Any members in the US?

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olighak
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Any members in the US?

Post by olighak » Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:41 pm

Hello,

As we know the 480, although created for the US, was never imported there for sales by Volvo. However there are a few of them lurking around.

2 at least in San Fransisco, a few around Dallas TX and last year my father spotted two together on a trailer driving out of Atlanta, GA, heading up I-85.

But are there any forum members on here that are currently located in the US and have a 480 over here?

Import red-tape makes it hard to import cars younger than 25 years into here so I'm interested in hearing from a 480 owner about how their cars got here, and whether they've got a regular title and registration or something a bit more gray.

I had a '86 ES a few years ago, quirky little vehicle, and would like another one albeit a more recent model if possible.
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Re: Any members in the US?

Post by Captain Slow » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:18 pm

Welcome,

It would indeed be interesting to know how many made it over there&how theyre doing
Previously....
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volviz
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Re: Any members in the US?

Post by volviz » Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:08 am

few years ago saw one on ebay in usa...sure some are there.

if I remember corectly we had one member from Australia, but never from US.
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Re: Any members in the US?

Post by Auk » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:16 pm

A while ago I had contact with a guy from a Volvo dealer in the States. Some years ago he went to the Netherlands and took two 480's with him, a Turbo 88'r and a '88 ES.

The guy told me that they did research for a long time to find all the 480's in the States, and as he told me they found four cars (ex their two 88'rs) that officially being registered.

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Re: Any members in the US?

Post by volviz » Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:30 am

time for export businesss? :crazy:
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Re: Any members in the US?

Post by 480s partner » Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:00 pm

I think there was this one too:

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Re: Any members in the US?

Post by 480s partner » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:50 pm

Auk wrote:A while ago I had contact with a guy from a Volvo dealer in the States. Some years ago he went to the Netherlands and took two 480's with him, a Turbo 88'r and a '88 ES.

The guy told me that they did research for a long time to find all the 480's in the States, and as he told me they found four cars (ex their two 88'rs) that officially being registered.

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Is the black ES this one?

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