Volvo 480 Club Europe

jifflemon wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:35 pm

Its a G plate, 1.7 ES.58k, loads (possibly full) service history.

dragonflyjewels wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:41 pm

Al is happy to volunteer to use the Saab to take a car trailer down to collect the car and return it to Jiff. I'm happy to volunteer to act as treasurer if we set up a rescue group (retired accountant). We are also willing to make a donation towards the purchase price and parts needed to get it running.

We are both horrified at the idea of breaking it.

If we go ahead with the idea of a pool car we need to discuss things like long-term objectives, who owns the car and what happens if we dissolve the group for any reason in the future.

My suggestion would be:
1. the inital donations are non-refundable unless the group has to be dissolved
2. once the car is roadworthy we use it as a pool car until we find a buyer willing to pay what it has cost us (more would be great!)
3. the money from the sale is then used to buy the next 480 worth saving and we start the process over again
4. In the event of Jeff no longer being in a position to work on the cars and / or store them we try to find someone else to take over from him but if we are unable to then we sell the final car and divide the proceeds amongst the donors on a pro-rata basis, ie. if the donations totalled say £1000 but the car only sells for £800 then the donors would only receive 80% back.

All input very welcome, if anyone has any better ideas please make your suggestions so we can all chat about it. A rough idea of how many kind people are willing and able to help with costs would be useful. Also anyone else with useful expertise (is there another accountant in the house ?) Offers of parts would also be great - this stash oop north could be the start of a central parts store for the club.

dragonflyjewels wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:41 pm

Al is happy to volunteer to use the Saab to take a car trailer down to collect the car and return it to Jiff. I'm happy to volunteer to act as treasurer if we set up a rescue group (retired accountant). We are also willing to make a donation towards the purchase price and parts needed to get it running.

We are both horrified at the idea of breaking it.

If we go ahead with the idea of a pool car we need to discuss things like long-term objectives, who owns the car and what happens if we dissolve the group for any reason in the future.

My suggestion would be:
1. the inital donations are non-refundable unless the group has to be dissolved
2. once the car is roadworthy we use it as a pool car until we find a buyer willing to pay what it has cost us (more would be great!)
3. the money from the sale is then used to buy the next 480 worth saving and we start the process over again
4. In the event of Jeff no longer being in a position to work on the cars and / or store them we try to find someone else to take over from him but if we are unable to then we sell the final car and divide the proceeds amongst the donors on a pro-rata basis, ie. if the donations totalled say £1000 but the car only sells for £800 then the donors would only receive 80% back.

All input very welcome, if anyone has any better ideas please make your suggestions so we can all chat about it. A rough idea of how many kind people are willing and able to help with costs would be useful. Also anyone else with useful expertise (is there another accountant in the house ?) Offers of parts would also be great - this stash oop north could be the start of a central parts store for the club.

jifflemon wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:57 pm

More information:

It's failed it mot twice:

Once in 2007 (Headlamp and foglamp not working, deteriiorated brake hose)

Once in 2019 (NSR sill holed), with advisories on Wishbones and front number plate condition.

dragonflyjewels wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:02 pm

Paypal sounds like a better idea - I've just been reading advice on crowdfunding and it's way over the top for the sort of thing we want to do. Lots of work to set it up as well.