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Post by 33grinder on Mar 12, 2010 20:41:26 GMT
Hello all and a belated welcome back to Essex Dafs. I'm sorry this is such a late update, as I've had some personal stuff to deal with and haven't had as much time as I would have liked. Well, there's been no Daffing for me since the last update. Dan on the other hand has been rather more busy, his Ovlov 66 having earned a fresh MOT. He's also drained the radiator on his 55 coupe and topped up with fresh antifreeze. After taking her for a run it is evident that she is not changing up properly and some further investigation into the vacuum system is required, says Dan. As for Matt, work has continued on Animal. The solution to the wiring faults still elude Matt. Fortunately Matt has had the last week to Daf at leisure. He's spent most of this time breaking the rusty blue 66 photod on this thread a few weeks ago. For those of you with memory retention like mine, here's a reminder: The good news is that he may have found some psychedelic carpet for Passionwagon! ;D And of course, Matt did have the chickens to help, and what they don't know about Dafs isn't worth knowing! And here's some of the rusty bits: Headlamp brackets: Driver's footwell: Passenger footwell: Rusty fuel tank: Bumpers welded to body by rust. Attempts to remove generated dust piles ...and various stages of dismantling: Matt also found time to get Goldie a fresh MOT, once she had a pre-MOT inspection of course! ;D I'm glad to announce she passed without too many issues, a binding front brake and the windscreen squirters not working. This is a bit of a theme in the Badlands, as my Rover's squirters have now stopped working in sympathy. As the shutters were up last weekend, I took some workshop photos, shame we're moving out in April. Never mind! The workshop on a tidier day! ;D The office where the hot beverages are consumed> The towing mule in action: Sorry for the naff report; we've got some good things planned for this weekend, so hopefully there is a better report to come. Cheese for now, 33G.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Mar 12, 2010 21:23:34 GMT
You need to stop putting yourself down mate.
Thats a perfectly good report and is a lot more than most people on here give. Come on you put something on every weekend thats pretty good going. Nice to here a few more DAFs are road legal again.
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Post by 33grinder on Mar 15, 2010 1:56:16 GMT
Hi all, I'm back again! And it doesn't seem too long since the last report Saturday saw Rover being used is my stead for the day due to harboring a guilty conscience as she has not really been used recently other than to move her off the driveway to get Gavina out of the garage. Well, the fact she had half tank of petrol too was also a deciding factor. I trundled off to Brentwood to collect some Daf spares and then bolted down to Daf Central to hook up with Matt and commence the afternoon's Daffing activities. Us grinders are not known for our punctuality and Matt at first assumed I wasn't attending so upon arrival I found him finishing off the dismantling of the rotten spares only 66. In fact my timing was quite serendipitous as it coincided with removing the vario, and that put me in the right place at the right time to operate the jack whilst Matt guided the vario out and onto his caster mounted trolley to push away into the storage barn. There was even time for a quick brew (of course) before locking up and setting off for Sudbury to meet up at Dan's for the afternoon's Daffing. On the way over and following Matt in Goldie, I felt compelled to try and film her with the mobile phone camera. Finally I would be forced to look into uploading video onto youtube. Unfortunately the quality is pants and I thought I would be able to rotate the view like I can with pictures on photopheckit but regretfully not. ::)Apologies to all for the imminent crook in the neck. ;D So, after about an hour or so we arrived at Dan's. It's certainly true we were overdue a visit and I have rued forgetting my camera last time around. This time I intended to make up for it. Dan shares his workshop with his brother. As well as Dafs, Dan also has a penchant for pocket Fiats, namely 500s, whilst his brother likes the older chrome bumpered 126. There was some fine machinery there and I only wish that I had Dan here as I type this to tell you more about each car, as I have the memory retention of a goldfish. I do very much like these little Fiats having previously owned a late 126. Anyway, here's some photos of Dan and his brothers fine collection. The mustard yellow one is Dan's daily 500 and whilst currently off the road will soon be MOTd and back in action. It is a very clean motor. The white 500 is Dan's current project and features a later 600cc engine from an early 126, a common upgrade I believe. Dan also has this nice 6v 44, albeit Dans told me that it has suffered from electrical woes since he has owned it and not been able to get to the route cause of it. Dan also has an Ovlov 66 and 55 estate and coupe too, all of which I have taken some detailed individual photographs which I'll save for another time. Then, photos having been taken and tea consumed, attention turned to the van. The initial plan was to start on the shock absorbers. I've had a spare set for Gavina for some time now and she seems fair enough. Passionwagon however has a missing shocker on one side. All went fine on the nearside and the shocker was duly changed. The other side wasn't so promising, as we found that the spring was broken; it actually looks like it had been intentionally cut. Quoites anyone? ;D Dan reconnected up the handbrake and after we left he had the drums off to find that the shoes and cylinders had been replaced not too long ago. He was also going to check that the piston cylinders can move freely. Assuming that they are ok, I think I'll be changing the flexi hoses which appear quite old. We also looked at removing the rotten exhaust but were pleasantly surprised to find the van still has her hotspot pipes. We decided to wait until I have new gaskets. We'll then replace the whole system as a while ago I was fortunate to locate a full system for a saloon. So that was pretty much it for that afternoon, aside from some general tinkering. Funny how she still sat p!ssed even when on stands! ;D Then there was time for another brew before the 55 coupe was bought out and Matt and Dan took her for a drive to see if they could get to the bottom of the problem with the vario not changing up. Dan thinks the problem now lies with the vario unit itself. Having said that, she did achieve 40mph on test and considering she hasn't been on the road for some 8 years, this was considered a vast improvement over the last road test that Dan took her on. I did manage to shoot some very bad video footage on my mobile. I will get better at this stuff (I hope)!! And then it was time to leave and go our separate ways. The satnav took myself and Rover through some delightful narrow country lanes which gave me the chance to open up the V8 in short bursts, and whilst there are no chickens at Dan's, I did see (well, almost run over) a pheasant in the country lanes. Also, once back into civilisation (well, dual carriageway) I passed another Rover SD1, so all in all a good day for all. Today being Mother's day saw no Daffing for Dan nor myself. Matt was more fortunate and managed to get the 66 loaded up ready for weighing in. Now, I've seen the underside of this one and it's fair to say that the body is holding the chassis together, and what's on the body isn't all that either. There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity and I don't know who exactly would take the decision to restore this one!! ;D So now the green 33 is parked up in the breaking spot, ready to be raped for anything that may be of use for the van (and our own 33s of course) before being weighed in. Doesn't she look good on the 14" rims? One for retro rides? ;D Well, that's all for now. I'm off to Photopheckit's server room with my angle grinder!! Cheese, 33G.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Mar 15, 2010 14:07:25 GMT
that 44 is lovely. Ive never seen a blue background speedo before was that standard on early cars?
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Post by dafdaffer on Mar 15, 2010 14:43:36 GMT
well Mr G that was a good read, i really enjoy your reports.
i do love that 44 that Dan has that was going to be the colour that i was going to do Nylo before Stef talked me out off it. ;D
also the 55 coupé looks nice and so did the fiats.
i am also glad that you are making progress on the passion wagon.
say hi to Matt and Dan for me i hope we can all meet up this year
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Post by pauldaf44 on Mar 15, 2010 14:49:29 GMT
I just noticed those fiats have as much pedal offset as a B body daf and thats got 3 pedals.
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Post by stefan on Mar 15, 2010 15:52:51 GMT
That 55 coupe was a stable mate to my 46 at one time.
Good work on the passion wagon, I hope to start on mine soon.
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Post by Patrick on Mar 15, 2010 18:25:59 GMT
I've not seen that many Fiat's and bits since a friend of ours in the seventies who had a Fiat dealership and erm, took his work home with him! Helped us revert our gen-u-ine Italian Fiat 850 from left to right hand drive. He had various body panels, doors and bits lined up the garden path and in the garage.
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Post by 33grinder on Mar 15, 2010 21:21:20 GMT
They're certainly lovely cars, the Fiats. I don't know too much about each individual one, but Dan tells me that he's going to get onto the forum soon and see this thread, so I'll let him answer any questions about them! I'm also glad to have had the chance to make some progress on Passionwagon, we're sorting the mechanicals out first, as it's what we know. It's a bit of a trek to Dan's but there's some lovely driving roads! I will try to get there more often. And Paul, you're welcome anytime, if not before then we'll meet up at Princethorp?
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Mar 15, 2010 22:17:24 GMT
More great stuff there - well done and really interesting.
Dig the Fiats and the coupe! And yes, that 44 looks a nice shade of green. Paul, i don't think the speedo is blue, it's probably faded a bit over the years and a trick of the light.
And Mr G, what interesting camera angle from the in-car! Mind you, I can talk, I truly have no idea how you put things on Youtube!
Keep up the good work - you've all done very well (as young Mr Grace would say)
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Post by 33grinder on Mar 16, 2010 0:37:13 GMT
Thanks Mr. B! It was a little tricky to film whillst driving (can't work out if the white BMW is flashing me) and my occassional glimpse at the phone revealed the image of Matt's 46 was looking a bit small in the picture, so I decided to drive up his jaxxy to get close enough. Later at Dans I remembered the the phone has a zoom function! ;D ;D
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Post by 33grinder on Mar 23, 2010 0:11:05 GMT
Hello all. I guess it's that time of the week to give you the round-up of this week's Daffing from the badlands of Essex. You would think, that between the three of us, some Daf action could be had?!! Well, I can confirm only one of us would see some Daf action, who could it be? Could it have been me, down in Badlands South? NO! TRY AGAIN!Regretfully I've been grounded this weekend my Mrs G. Sunday was Grinder Jnr's 6th birthday and strangely enough, he wanted to spend the afternoon attending a friend's birthday party. I think that was compounded by being a swimming party, with 20 or so of them in the pool. Now, if that doesn't look like bedlam, having 7 of them running around the Grinder residence for 2 hours the day before certainly was, and usually attending children's birthday parties being the preserve of Mrs G. I was amused to find how the parents drop off their child and say 'right then, I'll be back in two hours' with a knowing smile!! ;D Anyway, needless to say it was not something Mrs G. wished to undertake unassisted and hence the usual weekend activities took a very distant second place. I would have liked to gungum Gavina's exhaust or at least wash her. Never mind. So, was there any Daffing done at Badlands North? ERM, NO!At this rate I thought there would be nothing to post, so I prepared to release a feature set of photos of one of Dan's cars. I thought you may like to see them anyway, and Dan has first chosen the pictures of his 1978 Ovlov 66 estate for your edification. Dan bought her some 8 or 9 years ago when she had done some 29,000 miles (and she is still on her original drivebelts some 4,000 miles later). There's an interesting story behind her purchase too. Dan bought her from a small MOT station come second hand car dealership in the Stanstead area. They in turn had bought her from the local scrappies. They were asking ÂŁ395 for her and allowed Dan to have a tinker as he had expressed an interest in her. It transpired that whilst the engine would run she wouldn't drive. Dan acquired her for ÂŁ100 and a clutch replacement later she was back in action. Dan's next plans for her are to perform some localised paint repairs in areas where the paint has faded. Otherwise she is in very good condition. Mechanically she's as clean as you would expect a 33K mile car to be. The interior is pretty well spotless! This is one of two daily hacks for Dan as her use is alternated with Dan's 55 estate. I've got some nice pictures of her too, so look out for a feature on her sometime soon. So, I guess that just leaves Matt at Daf central to do some Daffing last weekend? Well, Matt is in a very enviable position of having a large barn and the conundrum of number of cars to inside working space ratio. Personally I think he has the balance just right in filling the barn with as many Dafs as possible! ;D The downside to this of course is it leaves him working outside in the elements and so inclement weather on Saturday spoiled play, so Matt's fun couldn't start until Sunday, when he continued the dismantling of the 33 which is being broken for spares. Of course, with the blue 66 loaded up for weighing in, space became available for breaking 33, not that she couldn't have been broken in a patch of brambles and nettles of course. Seeing as I seem to have become 'Mr A' recently, this one is really going to be stripped bare of every conceivable part that is any good. First thing was the nearside sill, part of which will become a part of Passionwagon (well, after a little patching up). I do like the thought of greenie as I call her living on in another Daf. After a little bit of a fight the sill submitted and Matt was left with this That was followed by the nearside floorpan And so that is as far as Matt got with the dismantling yesterday afternoon. The only other news is that the chap who advertised on this forum as wanting a 1300 engine has bought the one from the blue 66 Matt was dismantling. The chap came up from Kent to pick it up. Apparently he is in the process of preparing a rally spec 66. Hopefully he'll keep in touch to let Matt know of progress. Well, that's about it, aside from the chickens. What can I say, when you've got a Daf you attract all the tasty birds! ;D That's all for now! Cheese, 33G.
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Post by joloke10 on Mar 23, 2010 11:57:11 GMT
That Ovlov 66 is beautiful Its strange I'm not as keen on the lines of the Daf 66 but am developing a soft spot for the Volvo Version I think its the Bigg Comfy Seats ;D I also like that dark Green K Plate 44 shame its got electrical gremlins Id be in Heaven there If i lived in the area id be there everyday helping out getting my hands dirty just for the enjoyment of fiddling with lots of interesting little cars ;D Great thread keep it up we want to see more ;D Huggz Jodie
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Post by 33grinder on Mar 23, 2010 13:27:07 GMT
Thanks Jodie.
It is strange that I really love the square front and kham tail of the 66 but seem to be collecting 'A' bodied cars, whilst Matt likes the 'A's too but seems to be Mr. 66! ;D
Dan's green 44 is lovely, I think the registration leads to the name 'Spock' somehow, although Dan doesn't do the car naming thing. I think the plan is to wait until Matt has a 6V 44 for breaking and using parts of the loom to fix her.
It may be quiet next week as Badlands South is due to move garage and I think that will be all of my Daffing time spent, but Matt should be cracking on so there'll be some photos to post.
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Post by dafdaffer on Mar 23, 2010 22:32:35 GMT
Me too, loving the volvo, i had two a 66 estate in pinky orange and a saloon in brown, also love the green 44 thats my dream motor......
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Post by 33grinder on Mar 29, 2010 0:28:28 GMT
Hello all and welcome back to the Badlands and our latest reports of all things Daf (or otherwise) this week. There was to be no Daffing for Dan this week. I do however have some nice feature photos of his 55 estate which I was going to put here, but I should speak to Dan first and get the interesting details. I don't think he would appreciate a call right now so I'll leave that for next time. Good things are planned for the three of us next weekend and hopefully there'll be plenty to report on, so maybe I'll remember to get the details from him then. Personally, my Daffing wasn't to occur until late this afternoon and I took a nice (but slightly shaky) video whilst I drove around Grindersville, with the stereo pumping out. Now, am I the only one who likes to listen to music from the decade of their classic, to enhance the experience? Granted, in Mrs. G's modern, anything goes, but 70's music in Gavina and 80's in Rover is a general rule of thumb which suites me, it's the era of my youth! My music tastes are quite broad, I am just a poor man who loves music (and Dafs of course!). So I got to thinking of a new feature for this thread, 'Gavina's Speakerz' (sort of rhymes). I give you some clues what the music will be, you can guess before the end of the thread what it is and see who gets the answer first. It'll either be a one-off or become a feature, you decide!! This was a UK No. 1 single in February 1975, early English 1970's band, although it was later released and got entry to the top 40 in 1995 having been used for a Carlsberg tv advert. Saturday for me was about helping Martin with the move into the new workshop. Thankfully Martin's currently renting both units during April so things can be transferred at relative leisure, although I'm sure there'll be a sudden last minute push! After a cuppa we got loaded up with a load of, erm, stuff to take to the new workshop And here it is, can't wait! The roller shutters are 16' high. It's even got it's own private lav - luxury!! Plan is to mezzanine above that area to give an office and parts storage. Lot's of decent lights which will be relatively easy to maintain - no forklifts needed here to change bulbs and starters here! ;D Later that trailer was to be loaded with ally, as Martin has been selling lots of scrap recently rather than move it all! Apparently ally is at ÂŁ600 per tonne! We managed 108kgs, so not too sad! Matt seems to also be cashing in on the burgeoning scrap values, whilst also proving how practical Dafs can be by using Goldie to transport all his recently acquired clean scrap back to DEC. Matt was to spend most of his weekend stripping Greenie. Here's how she was looking at end of play Saturday, looking at her backside and wondering whether it looks big like that! ;D And here's progress today: I would have loved to get cracking on this with Matt. I never feel too guilty for not being there as I know that he's always in good company. The chickens were quiet on Saturday, they were holding their board meeting. They decided to send an assessor who agreed that Greenie's structural integrity was in doubt and Matt should continue stripping her! ;D So that's what he did, and these are the parts he's salvaged. The chickens then communicated to Matt it would be appropriate to load up the trailer with Greenie's detritus for the scrap man. And so ends the story of Greenie, RIP! I'm sure she was once a fine Daf, and she gave her life ensuring that others could live on, the duty of all dieing Dafs. So, the tyre pressures having been checked, Matt returned home, and so ends the weekend at Badlands Central. As I said earlier, my Daffing started late this afternoon, with putting some gungum over Steve's very well executed heat exchanger bodge, which covers the hole whence my hotspot once exited. That stuff has to apparently go on warm and I can understand why, it's like wattle and daub. I'm sure I saw horse hair in there! ;D So, why not warm the exhaust with a five minute trip around town? I'm overdue a mobile 'phone upgrade and things have moved on since the 3.2mp camera of my one. Perhaps a new 'phone and a tripod would generate some better effects (and a cleaner windscreen would have helped)! And the answer to Gavina's Speakerz is? That's all for now! Cheese, 33G.
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Mar 29, 2010 10:36:30 GMT
Sensational! - 70s DJ mode there. As is the report and pics.
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Post by 33grinder on Mar 29, 2010 12:19:24 GMT
Thanks Mr. B and yes Rich, that's spot on! You are officially the first winner of Gavina's Speakerz! ;D Be warned though, next time (?!!) it could be something totally different.
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Post by stefan on Mar 29, 2010 17:48:01 GMT
Thats a nice shiny new workshop, would love a placve like that to work on dafs
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Post by dafdaffer on Mar 29, 2010 22:03:24 GMT
that's well cool. although i do love (wont you take me to) shonky town DDC
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Post by 33grinder on Mar 29, 2010 22:33:12 GMT
That can be arranged, I'm sure it'll be on my no 1 songs of the 70's CD, although there is a lot of detritus on there! ;D Agreed it's a lovely unit. Regretfully I'll only ever have space to work on one at a time there and the Renault still needs plenty of work. It's a work/life balance between daffing and getting the Renault finished.
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Post by 33grinder on Apr 6, 2010 1:04:40 GMT
Hello all, and welcome to Essex Daf's special Easter report (well, it's got more pictures in it)! We were planning on visiting another member on Saturday, that wasn't to happen, but an enjoyable afternoon Daffing was to be had nonetheless. First off, we join Matt at Central. Those following this thread from the beginning may remember that I posted a photograph of Matt's daily hack from his Cornwall days. Well, I'm pleased to hear she is still on the road and Matt recently sent some parts to Cornwall to ensure she continues. Also, some more details regarding the 1300cc engine Matt supplied to a garage in Kent for the rallying Daf they are preparing for their customer. They had sent away their cylinder head for work but apparently it couldn't be salvaged. They had experienced problems locating a replacement, hence Matt supplying them the engine. It is going to be back on the road soon and within the next few weeks we are expecting a visit from them. The car will be wearing the number plate 'DAF 1' no less and has been featured in a magazine article. And so back to Matt. Saturday morning started with Animal's eviction from the sancticty of the barn. Oi! Out! Her welding is done, other than some cosmetic bits, but she still has the electrical problem preventing her MOT. Her space was needed for a new delivery to Essex Dafs so Animal duely complied and vacated her space. In fact, the opportunity was taken for a little reshuffle, but more on that later. Meanwhile, at Essex South, I met up with my friend James and his 3.5tonne VW transporter, then we proceeded to Dave's to collect the 32. Conditions were wet underfoot, however the loading went smoothly. We then proceeded to Central. Luckily James' satnav was working as mine seems to have packed up. It's getting power but not switching on. No clues for Gavina's Speakerz this week, it's quite an easy one but fairly appropriate I thought! ;D Knowing that I was belting along, James was quite considerate and made sure that he didn't loose me. When he overtook the lorry, I was unable to pull out as a Ford Focus was barrelling down the fast lane. Then the dozy twonk driving the Ford Gallaxy boxed me in so that they could get a good look at Gavina. Flattering but it lost me my momentum so I was only up to 50mph as I crested the rise and then had to catch James up again. That's my excuse for the bad camera work. Sorry.! So we arrived at Matt's, and Dan was shortly to arrive after. Due to the rain earlier, Matt hadn't yet reschuffled his fleet. James wasn't in any rush thankfully and could help with moving the cars around. We soon unloaded the 32. We're sure the registration isn't right so we cannot name her just yet, but James came up with Tigger, so that'll have to be her name for now. She was moving a little stiff to move, but we soon showed her who's boss! ;D We suspect the brakes to be a little seized on the rear nearside, and the shock absorber parting company with it's turret on the front nearside didn't help matters! Then the kettle was put to good use. First for making a round of beverages, then for washing the new acquisition, twice! So whilst I got washing, James decided that he didn't have much else to do, so he would help Matt and Dan get to the bottom of Animal's electrical woes in the headlight department. Matters were made worse by some previous bodgery in the wiring department. There was much head scratching and the manual came out and the wiring diagramme consulted. In the end, James was to find the problem, being a faulty stalk and previous wire bodgery, and the problem was then rectified. Sidelights, dipped and main beam all now functioning, Animal may now be booked in for an MOT! Problem sorted, she was parked in her new home, later to be joined by farmer George's Ferguson tractor. It won't be for long though, once Matt has her MOT'd she will be back on the road. Tigger came up quite nicely - nothing a little T-Cut can't sort out! ;D Lots of the trim was to be found in the boot. A lack of proprietary cleaners meant I didn't do any cleaning in the interior. Oddly enough, she has a temperature gauge! There are lots of switches for which I don't know yet know their purpose, perhaps I will when I have a 6V battery for her. I don't hold out much hope of finding a 32 owner's manual, but if any other 32 owners do have one and want to scan the instruction page for the instrument panel then please be my guest! ;D There's plenty of work to be getting on with here no doubt! Then, Dan was elected as the Daffer likely to weigh the least was was relegated to steering junkie whilst we pushed the Dafs back to the safety of the barn. Don't worry, we let him exit Tigger from the otherside, before she was blocked in with other Dafs! Now, you may be wondering why we drink so much tea so quickly at Essex Central. Well, you just can't leave your tea anywhere these days! ;D They are devious blighters them chickens, you just can't trust them! Mimi was left at the front of house, more on her later though. Having spent a most pleasurable afternoon, we then embarked on our separate ways. There's not much to report from Badlands South other than today when a welcome break in the weather allowed Gavina to receive a good wash and undertake a small journey to visit a friend who has a spare batter for the R5GTT. Matt on the other hand got cracking on Mimi. One of the rear drums was tight and took Matt a good couple of hours to get off. Eventually, Matt was to prevail and the brakes were finally sorted out. Matt also suspected that the exhaust back box was at fault and, having a spare available it will be replaced. Jobs left to do include replacing the leaking fuel tank, greasing brake pipes and replacing the rear tyres. Well, that's all Matt has found thus far. Today saw no Daffing for Matt, Dan on the otherhand was more fortunate. Having identified some end float in the distributor of his 55 coupe, Dan has fitted a spare of Matt's, and has timed everything, awaiting a test run to see whether that has improved matters. He's also had the chance to look at Passionwagon's brakes, getting the cylinders moving nicely again and everything nicely adjusted. Thanks Dan. I did get some details from Dan about his lovely 55 estate, and promise to post the photographs soon, Photofeckit has been really slow tonight. Anyway, that just about concludes our Easter weekend and is good proof that Dafs do come out in spring. Our plan was to visit John Smith in Harwich, although we couldn't be sure until the last minute whether that trip would take place and as it happens John had other committments. However a good afternoon was still had by all, and Dan was today to bump into John at a car show. John will be going to another car show on drive it day, April 25th and I will post details once I have researched it. I hope you have all had a lovely bank holiday weekend and enjoyed Essex Daf's Easter special. Cheese, 33G.
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Post by dafdaffer on Apr 6, 2010 10:06:05 GMT
Sadly no daffing for me with my lads birthday yesterday we spent the day at Drayton Manner. also with Onne doing body work on the 46 i dont think that he would appreciate welding and griding marks on the paint nice to see you are all busy at the Badlands and enjoy the pictures keep up the good work. ;D PS, the DAF in the mag was for sale at a high price for a DAF but it did sell www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page.php/carno/44476
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Post by 33grinder on Apr 6, 2010 12:34:18 GMT
Well, she sounds like she will be quite an awesome car DD, not that she isn't at the moment by the look of things. Her new owner must have the money to invest to afford the 'DAF1' plate! Can you remember what she sold for?
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Apr 6, 2010 13:23:02 GMT
More good stuff there. The 66 coupe rally car was owned by one of our members in recent years. He came to a couple of AGMs in it. I didn't know he'd sold it.
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Post by dafdaffer on Apr 6, 2010 19:57:45 GMT
No sorry i am presuming as the advert said sold, i think that he is on one of my videos when we went to Rutland water. was a nice car, he had to rebuild it once as well as it got broken into and nearly burned.
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Post by 33grinder on Apr 12, 2010 0:04:38 GMT
Hello all and welcome to our world of Daffing here in the Badlands. For my own part there was to be no Daffing as I am still assisting my friend Martin with his workshop move, and that involves moving my own stuff too! For that I needed my trusy steed Rover. I boxed up my Rover spares so they could be stacked neatly at the new workshop. Of course I couldn't take the front cross member or engine and gear box that was down there but I got everything else loaded into the Rover. I then transported that lot to the new place, then came back and after a swift cuppa got the Renault spares packed away into the car ready for trailering over when Martin is ready. Then all car activities were cut short as Mrs G. decided it would be advocable, whilst the weather was nice, to do a car boot sale on Sunday and what with her Fiat 500 having a tiny boot needed to press the Rover into service and wanted it back home for loading up! Liking a quiet life I returned home. Over at Essex Centraal, Matt was busy this weekend and his attention has now turned to Mimi the 55. I am very pleased to announce that Matt has had her up and running around the barns. He has been quite busy working on her. He's rubbed down and greased the rear brake pipes, cleaned up the battery tray and negative terminal where they had suffered acid residue from a previously leaking battery and removed/replaced the rusty petrol tank. Dorothy kindly donated her rear wheels as her tyres are road legal. That's the good news. There are some jobs to be done though. First off the brakes, as it has a very hard brake pedal which Matt suspects is the master cylinder. She also has no washer button/switch and one drive belt is nicely tensioned and the other is slack. The exhaust back box still needs replacing and the reverse lights don't work. He does have some work to do but hopes she will get an MOT before too long. Dan, our northern Essex correspondent has also been at work this weekend on his Ovlov 66 estate as previously featured on this thread. He has been touching up the areas of patchy paint. He's laid down the primer and has had some paint specially matched and will rattle can her. I will meet up with Dan before too long so will try to get some photos. Passionwagon has also been receiving Dan's attention this weekend. I mentioned in the last report that Dan had sorted out the rear brakes, albeit the offside drum was proving troublesome to get back on. Dan has that sorted now but did find a lot of play in the reduction gear shaft. He thinks this will need replacing and that it may be best to just replace the whole secondaries. Matt has a spare from the green 33. That will be interesting when it comes to it! It may explain why her vario guards are missing and the spring had been cut. Perhaps they were trying to get to the shaft. Since our last report I've spoken wtih Dan about his 55 estate and got the pertinant facts that should accompany photographs. She has been on this forum before as she appeared on the North meets South thread. Dan's had her for 13 years now and she's showing 54,000 miles, 5,000 more than when he bought her, through an advertisment in Reading Classic Car Mart. She really is very clean and is not needing any work. When Dan bought her the clutch was on its way out and so Dan replaced the pressure plate. She's also had one jacking point welded as well as the front and rear valances. Otherwise she has only needed regular maintenance. She really is as lovely as she looks in the photos, Dan is a lucky man I am quite jealous of her lovely condition. I think Stef, Onne and DD can vouch for that. ...erm, not that I'm jealous, I mean they can confirm what good conditions she's in! ;D ;D I was determined that the weekend would not end without any Daffing action for me and so I decided to visit an old friend in a neighbouring town who was overdue a visit. One of the main roads through the badlands is the A127 and that connects up with Rayleigh at the Weir, a roundabout and underpass arrangement. Normally that is 30 seconds from my house, but due to roadworks on a peice of road no larger than the size of an average family bathroom I now have to drive around in circles to get to it, adding another three minutes to the journey. So, I was an angry young (?!!) man today when I filmed the roadworks and Gavina's speakers were pumping out some punk music from 1977. Your clue to the author is 'what superman would wear when his eyesight gets worse'. Good luck! Sorry about the prolongued view of the steering wheel until I was certain plod hadn't spotted what I was up to! Having fun, I decided to stay out in her a little longer today and I did about 50 miles in the end. All in all a lovely weekend weather wise and even getting stuck in a traffic jam for an hour didn't phase me nor Gavina. In fact I would have been fretting in Rover that she would overheat! ;D ;D I guess that's all for now! Cheese, 33G.
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Post by spunkymonkey on Apr 12, 2010 11:00:27 GMT
So Betty's not the only 33 who drives round scaring passers-by with her music ;D As far as I know, Betty doesn't do bondage, but I think the filler I use may be made of Poly Styrene
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Post by joe on Apr 12, 2010 11:09:49 GMT
the reverse lights don't work. Do they on any 55? Excellent update as ever, I was determined to do some spring cleaning on mine this weekend (as it is covered in bird droppings, unavoidable if you park under a tree) but went to the pub instead, and now I feel rather guilty.
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Post by dafdaffer on Apr 12, 2010 12:00:13 GMT
i love the video..... looks like your doing about 70 ;D love the music as well. Re the 55 it is a blinder its just such nice colours and in fantastic condition, it just like that 44 he has.....im jealous too
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