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frenchfries
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by frenchfries » Mon Jul 31, 2017 2:08 pm
Hi all
I managed to host Brinkie and his family for a few minutes earlier today as they were heading up North. He also took this opportunity to drop off the second speedo unit he refurbished for me
He is also the first forum member to see Skip in the flesh and will therefore vouch to its existence
Thank you for all your hard work Brinkie and enjoy your holidays.
Moi
1993 Turbo auto called Skip for the important stuff
2011 Juke 190 for everything else
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jifflemon
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by jifflemon » Mon Jul 31, 2017 2:41 pm
And I've now seen a photo of skip! Looks very nice!
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frenchfries
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by frenchfries » Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:22 pm
It will look even better after the 19th back from the body repair shop
1993 Turbo auto called Skip for the important stuff
2011 Juke 190 for everything else
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brinkie
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by brinkie » Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:20 pm
Some photographic evidence:
It was an honour meeting you and a delight seeing a 480 getting the attention it needs! Believe it or not, a Turbo automatic with aircon and sunroof was by far the most expensive 480 you could buy in the 1993 model year (the VIN says it's MY 1993), save maybe for leather upholstery. But everyone wants leather and your cloth interior looks great so I would stick to that, as yours could very well be the last one in this condition.
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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dcwalker
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by dcwalker » Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:35 pm
Glad you managed to meet up
And Skip looks just great!
David
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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arthuy
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by arthuy » Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:47 pm
looks really smart.
What size of tyres are you running?
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frenchfries
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by frenchfries » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:33 am
dcwalker wrote:Glad you managed to meet up
And Skip looks just great!
David
Judging by the picture you could not tell they spray painted a fence next to it
1993 Turbo auto called Skip for the important stuff
2011 Juke 190 for everything else
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frenchfries
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by frenchfries » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:35 am
arthuy wrote:looks really smart.
What size of tyres are you running?
Tyres are 195/55/15, normal size for a Turbo I guess.
1993 Turbo auto called Skip for the important stuff
2011 Juke 190 for everything else
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frenchfries
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by frenchfries » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:40 am
brinkie wrote:Some photographic evidence:
It was an honour meeting you and a delight seeing a 480 getting the attention it needs! Believe it or not, a Turbo automatic with aircon and sunroof was by far the most expensive 480 you could buy in the 1993 model year (the VIN says it's MY 1993), save maybe for leather upholstery. But everyone wants leather and your cloth interior looks great so I would stick to that, as yours could very well be the last one in this condition.
Pleasure was all ours, thanks for posting Brinkie
1993 Turbo auto called Skip for the important stuff
2011 Juke 190 for everything else
