International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen

[Martin63]

Al and I are going on le shuttle on the 17th 14.20 crossing.

Thanks Sylvia - I am crossing on the 13th on the 13.20 Le Shuttle as I am having a few days in Belgium first. Heading home a week later on the 20th on the 14.50 crossing.

[Jan_Berlin!]

here a quick update:
Our friend José from Spain unfortunately cancelled for personal reasons.
Instead, there is a new participant from Poland: Szymon.

Here the interim status 11.03.2024 of number of 480 for the meeting 2024

1. Jan (GER)
2. Martin + Wendy (UK)
3. Fabian + 1 (GER)
4. Malte & Madeleina (GER)
5. Andreas +1 (GER)
6. Marion & Frank (GER)
7. Annett & Jörg (GER)
8. Sylvia & Florian (GER)
9. Karsten (GER)
10. Til +1 (GER)
11. Vadim (GER)
12. Dimitri (GER)
13. Joep O. +1 (NL)
14. Jason S. +2 (UK)
15. Roderick F. (UK)
16. Sylvia (UK)
17. Alastair (UK)
18. Gabriel (UK)
19. Jorge +1 (Portugal)
20. Ahti +1 (Finland)
21. Hendrik +1 (NL)
22. Jantina (NL)
23. Haarkon (GER)
24. Michael R. (GER)
25. Jan V. +1 (NL)
26. Arne + Veronika (GER)
27. Thija D. +1(NL)
28. Reiner + Barbara (GER)
29. Klaus + Steffi (GER)
30. Gregory + 1 (BE)
31. Peter + 1 (BE)
32. Evert (NL)
33. Joren (NL)
34. Bart (NL)
35. Colin +2 (NL)
36. Jarno +2 (NL)
37. Antonio +1 (NL)
38. Florian +1 (BE)
39. Gilbert +1 (CH)
40. Richard +1 (UK)
41. Olivier + 1 (F)
42. Douwe Z. (NL)
43. Michael D. (BE)
44. Elli C.-B. (UK)
45. Ina M. (GER)
46. Ingo + Sandra W. (GER)
47. Rüdiger+ Nadine (GER)
48. José V. (ES) (unfortunately cancelled)
48. Szymon H. (PL)
49. Arnold + Auddrey (NL)
50. Djulian + 2 (NL)
51. Martijn + 1 (NL)
52. Jens + 1 (GER)
53. Jonathan (NL)
54. Robert (NL)
55. Arien (NL)
56. Bert + 1 (NL)
57. Sybo (NL)
58. Andor L. +1 (NL)
59. Tom & Eric (NL)
60. Joep J. + 1 (NL)
61. Markus + Vater (GER)
62. Felix (GER)
63. James C. (UK)
64. Markus B. (GER)
65. Jan L. (NL)
66. Michael P (NL)
67. Babet K. G. (NL)
68. Georg N. (NL)
69. Alexandro G. (I)
70. Jeroen M. +1 (NL)
71. Orlando S. (NL)​
72. Eleonore B. +1 (NL)
73.Loek M. (NL)
74. Laurie S. (UK)
75. Timothé D. +1 (F)
76. Lennarth N. (S)
77. Chister N. (S)
78. Marco V. +1 (I)
79. Katie L (UK)
...

[Martin63]

Everyone who has registered for the event in May should have received a detailed update email on Tuesday evening, 12th March. This email includes a link to the first draft of very informative Driver Book that Jan has produced.

Jan and Thijs conducted a series of site visits last weekend to ensure that everything is as it should be. The visit to the DAF Museum has had to be dropped due to time constraints, plus many of the Dutch and German 480 owners have already visited. I haven't been in 20 years, so I will visit the museum on the Friday afternoon before driving to Bruggen for the event kick off that evening.

It's all lining up to be a great weekend!

[Martin63]

For people considered travelling from the UK, Eurotunnel/Le Shuttle have just announced a 20% off deal if you book by 24th March and travel before the end of June.

[DEATH]

Thank you Marco,
I have you on the list.
Nice to see one more car from Italia

Jan

we will make the Italian invasion of Germany
We will travel fast, without fear or mercy, we will be lethal
...
...
hoping that the 480 doesn't leave us stranded

[DEATH]

Are there event gadgets available that I can buy?

[Jan_Berlin!]

Here is the latest update in no. of 480 who will join:

Here the interim status 23.03.2024 of number of 480 for the meeting 2024

1. Jann +1 (GER)
2. Martin + Wendy (UK)
3. Fabian + 1 (GER)
4. Malte & Madeleina (GER)
5. Andreas +1 (GER)
6. Marion & Frank (GER)
7. Annett & Jörg (GER)
8. Sylvia & Florian (GER)
9. Karsten (GER)
10. Til +1 (GER)
11. Vadim (GER)
12. Dimitri (GER)
13. Joep O. +1 (NL)
14. Jason S. +2 (UK)
15. Roderick F. (UK)
16. Sylvia (UK)
17. Alastair (UK)
18. Gabriel (UK)
19. Jorge +1 (Portugal)
20. Ahti +1 (Finland)
21. Hendrik +1 (NL)
22. Jantina (NL)
23. Haarkon (GER)
24. Michael R. (GER)
25. Jan V. +1 (NL)
26. Arne + Veronika (GER)
27. Thija D. +1(NL)
28. Reiner + Barbara (GER)
29. Klaus + Steffi (GER)
30. Gregory + 1 (BE)
31. Peter + 1 (BE)
32. Evert (NL)
33. Joren (NL)
34. Bart (NL)
35. Colin +2 (NL)
36. Jarno +2 (NL)
37. Sven v.d.V. (NL) (new)
38. Florian +1 (BE)
39. Gilbert +1 (CH)
40. Richard +1 (UK)
41. Olivier + 1 (F)
42. Douwe Z. (NL)
43. Michael D. (BE)
44. Elli C.-B. (UK)
45. Ina M. (GER)
46. Ingo + Sandra W. (GER)
47. Rüdiger+ Nadine (GER)
48. José V. (ES)
49. Arnold + Auddrey (NL)
50. Djulian + 2 (NL)
51. Martijn + 1 (NL)
52. Jens + 1 (GER)
53. Jonathan (NL)
54. Robert (NL)
55. Arien (NL)
56. Bert + 1 (NL)
57. Sybo (NL)
58. Andor L. +1 (NL)
59. Tom & Eric (NL)
60. Joep J. + 1 (NL)
61. Markus + Vater (GER)
62. Felix (GER)
63. James C. (UK)
64. Markus B. (GER)
65. Jan L. (NL)
66. Michael P (NL)
67. Babet K. G. (NL)
68. Georg N. (NL)
69. Alexandro G. (I)
70. Jeroen M. +1 (NL)
71. Orlando S. (NL)
72. Eleonore B. +1 (NL)
73.Loek M. (NL)
74. Laurie S. (UK)
75. Timothé D. +1 (F)
76. Lennarth N. (S)
77. Chister N. (S)
78. Marco V. +1 (I)
79. Katie L. (UK)
80. Dirk + Eileen (D) (new)
81. Danny S. (NL) (new)
...

[Jan_Berlin!]

Are there event gadgets available that I can buy?

Each car that participates will receive a bag with 480 wristbands for all participants and name badge. (for free).


We have not yet planned any merchandising for sale.
Would you like to buy a T-shirt or hoodie with the logo?
But we could organise something like this or provide the logo in high resolution for download.
Write me an email: event@volvo480.info
JAN

[Martin63]

Have drawn on the back of an envelope a graph of the numbers signed up so far each month and then drawn a line on wards until May.
So I sort of calculate you will have 90 Volvo 480 owners signed to attend by May.
Lets see over the coming few months if it plateaus off, keeps on its steady climb upwards or if there is a rush to sign up nearer to May.
Cheers, Richard.

Jan, Thijs and I are monitoring the sign up closely. We have been very pleasantly surprised by the levels of interest. As with most events though there's not an infinite number of attendees possible. Car parking alone is already a big challenge.

We have a planning meeting soon and will then issue an update.

Thanks for your very useful observations

Hi Richard - the venue that we have for the Saturday is the International School of Eindhoven. Jan and Thijs have done a great job in finding it, after a lot of searching. The school's car park holds 120 cars, so we will be fine.

There's been a huge amount of effort put into the organisation of the event. We had another 2 hour planning call this evening, with 2 more calls planned before the event.

I think it's going to be a great weekend.

[Martin63]

Just a quick update - we sent out a detailed event update via email on 12 March. We have been advised by a few people that it went to their spam/junk mail folders.

Do please double check yours if you haven't seen the email yet and you have already registered for the event in May as the email contains some important information for all attendees.

We will do another email update in April. We are really looking forward to meeting so many 480 fanatics from around Europe in May!

[Jan_Berlin!]

Update: 82 cars

Here the interim status 29.03.2024 of number of 480 for the meeting 2024

1. Jann +1 (GER)
2. Martin + Wendy (UK)
3. Fabian + 1 (GER)
4. Malte & Madeleina (GER)
5. Andreas +1 (GER)
6. Marion & Frank (GER)
7. Annett & Jörg (GER)
8. Sylvia & Florian (GER)
9. Karsten (GER)
10. Til +1 (GER)
11. Vadim (GER)
12. Dimitri (GER)
13. Joep O. +1 (NL)
14. Jason S. +2 (UK)
15. Roderick F. (UK)
16. Sylvia (UK)
17. Alastair (UK)
18. Gabriel (UK)
19. Jorge +1 (Portugal)
20. Ahti +1 (Finland)
21. Hendrik +1 (NL)
22. Jantina (NL)
23. Haarkon (GER)
24. Michael R. (GER)
25. Jan V. +1 (NL)
26. Arne + Veronika (GER)
27. Thija D. +1(NL)
28. Reiner + Barbara (GER)
29. Klaus + Steffi (GER)
30. Gregory + 1 (BE)
31. Peter + 1 (BE)
32. Evert (NL)
33. Joren (NL)
34. Bart (NL)
35. Colin +2 (NL)
36. Jarno +2 (NL)
37. Sven v.d.V. (NL) (new)
38. Florian +1 (BE)
39. Gilbert +1 (CH)
40. Richard +1 (UK)
41. Olivier + 1 (F)
42. Douwe Z. (NL)
43. Michael D. (BE)
44. Elli C.-B. (UK)
45. Ina M. (GER)
46. Ingo + Sandra W. (GER)
47. Rüdiger+ Nadine (GER)
48. José V. (ES)
49. Arnold + Auddrey (NL)
50. Djulian + 2 (NL)
51. Martijn + 1 (NL)
52. Jens + 1 (GER)
53. Jonathan (NL)
54. Robert (NL)
55. Arien (NL)
56. Bert + 1 (NL)
57. Sybo (NL)
58. Andor L. +1 (NL)
59. Tom & Eric (NL)
60. Joep J. + 1 (NL)
61. Markus + Vater (GER)
62. Felix (GER)
63. James C. (UK)
64. Markus B. (GER)
65. Jan L. (NL)
66. Michael P (NL)
67. Babet K. G. (NL)
68. Georg N. (NL)
69. Alexandro G. +1 (I)
70. Jeroen M. +1 (NL)
71. Orlando S. (NL)
72. Eleonore B. +1 (NL)
73.Loek M. (NL)
74. Laurie S. (UK)
75. Timothé D. +1 (F)
76. Lennarth N. (S)
77. Chister N. (S)
78. Marco V. +1 (I)
79. Katie L. (UK)
80. Dirk + Eileen (D) (new)
81. Danny S. (NL) (new)
82. Nils M. (NL) (new)
...

[christern]

Here you can find the lated update.
( Oh my God - this is getting crazy )
We will send out an email with some further information and also with some questions to you all.

Here the interim status 25.02.2024 of number of 480 for the meeting 2024

1. Jan (GER)
2. Martin + Wendy (UK)
3. Fabian + 1 (GER)
4. Malte & Madeleina (GER)
5. Andreas +1 (GER)
6. Marion & Frank (GER)
7. Annett & Jörg (GER)
8. Sylvia & Florian (GER)
9. Karsten (GER)
10. Til +1 (GER)
11. Vadim (GER)
12. Dimitri (GER)
13. Joep O. +1 (NL)
14. Jason S. +2 (UK)
15. Roderick F. (UK)
16. Sylvia (UK)
17. Alastair (UK)
18. Gabriel (UK)
19. Jorge +1 (Portugal)
20. Ahti +1 (Finland)
21. Hendrik +1 (NL)
22. Jantina (NL)
23. Haarkon (GER)
24. Michael R. (GER)
25. Jan V. +1 (NL)
26. Arne + Veronika (GER)
27. Thija D. +1(NL)
28. Reiner + Barbara (GER)
29. Klaus + Steffi (GER)
30. Gregory + 1 (BE)
31. Peter + 1 (BE)
32. Evert (NL)
33. Joren (NL)
34. Bart (NL)
35. Colin +2 (NL)
36. Jarno +2 (NL)
37. Antonio +1 (NL)
38. Florian +1 (BE)
39. Gilbert +1 (CH)
40. Richard (UK)
41. Olivier + 1 (F)
42. Douwe Z. (NL)
43. Michael D. (BE)
44. Elli C.-B. (UK)
45. Ina M. (GER)
46. Ingo + Sandra W. (GER)
47. Rüdiger+ Nadine (GER)
48. José V. (ES)
49. Arnold + Auddrey (NL)
50. Djulian + 2 (NL)
51. Martijn + 1 (NL)
52. Jens + 1 (GER)
53. Jonathan (NL)
54. Robert (NL)
55. Arien (NL)
56. Bert + 1 (NL)
57. Sybo (NL)
58. Andor L. +1 (NL)
59. Tom & Eric (NL)
60. Joep J. + 1 (NL)
61. Markus + Vater (GER)
62. Felix (GER)
63. James C. (UK)
64. Markus B. (GER)
65. Jan L. (NL)
66. Michael P (NL)
67. Babet K. G. (NL)
68. Georg N. (NL)
69. Alexandro G. (I)
70. Jeroen M. +1 (NL)
71. Orlando S. (NL)​
72. Eleonore B. +1 (NL)
73.Loek M. (NL)
74. Laurie S. (UK)
75. Timothé D. +1 (F)
76. Lennarth N. (S)
77. Chister N. (S)
...

Great to see the two Swedish additions!

There will be an email update for everyone attending very soon. Jan and Thijs are doing a pre view trip to the Dutch/German border area very soon to help finalise everything .

It´s gonna be great to meet so many 480!!! Last time I was on such big meeting was in 1997 (I think) in Rosmalen. It was 60 cars that time!
I saw my name was missing a letter... My name is Christer.

[Jan_Berlin!]

your name is updated now - sorry

[Jan_Berlin!]

Updated List

Here the interim status 02.04.2024 of number of 480 for the meeting 2024

1. Jann +1 (GER)
2. Martin + Wendy (UK)
3. Fabian + 1 (GER)
4. Malte & Madeleina (GER)
5. Andreas +1 (GER)
6. Marion & Frank (GER)
7. Annett & Jörg (GER)
8. Sylvia & Florian (GER)
9. Karsten (GER)
10. Til +1 (GER)
11. Vadim (GER)
12. Dimitri (GER)
13. Joep O. +1 (NL)
14. Jason S. +2 (UK)
15. Roderick F. (UK)
16. Sylvia (UK)
17. Alastair (UK)
18. Gabriel (UK)
19. Jorge +1 (Portugal)
20. Ahti +1 (Finland)
21. Hendrik +1 (NL)
22. Jantina (NL)
23. Haarkon (GER)
24. Michael R. (GER)
25. Jan V. +1 (NL)
26. Arne + Veronika (GER)
27. Thija D. +1(NL)
28. Reiner + Barbara (GER)
29. Klaus + Steffi (GER)
30. Gregory + 1 (BE)
31. Peter + 1 (BE)
32. Evert (NL)
33. Joren (NL)
34. Bart (NL)
35. Colin +2 (NL)
36. Jarno +2 (NL)
37. Sven v.d.V. (NL) (new)
38. Florian +1 (BE)
39. Gilbert +1 (CH)
40. Richard +1 (UK)
41. Olivier + 1 (F)
42. Douwe Z. (NL)
43. Michael D. (BE)
44. Elli C.-B. (UK)
45. Ina M. (GER)
46. Ingo + Sandra W. (GER)
47. Rüdiger+ Nadine (GER)
48. José V. (ES)
49. Arnold + Auddrey (NL)
50. Djulian + 2 (NL)
51. Martijn + 1 (NL)
52. Jens + 1 (GER)
53. Jonathan (NL)
54. Robert (NL)
55. Arien (NL)
56. Bert + 1 (NL)
57. Sybo (NL)
58. Andor L. +1 (NL)
59. Tom & Eric (NL)
60. Joep J. + 1 (NL)
61. Markus + Vater (GER)
62. Felix (GER)
63. James C. (UK)
64. Markus B. (GER)
65. Jan L. (NL)
66. Michael P (NL)
67. Babet K. G. (NL)
68. Georg N. (NL)
69. Alexandro G. +1 (I)
70. Jeroen M. +1 (NL)
71. Orlando S. (NL)
72. Eleonore B. +1 (NL)
73.Loek M. (NL)
74. Laurie S. (UK)
75. Timothé D. +1 (F)
76. Lennarth N. (S)
77. Christer N. (S)
78. Marco V. +1 (I)
79. Katie L. (UK)
80. Dirk + Eileen (D) (new)
81. Danny S. (NL) (new)
82. Nils M. (NL) (new)
83. Stefan N. (S) (new)
84. Remon B. (NL) (new)
...
...

[Jan_Berlin!]

quick update

Here the interim status 15.04.2024 of number of 480 for the meeting 2024

1. Jan +1 (GER)
2. Martin + Wendy (UK)
3. Fabian + 1 (GER)
4. Malte & Madeleina (GER)
5. Andreas +1 (GER)
6. Marion & Frank (GER)
7. Annett & Jörg (GER)
8. Sylvia & Florian (GER)
9. Karsten (GER)
10. Til +1 (GER)
11. Vadim (GER)
12. Dimitri (GER)
13. Joep O. +1 (NL)
14. Jason S. +2 (UK)
15. Roderick F. (UK)
16. Sylvia (UK)
17. Alastair (UK)
18. Gabriel (UK)
19. Jorge +1 (Portugal)
20. Ahti +1 (Finland)
21. Hendrik +1 (NL)
22. Jantina (NL)
23. Haarkon (GER)
24. Michael R. (GER)
25. Jan V. +1 (NL)
26. Arne + Veronika (GER)
27. Thija D. +1(NL)
28. Reiner + Barbara (GER)
29. Klaus + Steffi (GER)
30. Gregory + 1 (BE)
31. Peter + 1 (BE)
32. Evert (NL)
33. Joren (NL)
34. Bart (NL)
35. Colin +2 (NL)
36. Jarno +2 (NL)
37. Sven v.d.V. (NL) (new)
38. Florian +1 (BE)
39. Gilbert +1 (CH)
40. Richard +1 (UK)
41. Olivier + 1 (F)
42. Douwe Z. (NL)
43. Michael D. (BE)
44. Elli C.-B. (UK)
45. Ina M. (GER)
46. Ingo + Sandra W. (GER)
47. Rüdiger+ Nadine (GER)
48. José V. (ES)
49. Arnold + Auddrey (NL)
50. Djulian + 2 (NL)
51. Martijn + 1 (NL)
52. Jens + 1 (GER)
53. Jonathan (NL)
54. Robert (NL)
55. Arien (NL)
56. Bert + 1 (NL)
57. Sybo (NL)
58. Andor L. +1 (NL)
59. Tom & Eric (NL)
60. Joep J. + 1 (NL)
61. Markus + Vater (GER)
62. Felix (GER)
63. James C. (UK)
64. Markus B. (GER)
65. Jan L. (NL)
66. Michael P (NL)
67. Babet K. G. (NL)
68. Georg N. (NL)
69. Alexandro G. +1 (I)
70. Jeroen M. +1 (NL)
71. Orlando S. (NL)
72. Eleonore B. +1 (NL)
73.Loek M. (NL)
74. Laurie S. (UK) (cancelled)
74. Olle F. (NL) (new)
75. Timothé D. +1 (F)
76. Lennarth N. (S)
77. Christer N. (S)
78. Marco V. +1 (I)
79. Katie L. (UK)
80. Dirk + Eileen (D) (new)
81. Danny S. (NL) (new)
82. Nils M. (NL) (new)
83. Stefan N. (S) (new)
84. Remon B. +1(NL) (new)
85. Jerome B. +1(F) (new)
86. Sebastian, D +1 (F) (new)
...
...

[Martin63]

Hi all - everyone registered for the event should have received an update email yesterday evening. Do please check your spam filters/junk mail folders as some of the previous emails sent on 12 March were filtered out.

We do need some additional information from everyone attending, so do please check the email and reply before the end of this month.

The big news is that 3 of the original mid 1980s 480 design team will be joining us in Eindhoven at the International School on the afternoon of Saturday 18 May, health permitting.

One month to go!

Jan, Thijs and I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Martin

[royhedger]

I soooo wish I could attend this. It's exactly why I bought the car, to attend events like this.
Bloody kids and bloody exams! 🤬

[Martin63]

I soooo wish I could attend this. It's exactly why I bought the car, to attend events like this.
Bloody kids and bloody exams! 🤬

It's a pity Roy - unfortunately it's just not always possible to do these things. Life can just get in the way

[Alex]

Hi I just signed up. I wanted to know if there is anyone at the meeting who takes the same route as me, so we can all travel to the destination together. I leave Italy on Friday 17th at 5.30am and pass through Switzerland from Lugano, I should be near Stuttgart by 12.30pm. Arrival at the meeting between 6.30pm and 7pm.

[Martin63]

Tough to believe, but we have just gone past the 100 car sign up number.......it should be a great event!

There will be one more email update communication going out to everyone who has already registered in the next 48 hours.

Thijs, Jan and I look forward to meeting a lot of old and new 480 friends on 17, 18 and 19 May in Germany and the Netherlands!