F594 LNM - Does she still live

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F594 LNM - Does she still live

Post by jamescarruthers » Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:37 pm

Just wondering but does anyone own this car, or owned it in the past.

My dad bought it when it was a few years old and drove it like a baby and serviced it regularly for years then sold it for an Alfa 145 some years ago. (I think late 90s). Then sold it to my step dad who drove it for under a year then it went away. It was a lovelly example from what I remember

It was an ES and dark grey metallic.

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Post by chris1roll » Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:55 pm

afraid it looks like a goner. doesn't come up on here:
http://www.rac.co.uk/myrac/vehicle_data ... =32&go.y=4

Sorry.
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Post by Ben Harris » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:49 pm

That's a really usefull site - I didn't realise you could do that! I just discovered that my Dad's original 480ES still exists. I know his G-reg Turbo does, because it's registered with this club, and it's current owner posts here sometimes.

Anyone know of E96 LFL, a white 480ES?
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Post by pol » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:54 pm

That is a useful site. My car is still alive.

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Post by strangegame » Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:44 am

good site but to burst the bubble my old 480 NEVER to see the road again came up

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Post by wedge69 » Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:55 am

Erm, according to that site, my car doesn't exist.

How do I get to work everyday???
That's my car up there, see?

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Post by martinholmesuk » Fri Mar 26, 2004 11:37 am

COOL SITE :hopping: Seemed to work on my cars!

(oh no you all know it's a ES badged as TURBO) ;) :lol: ;)
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Post by MatBat » Fri Mar 26, 2004 11:51 am

martinholmesuk wrote: (oh no you all know it's a ES badged as TURBO)
It sure drives like an ES............ well it did. ;)
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Post by martinholmesuk » Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:26 pm

Used to ;)
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Post by chris1roll » Fri Mar 26, 2004 8:48 pm

they seem keep the old scrapped cars recorded for a little while E.g. my parents old 240 still on there scrapped 2 years ago, their older one is gone.
My old 480 is still on there too.
I had fun playing with it anyhow
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Re: F594 LNM - Does she still live

Post by jamescarruthers » Sun Dec 26, 2021 4:29 pm

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Found some pictures of this car from a holiday to Wales in the early 90s while looking through some albums with family at Christmas.
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Re: F594 LNM - Does she still live

Post by MisterH » Sun Dec 26, 2021 8:16 pm

Lovely car and extra lovely 1970s/80s chalet type thing, looking very smart...

Just the sort of thing the 480 was intended to be parked outside
Current Jobs to do (23/1/22):
Fix Central Locking
Fix drivers side speaker
Annoying Scratching Squeak
Water leaks
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