rectification work was ready. Turned up for collection. Driver's seat impregnated with dust. Should never of fitted the leather ...

This year I have been a victim of advertising too! :bla: I saw the Lanoguard adverts and fancied trying something new. Lanoguard has some amazing recommendations from organisations associated with coastal use. Like many of these things, it’s just the emperor’s new clothes – any product that keeps ou...

Oh my goodness Sylvia. I'd be mortified if some of my cars got a handbrake high bath.

As if 480's need any more help taking on water, let alone acts of God!

Best wishes sorting it out.

Quite bizarre. Thanks for posting. Many bizarre things in 480 world. Had a quick at the parts catalogue I have and no mention of Japanese lights. The red side markers are in the parts catalogue (3402472 & 3402473) but that's not to say they are exclusively Japanese - I think they might of been in pr...