Saturdays mini meet.....
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Saturdays mini meet.....
.....Thank you so much again to Sylvia and Al for organising another great meet! Not everything went according to plan, what with Well Dressing Competions and mini riots ( ) but the turn out was great, the company enjoyable and the weather for the most part stayed dry (it only rained on my way home) I loved driving Snake Pass again, as did my 480! High light had to be Jame's D reg. totally impressed by this little gem! The only thing that was missing was a big group shot! I'd love to post phots but cant as you all know how difficult that is nowadays, but there are some on the FB page!
Next stop Chiltern Hill Vintage Rally next sunday (20th May) We have a guy from Belgium going just for this event so it would be great to greet him with a good amount of 480, so please, if you can do come. Entries can be taken on the day (Class N is you one you'll be able to enter) hopefully see some of you there.
Happy wedging!
Next stop Chiltern Hill Vintage Rally next sunday (20th May) We have a guy from Belgium going just for this event so it would be great to greet him with a good amount of 480, so please, if you can do come. Entries can be taken on the day (Class N is you one you'll be able to enter) hopefully see some of you there.
Happy wedging!
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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Yay, photos....how are you doing this Jeff???
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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It’s a kind of magic.....
- jamescarruthers
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Re: Saturdays mini meet.....
Damn! I didn't take a single picture!
Had a great time and was pleased to see you all! Thanks again to Sylvia and Al for organising us.
Rachel: try postimages.org
Had a great time and was pleased to see you all! Thanks again to Sylvia and Al for organising us.
Rachel: try postimages.org
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)
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1994 480GT - arrived!!
XC60 and XC70 for the daily grind.
C70 Coupé Convertible for the sunny days. Should sell it but can't!
XC60 and XC70 for the daily grind.
C70 Coupé Convertible for the sunny days. Should sell it but can't!
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I also wish to thank Sylvia and Al for organising the meet that I and at the very last minute my better half managed to attend in the end, all be it just at Tissington Hall. One day I may even turn up in a 480.
Neither did I.
Current:
480 ES Auto 1989
480 Celebration 187
480 ES Auto 1991
CLK430 Conv 2001
Hyundai i10 2015
480 ES Auto 1989
480 Celebration 187
480 ES Auto 1991
CLK430 Conv 2001
Hyundai i10 2015
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Re: Saturdays mini meet.....
Well done indeed and nice to see you all and new faces
Since I realised too late that my camera was not working I only have pics from my phone so here they are. If you want them in high-res just PM me.
Since I realised too late that my camera was not working I only have pics from my phone so here they are. If you want them in high-res just PM me.
1993 Turbo auto called Skip for the important stuff
2011 Juke 190 for everything else
2011 Juke 190 for everything else
- dragonflyjewels
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Another great day thanks to all our lovely members who more than make it all worthwhile. We were pleased to welcome Oli and Andres with not one but TWO two-tones for the first time. Also Richard with his gorgeous flame red GT (which he's only just bought - well done him !) Hopefully they enjoyed our company and we will see them again at future meets. James' launch car made it by the skin of its teeth and caused a lot of interest. We even got a quick glimpse of Ade going the other way before he joined us briefly at the Royal for the entertainment in the carpark
My photos aren't much different to those already posted, but Al had his new dashcam recording so once I fathom out how to do it I will hopefully be able to extract some stills to post. I just wish he'd listened when I asked him to bring up the rear on Snake Pass...... Perhaps I should get him a rear facing one as well. The first challenge will be to find out what he did with the box, output cable and instructions.
My photos aren't much different to those already posted, but Al had his new dashcam recording so once I fathom out how to do it I will hopefully be able to extract some stills to post. I just wish he'd listened when I asked him to bring up the rear on Snake Pass...... Perhaps I should get him a rear facing one as well. The first challenge will be to find out what he did with the box, output cable and instructions.
Sylvia
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
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
- Jay-Kay-Em
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Lovely pictures, brilliant to see, credit to everyone keeping these cars on the road.
Jay-Kay-Em
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Are we due an update on yours yet?Jay-Kay-Em wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 6:25 pmLovely pictures, brilliant to see, credit to everyone keeping these cars on the road.
- dragonflyjewels
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We solved the mystery of the red GT colour looking rather different to the red Celebrations by simply popping the bonnets to check the colour codes - both the same but by different paint manufacturers.
Sylvia
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
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
- 89of480
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Looks like it was a fantastic day filled with stunning cars!!! Gutted I missed out but I’m looking forward to the meets later in the year!
‘95 Celebration Auto - №89 of 480 - Flame Red Metaillic
‘17 BMW M140i Shadow Edition - Black Sapphire Metallic
‘17 BMW M140i Shadow Edition - Black Sapphire Metallic
- dragonflyjewels
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Re: Saturdays mini meet.....
The good news is I have worked out how to get stills from the dashcam on here.
The bad news is AWFUL - nothing recorded on Snake Pass !!!! So disappointing, but here are the rest:-
on the way to Tissington with James' well-saved launch car leading us
that's Andres from facebook in his two tone
arrival at the unexpected Well Dressing event to the disappointing news that the carpark where I wanted to do the photoshoot was full of coaches so we had to park in a field (how many people are into well dressing ??)
get a load of Rachel's blacked out rear windows
here's frenchfries waiting for us
happy to say oddballer's Celebration made it this time so it was his work van that got left at home
time to leave for the dam
wave goodbye to eye of ra
heard from a bloke I passed in this village-
'Holy sh!t it's a 480 turbo!' followed by a high pitched squeak 'and another one!!'
as I thought to myself 'well, I'm leading so actually there are 10 480s behind me'
we attracted a lot of interest arriving at the dam
and more interest leaving the dam
Snake Pass should have been next, but it's a lovely view of Glossop Leisure centre behind a carwash where Al stopped to fill up. After that he wasn't following 480s
I have been right through every file on the dashcam and there is nothing else, can only think he pressed the wrong button and managed to turn it off, although he's sure it was still displaying on the screen.
The bad news is AWFUL - nothing recorded on Snake Pass !!!! So disappointing, but here are the rest:-
on the way to Tissington with James' well-saved launch car leading us
that's Andres from facebook in his two tone
arrival at the unexpected Well Dressing event to the disappointing news that the carpark where I wanted to do the photoshoot was full of coaches so we had to park in a field (how many people are into well dressing ??)
get a load of Rachel's blacked out rear windows
here's frenchfries waiting for us
happy to say oddballer's Celebration made it this time so it was his work van that got left at home
time to leave for the dam
wave goodbye to eye of ra
heard from a bloke I passed in this village-
'Holy sh!t it's a 480 turbo!' followed by a high pitched squeak 'and another one!!'
as I thought to myself 'well, I'm leading so actually there are 10 480s behind me'
we attracted a lot of interest arriving at the dam
and more interest leaving the dam
Snake Pass should have been next, but it's a lovely view of Glossop Leisure centre behind a carwash where Al stopped to fill up. After that he wasn't following 480s
I have been right through every file on the dashcam and there is nothing else, can only think he pressed the wrong button and managed to turn it off, although he's sure it was still displaying on the screen.
Sylvia
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
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
Re: Saturdays mini meet.....
Awesome photos everyone! We certainly turned a good few heads!
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold