Volvo 480 Club Europe

Hey guys, i was wondering if there were any images, details and updates on the rescue cars that a re currently underway, would loove to see as im intreseted in getting a 480, R9 has piqued my intrest but i dont know about the rest of them

R1:
Still sat with me and waiting for weather (and life) to improve

R2:
Happily rescued by DC walker, who continued the the good work l before selling to Richard who's also enjoying ownership

(there's more links but the forum is banning me from posting too many!)

R3:
Rescued by Norm, now back with DCwalker

R4:
Back in the queue, waiting for some time with me I think.

R5:
Also in the queue

R6:
Now with Gareth who (I think) is mainly on facebook, but is being well and truly enjoyed.

R7:
Currently being worked on by Anadinolin (who's also got his 440 turbo to fix)

R8:
Sat with me, hopefully getting finished soon, but reserved for Al,

R9:
Also with DCwalker, and attracting interest.

Thank you so much this is awesome, yeah as i said im intrested in r9 especially but all of them look awesome, how much do they usually go for then as a rescue

Also which ones are still available then that would be up for sale when completed?

Thanks for this round-up Jeff

I'll try to update R9's thread tomorrow as work is resuming on her.

Cars still available when completed are R1, R4 R5 R7 and R9. But there are pros and cons - more detail to follow!

David

I often wonder about the rescue cars but struggle to find their posts. Could the R-cars be put as "stickies" at the top of our "The secret life of a 480 owner..." section?

Would love to know whats currently happening with r5 as a turbo would be my dream, would love to have one ofc but not sure whats happening now

R5, the black manual turbo, is currently with me having been ousted from Jeff's Sanctuary by R8, a black turbo auto. R8 is taking precedence because we may well buy it and sell hubby's manual turbo. As it's sort of spoken for and no-one had come forward for R5, it made sense to crack on with R8 first.
If you or anyone else is interested in R5, it will get swapped with R8 once that's done and dusted. Needless to say bad weather has stopped play at the Sanctuary but fingers crossed we'll get some better weather soon.

Pricing of the rescue cars is based on costs - its all done with club members donations so I have to make sure we don't make a loss. If current values allow, we also add a little extra for all the labour that has gone into the car but its a drop in the ocean compared to what a garage would charge so they are always reasonably priced.

Thank you this is a really good bit of info, i def am interested in it depending on whats wrong with it so how long it would take for recovery, ofc im not trying to rush, i think what you guys do in insane, is there sort of an average price point or a most expensive one, so i have a bit of an idea im looking at

I bought R2 for three thousand pounds.
If that helps.
Cheers, Richard.

That does help thank you, did it have alot done to it compared to the others?

I bought R6 for £3750 but it is a GT after all and along with all the usual mechanical repairs it did end up pretty much having a full respray so bodywork mint. Check out the R6 thread and you’ll see the first and last photos of it are like night and day. The work and effort was outstanding.