Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
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Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
https://www.alamy.com/volvo-car-dealers ... 27591.html
https://www.alamy.com/volvo-car-dealers ... 27598.html
Amazing to look back, the picture quality is superb, a real snapshot, I wish I could go back and experience it...
https://www.alamy.com/volvo-car-dealers ... 27598.html
Amazing to look back, the picture quality is superb, a real snapshot, I wish I could go back and experience it...
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Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
My first 480 was sold by them although I bought it from a used car lot. It still had the Harrats stickers on the glass and reg plates.
- Jay-Kay-Em
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Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
Absolutely WOW!
What hi res for 1988.
I’ll study these in detail when I get home.
What is the 480 strap line in the showroom window? “Lose your heads?”
The 300 was always seen as the poor stable relation in certain Volvo communities but what is clear is the amount of 300’s in these pictures and indeed sold in the UK.
Just weird seeing A reg cars in a main dealer workshop!
That 240 GLT in blue with tan leather is simply stunning.
Thanks for posting.
What hi res for 1988.
I’ll study these in detail when I get home.
What is the 480 strap line in the showroom window? “Lose your heads?”
The 300 was always seen as the poor stable relation in certain Volvo communities but what is clear is the amount of 300’s in these pictures and indeed sold in the UK.
Just weird seeing A reg cars in a main dealer workshop!
That 240 GLT in blue with tan leather is simply stunning.
Thanks for posting.
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Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
whats the car in middle of this pic next to the Cavvy?
https://www.alamy.com/volvo-car-dealers ... 27290.html
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Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
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- brinkie
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Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
I started to browse the (very expensive) pictures offered on this web site, followed the link of the photographer who made the pictures of the dealership, because obviously this guy was active in the late 1980s. Just being curious to life in the 1980s and 1990s and clicked on the very first picture with a lot of parked cars in it, just wondering which models I could recognize, maybe even a 480...
I've struck gold on the very first picture I've been looking at
https://www.alamy.com/pontefract-genera ... 50508.html
I've struck gold on the very first picture I've been looking at
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Present cars: 1994 Volvo 480 GT 2.0i, 1999 Volvo S70 2.5 Europa, 2010 Volvo V70 2.0F Momentum
Present cars: 1994 Volvo 480 GT 2.0i, 1999 Volvo S70 2.5 Europa, 2010 Volvo V70 2.0F Momentum
Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
That's a brilliant find, now which code Red is that?brinkie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:05 pmI started to browse the (very expensive) pictures offered on this web site, followed the link of the photographer who made the pictures of the dealership, because obviously this guy was active in the late 1980s. Just being curious to life in the 1980s and 1990s and clicked on the very first picture with a lot of parked cars in it, just wondering which models I could recognize, maybe even a 480...
I've struck gold on the very first picture I've been looking at
https://www.alamy.com/pontefract-genera ... 50508.html
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Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
1976 or ‘77 Toyota Corolla Liftback....MisterH wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:18 pmwhats the car in middle of this pic next to the Cavvy?
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Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
How rare is that! Its amazing, I must be addicted!Jay-Kay-Em wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:35 pm1976 or ‘77 Toyota Corolla Liftback....MisterH wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:18 pmwhats the car in middle of this pic next to the Cavvy?
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came across a photo of a Subaru dealer selling an RX Turbo 4WD coupe!
AND
another photo of the volvo dealership WITH A -CPV REG PRESS CAR!!!!
https://www.alamy.com/volvo-car-dealers ... edoptin%3D
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Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
Oooooh, a rabbit hole to get lost down there!
A nice turbo....long gone.
https://www.alamy.com/1989-volvo-car-de ... 84168.html
and I'm guessing this is them now perhaps....minus Volvo rights?
https://www.harratts.co.uk/
A nice turbo....long gone.
https://www.alamy.com/1989-volvo-car-de ... 84168.html
and I'm guessing this is them now perhaps....minus Volvo rights?
https://www.harratts.co.uk/
Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
D753 CPV - guessing eyes! Comes up with a red 480 reg 27 May '87. I love the interstalker.MisterH wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:45 pm
AND
another photo of the volvo dealership WITH A -CPV REG PRESS CAR!!!!
https://www.alamy.com/volvo-car-dealers ... 27307.html
Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
Look how shiny the lights are!edie_fox wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:14 pmOooooh, a rabbit hole to get lost down there!
A nice turbo....long gone.
https://www.alamy.com/1989-volvo-car-de ... 84168.html
and I'm guessing this is them now perhaps....minus Volvo rights?
https://www.harratts.co.uk/
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Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
Bet their arches are already bubbling though.
Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
Wow, I never thought I would find such a repositry, all I need now to make it perfect is seeing a period pic of our 1986 Audi quattro with my granddad at the wheel, oldest picture we have of the car is from 2004 with me as a toddler next to it...
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Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
Shall we make this a thread of how many 480s we can spot in this guys archive? I get the impression they were never thick on the ground, but they were 'around' unlike today
Heres one on regent street (it says):
https://www.alamy.com/1992-mayfair-lond ... edoptin%3D
Heres one on regent street (it says):
https://www.alamy.com/1992-mayfair-lond ... edoptin%3D
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- dragonflyjewels
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Re: Get a load of this! period dealership photos 1988
Wonder if it came from the same Mayfair dealer as the rejected pool car
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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
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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