1987 480 ES Project -- D-reg, 2nd oldest in UK
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Re: 1987 480 ES Project -- D-reg, 2nd oldest in UK
Looks beautiful well done
93 480 Turbo white
with Roboumod
91 480 Turbo white
with Roboumod..
91 480 Es silver
with Roboumod
91 480 Turbo white
with Roboumod..
91 480 Es silver
- jamescarruthers
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Re: 1987 480 ES Project -- D-reg, 2nd oldest in UK
As is customary, one job rushed before a meet!
Slightly wonkier than I was trying for so had to hack about a little at the end.
Slightly wonkier than I was trying for so had to hack about a little at the end.
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)
Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)
Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)
- jamescarruthers
- 480 Is my middle name
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- Joined: Mon Jul 07, 2003 3:19 pm
- Location: Cambridge
Re: 1987 480 ES Project -- D-reg, 2nd oldest in UK
Didn’t really want to take this out for its first trip in snow, slush and salt but was also very happy to dig it out and use it as it was intended early this morning.
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)
Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)
Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)
Re: 1987 480 ES Project -- D-reg, 2nd oldest in UK
well they are meant to be used!!!jamescarruthers wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 10:16 am
Didn’t really want to take this out for its first trip in snow, slush and salt but was also very happy to dig it out and use it as it was intended early this morning.
Amanda ran the last one year in year out, it did have winter tyres on rear for summer, then shifted to front for frosty weather, sadly the studded M&S from the SS1 wouldn't fit over the discs
mind you running it all year did jigger the body work and meant serious repairs to the chassis of the SS1, still got th elatter, Fraser might still have the former
Alan
480 ES 2litre 'Celebration' ? , C30 1.8ES, SS1
480 ES 2litre 'Celebration' ? , C30 1.8ES, SS1
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Re: 1987 480 ES Project -- D-reg, 2nd oldest in UK
Hi James - Just discovered this thread, and not had time to read it all! Great job you've done there, it looks stunning in bright red. I would have preferred a brighter colour than grey on my car, but beggars can't be choosers.
Thanks for all your advice earlier in the year regarding my car. Unfortunately health issues have rather curtailed much further progress, and I am hoping that David Walker can fix a few more things for me in the new year.
As your car is even older than mine, I wondered if you had checked the resistance on the air and coolant sensors, to be sure if yours had low resistance PTC or high resistance NTC sensors? It would be interesting to know. Mine are NTC, and I was on the point of buying some sensors from a similar age car being scrapped, until we found they were also NTC. So I remain a bit sceptical about PTC sensors being fitted to early cars.
Keep up the good work! Regards - Dave Kitson
Thanks for all your advice earlier in the year regarding my car. Unfortunately health issues have rather curtailed much further progress, and I am hoping that David Walker can fix a few more things for me in the new year.
As your car is even older than mine, I wondered if you had checked the resistance on the air and coolant sensors, to be sure if yours had low resistance PTC or high resistance NTC sensors? It would be interesting to know. Mine are NTC, and I was on the point of buying some sensors from a similar age car being scrapped, until we found they were also NTC. So I remain a bit sceptical about PTC sensors being fitted to early cars.
Keep up the good work! Regards - Dave Kitson
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Re: 1987 480 ES Project -- D-reg, 2nd oldest in UK
Hey Dave,davekit wrote: ↑Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:17 pmHi James - Just discovered this thread, and not had time to read it all! Great job you've done there, it looks stunning in bright red. I would have preferred a brighter colour than grey on my car, but beggars can't be choosers.
Thanks for all your advice earlier in the year regarding my car. Unfortunately health issues have rather curtailed much further progress, and I am hoping that David Walker can fix a few more things for me in the new year.
As your car is even older than mine, I wondered if you had checked the resistance on the air and coolant sensors, to be sure if yours had low resistance PTC or high resistance NTC sensors? It would be interesting to know. Mine are NTC, and I was on the point of buying some sensors from a similar age car being scrapped, until we found they were also NTC. So I remain a bit sceptical about PTC sensors being fitted to early cars.
Keep up the good work! Regards - Dave Kitson
Yeah, sorry I did rather forget to measure any resistances for you. In my case, its new baby, new house and now new job has kept me away from the 480. Good luck with getting yours going correctly. I'm pretty sure Volvo did fit the PTC sensors but only to very early ones. I think my coolant temperature sensor isn't working quite right now as it doesn't idle high when cold
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)
Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)
Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)