pics of finished 33

[ericthered]

hi all,

i've put some pics of my finished 33 on my website, there right at the bottom of the "restoration pics" page........

www.daf33.piczo.com

the winding driveway in the pics is not mine , wish it was!

i just felt like a drive about and doing a photo shoot.

Best wishes,
Eric.

[ericthered]

hi John,

thanks for the compliment, to be honest the paint job is not 100% perfect as it looks on the pics, theres a couple of dents i should have took out (there were dozens of small dents! ), and i didn't do the roof , i might do it when i get the time but 2 pack paint is a real messy paint to work with (the whole garage was red and still is! ).

what really makes me happy is knowing that other than a little surface rust on the roof there is none at all anywhere on the car .

Best wishes,
Eric.

[Richard DAF Webmeister]

The little car looks marvellous. And that little twisty exhaust tailpipe is magic!

Well done!

[spunkymonkey]

Don't often follw gallery links cos we're on a slow connection here but made an exception with this cos I remembered you getting it about the time we got Betty. That's an absolutely gorgeous job and the colour is making me drool (though Sian still prefers white so that's ok ;D )

[ericthered]

thanks again for the compliments

the tail pipe is original, i was going to put a straight bit on with a chrome end but the fumes phut phutting to the ground sort of grows on you!

does anyone know if theres any more out there the same colour as mine?

if anyone has thier own Daf website please post a link, i'm feeling enthused
Spunky you have a good site dont you? ive lost the link

Best wishes,
Eric

[spunkymonkey]

Well, I have a site - it's not been updated for a while but is at

www.dafmobile.ournet.org.uk

edited:

I'll get to an update soon and have added a link to yours so people can see how bodywork should be done

[ericthered]

hi Spunky,

its a great site! well laid out with loads of info, i've just finished reading it all

puts mine to shame easy! LOL
yours is even better laid out than my business site.

i probably wont do much with mine now, i just did it to keep a record (of sorts) while i was getting it back on the road, everythings pretty much well covered Daf site wise on yours and the owners club etc.

best wishes,
Eric.

[ericthered]

could mine be the only 33 in this colour?

exclusive if it was

the only one in the world! LOL.

now someones going to shatter my dream and show me a pic of another, LOL

Best wishes,
Eric.

[dafdaffer]

I had two the same colour as that a few years ago but it got broke up as it was very poory, Onne's 44 is the same colour, there was johns old one but i have not seen that for a number of years

my fleet about 5 years ago



Paul

[ericthered]

oh well i might still be the only one, even if theres two its still rare as hens teeth

i've always found it strange how some people have more than say two old classics, one to use and one for fun and shows etc but any more than that and looking after them to me is too time consuming

i have read on the forum that some have crazy number of cars etc.

i've had about 70 cars (and the same a 8-)mount of motorbikes) but never more than 2 at the same time.

actually thinking about it my wife probably keeps me in check

best wishes,
Eric.

[spunkymonkey]

That's where I luck in - Sian actually prefers these cars so if I said I wanted a stableful she'd be helping me find a way to manage it ;D

Must admit, with the two Dafs & the Triumph I'm finding it hard to get everything they need done but the more I finish the less needs doing, and the routine servicing is pretty minor, so I'll catch up in the end ....

[dafdaffer]

well there were about 3 more out of veiw ;D the 33 in the picture is still on road so thats 2 for definate, how may averto dafs are there about like my 44?, the estate is a little more easy on the eyes i think its tundra, so now i only have 2 dafs. i had 7 at one time once!

[ericthered]

i,ve been trying to find page 2 and clicked on everything on the link but no luck, am i doing something wrong

i just seem to be getting a forum log in page

[ericthered]

i just joined and had a good look on the site, on the last page of the thread i thought oh NO! one exactly the same as mine!

then looked closer.......hang on a minute it is mine LOL

had me going for a bit Bear! LOL

wish i could read some of the stuff, i only managed to join as its in a standard format

my Fathers Norwegian but lived here all his life so he cant speak a word of that and i guess its just as difficult.

thanks for the links

Best wishes,
Eric.