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jamescarruthers
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480 on single picture

Post by jamescarruthers » Tue May 31, 2022 9:09 am

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I was listening to my playlist on Deezer today and this came up… a song with the 480 as the picture.

Have I gone mad? I have absolutely no recollection of adding this tune! I have a habit of just adding random stuff I hear on 6Music without knowing who it is but I don’t even like this song that much.

It looks like L909 JEP or JEF.

Also here: https://finnmccorry.bandcamp.com/album/ ... nt-forever
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: 480 on single picture

Post by MisterH » Tue May 31, 2022 9:22 am

Oooh that is interesting, the 480 doesn't get a huge amount of music and film industry attention, but it does get some...

Wonder if it's owned by the artist
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Re: 480 on single picture

Post by jifflemon » Tue May 31, 2022 10:37 am

vaguely remember this from a previous convo - I think it's owned by the artist?

oh and its JEP - Still taxed and tested!

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Re: 480 on single picture

Post by WillC9303 » Tue May 31, 2022 10:47 am

There was a red ES that appeared a number of times in a music video a few years back. Got blown up though unfortunately.
William

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Re: 480 on single picture

Post by dragonflyjewels » Tue May 31, 2022 11:10 am

Interestingly I have a note on the celeb register that it's a GT with a celeb badge, presumably a hatch change
Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
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Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: 480 on single picture

Post by jifflemon » Tue May 31, 2022 12:16 pm

dragonflyjewels wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 11:10 am
Interestingly I have a note on the celeb register that it's a GT with a celeb badge, presumably a hatch change
Its got gingecators..... maybe its just an ES? L plate for a GT?

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Re: 480 on single picture

Post by dragonflyjewels » Tue May 31, 2022 12:32 pm

Yup, Volvo did calendar years on the specials

Paris 1991 H & J
TT1.7 1992 J & K
TT2.0 1993 K & L
GT 1994 L & M
Celeb 95 M & N

dc's GT is an L reg, ours has orange gingecators, and L 909 JEP has Vesa wheels and GT leather
Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: 480 on single picture

Post by jamescarruthers » Tue May 31, 2022 1:21 pm

So I HAVE gone mad. I must have been told about this, favourited it and then promptly forgotten all about it!
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: 480 on single picture

Post by dcwalker » Tue May 31, 2022 2:50 pm

dragonflyjewels wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 12:32 pm
Yup, Volvo did calendar years on the specials

Paris 1991 H & J
TT1.7 1992 J & K
TT2.0 1993 K & L
GT 1994 L & M
Celeb 95 M & N

dc's GT is an L reg, ours has orange gingecators, and L 909 JEP has Vesa wheels and GT leather
GT came out late May 94, so early ones (like mine) are indeed L-plate (albeit mine is actually on a private plate).

GT should have clear indicators but, back in the day they were still available from Volvo, orange indicator units were cheaper than clear ones (I know: I bought a new set of clear ones back in around 2001 to "upgrade" a 1992 car!) plus of course far more numerous (clear only came out for 1994 model year cars). So my guess is that the GT in the picture, like Sven (I have always assumed) has had orange units retro-fitted...

Even if you are going mad, great spot James!! :D

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Current: 1994 480 GT, 1996 460 CD & 1997 440 LE with lots of optional extras & 2007 V50 SE Sport
Previous: Celebration 331 (re-homed with Richard S), Celebration 467 (returned to Martin Mc); Celebration 346 (re-homed with Alan480); Celebration 269 (scrapped abandoned project), Celebration 73 (sold on after 6 years), 1992 ES, 1988 ES - and numerous other non-480 Volvos!

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Re: 480 on single picture

Post by brinkie » Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:19 pm

WillC9303 wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 10:47 am
There was a red ES that appeared a number of times in a music video a few years back. Got blown up though unfortunately.
That was a car on Romanian registration.
Robert.

Present cars: 1994 Volvo 480 GT 2.0i, 1999 Volvo S70 2.5 Europa, 2010 Volvo V70 2.0F Momentum

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