Sold Volvo 480ES 2.0 - UPDATE

[Slartibartfast]

Jealous. I've always wanted one of these.

[purplebargeken]

What actually happened to this little lovely? Did BV have it or is it still languishing? It all went sort of quiet.

[Tetleysmooth]

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/182855/1993-volvo-480-east-sussex

[dollywobbler]

Still available then. Gosh I wish I had money.

[Guest Breadvan72]

My ingrate nephew for whom I was buying the Volvo has rejected the gift, so no go, I am afraid.  Even applying the most extreme form of Autoshite reasoning I cannot find the physical space, head space, and organisational effort to accommodate the car amongst my shitheaps.  Thus sadly I have had to pass, and am a bastard because I messed Gary around.

[Jim Bell]

Bugger.  I'd have a crack at this. But logistics and whatnot.

[garycox]

If an AS member wants this, it can go at a heavily discounted price if collected fairly quickly.

[dollywobbler]

I'll just leave this here. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-480-2-0-09-92-05-95-Front-Brake-Discs-and-Pads-SET-/301690303826

 

Not that I was thinking of doing anything stupid you understand... (I was surprised at that price though!).

[purplebargeken]

Very bloody tempting but the gearboxy thing scares me a little. Yes, wuss, I know. 

[Bear]

If an AS member wants this, it can go at a heavily discounted price if collected fairly quickly.

 

Someone call Kenny Loggins, please... Kenny Loggins to the beige autoshite phone...

[garycox]

Somebody make this go away please.

[purplebargeken]

I wish I could take it on but I have no money till end of Jan and no way of getting it to Essex. 

 

[rantingYoof]

Posted in another thread, but my 480 2.0ES was bought for £550 and sold much later for £550. Little bit of bodywork TLC and someone with an eye for detail could have brought it very easily back up to a standard that would make it fetch £1k plus, especially now a few years later as they are probably even rarer.

 

It was utterly dependable. I spent a lot of time commuting A MILE to work DURING WINTER in it and this didn't even fuck anything up. It just...worked. Even after a day understeering around an airfield...

 

 

The 2.0 Renault 8v engine doesn't sound impressive (110hp) but the car is light (around a ton, if I remember correctly) and the 8v lump is wonderfully torquey.

 

I dare say if a raffle ever did happen in the near future with one of these which worked and had MOT I'd probably be taking a quiet punt.

 

Just posting the above to hopefully tip someone over the edge into committing to buying this to avoid it going to the scrappy.

[garycox]

I'm collecting another car tomorrow (nothing interesting) and this is STILL sitting in the way. 

 

I really don't want to scrap or Ebay it though.

 

£100 takes it (which goes to my friend whose drive it's on...) but MUST BE COLLECTED (FROM LEWES, EAST SUSSEX) BY NEXT WEEKEND.

[RoadworkUK]

Back before Christmas I spent an evening in The Brunswick, which it turns out was about two minutes walk from your place.

 

I'd have given you a shout, but I was on a promise.

[omegod]

This is truly hearbreaking as it looks proper tidy, there's a 480 in my local scrappy which would possibly be a cheap fix for the gearbox but I just don't have poundage to transport it 275 miles 

[Bear]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

OOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

OOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

Someone. Please. Save this one. I can't

[rantingYoof]

For £100 I'd have it as a drive ornament...after bunging it into my friendly MOT station and then getting frightened to death.

 

 

But I'm 100 miles too far away.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

I really like this. Alas it would be a bit of a mission to recover to Belfast. GLWTS

[Slartibartfast]

Have you had any interest?

[garycox]

Yes, but it would be used for the engine only. I'd rather somebody had a go at fixing it, but that's looking like the only option really.

 

It's still here for now though, if anyone wants to try saving it. Be quick though.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Has anyone got a lead on a gearbox for one of these??? Super cheap like £25 or whatever.

[Sigmund Fraud]

I can't imagine Volvo developing a box specifically for 480s... I bet it's a generic Renner F-type one.

 

I would expect all of them to use the same bellhousing bolt pattern, but they probably don't BECAUSE RENAULT.

[Asimo]

 

Commuted behind this one today. Such a refreshing shape. 

 

Go on, you know you want to!

[garycox]

The general consensus from most people I've described the problem to is that it's more likely to be failure of an engine mount at the back of the engine causing mis-alignment rather than an actual gearbox fault.

 

None of these people (including me) have actually looked at it in any great detail though so no guarantees obvs. Seems plausible though.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Bargain that!

 

EBay it on a classified ad. £15 set fee, much bigger market than here

 

Be a shame to break it

[omegod]

Christ man that's a feeble reason to consider scrapping it, I'd be happy to chuck a tenner in for the diagnosis/repair just to help save the wee beauty,

 

Hows about a £5 raffle with some of the cash going covering repair and you keep the remainder ?

[barrett]

I reckon scrap the fucker, I've driven it and it's rubbish and that was before the gearbox fell off. Pop up lamps and funky dash do not a good car make. Call me again when there are only three of them left and worth £50k and I'll probably lust after them, but not now...

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

I've always liked these and at £100 that's got to be a steal ,however as I'm 200 miles away I'm oot.

Hope you find a buyer before the bridge beckons.

[Slartibartfast]

Gary: gentle nudge to check your messages again mate