40th anniversary of the 480 - planning thread.

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jifflemon
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Re: 40th anniversary of the 480 - planning thread.

Post by jifflemon » Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:53 am

Yup - There looks to be a burger king / service station just off the E40 (Burger King Drongen North).

Thats about 88 miles from the chunnel exit, so probably not a bad first (or possibly second) stop.
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Re: 40th anniversary of the 480 - planning thread.

Post by Jimwincar » Sun Feb 01, 2026 9:58 am

Ferry booked , 10pm sailing from Pompey Thursday evening .
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Re: 40th anniversary of the 480 - planning thread.

Post by richard-smyth » Sun Feb 01, 2026 8:31 pm

Hello, Pudsey ( UK rescue R2 car ) my storm grey Celebration Volvo 480 has once again passed its MOT in December with minimal effort, just the headlight beam and handbrake needed sorting. Will bring out of storage to check a few things before going on the Ferry from Hull to Rotterdam for the European meet up. Last time a 100 Volvo 480's together was stunning but over 170 is going to be amazing. Cheers Richard.
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Re: 40th anniversary of the 480 - planning thread.

Post by Martin63 » Tue Feb 03, 2026 9:48 pm

Glad to hear that Richard - we are now up to 179 480s!
480 ES - M696 UFC - January 1995 - my first 480
480 GT - M586 TMF - August 1994 - my current 480
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