Little orange un

[paddydaf]

;D hi all after been in wilderness for over 12 months, the recession hit me hard here, after what was possibly the longest transaction in history my little orange 33 finally arrived from Essex ! She was 3 mins off the truck and I had the 3m fine cutting paste out and had her shining after 2 hrs! Had her running abeit very loudly by teatime (no exhaust!) door lock fixed and fitted just now ! Looking through the very detailed log by a previous owner and confirmed by v5 discovered that she was registered when I was 10 days old so both of us will celebrate our 40th birthday same month!
Haven't a bog notion how to get pics from my I phone on to site but will sort some soon.
Glad to be back daffing ! and thanks matt for your extreme patience on this one! Now for a name!
Donal

[33grinder]

Hooray! Never thought she would go! Glad you are happy with her. The exhaust is pretty poor but I seem to recall Matt found a replacement and put it inside.

You can e-mail me the pics if you like Donal and I can post them here for you: [e-mail]

[howard]

Yay! We LOVE pictures!

[mattsdafs]

;D...Glad she has finally reached you Donal and please keep us updated...hope your happy with her and i can`t wait to hear when she is up and running

[33grinder]

I have photos and video from Donal which I'll post as soon as my homehub starts playing ball again.

[33grinder]

OK, sorry for the delay (which I hope you'll all find worth it).

Now have BT Infinity which has really given this netbook a good kick up the jaxxy. Regretfully though those thoughtfull souls at Photofeckit have been updating it so it no longer worked on internet explorer 7 so I had to upload a new version. Hey ho.

Right, photos and commentary courtesy of Donal:

Spent the night reading through the very detailed record of the 33. Every nut, grommet, washer is documented - fascinating stuff - right down to last service in August 1984! When it said next service due at 55,000 miles which it still has to reach in 2012!

3 year old with DAF keys!


Beginning to shine up - look at Dan's reflection!


Flank


Shortly after arrival


Very short run as have to drain main tank of old petrol and cooling fan off as missing nuts!

[mattsdafs]

Wow...that`s come up well considering it was sat around outside for years ...well done Donal

[paddydaf]

Thanks pete! Yep that 3m stuff does work!

[dafdaffer]

That looks really nice, hope to see her progress

[paddydaf]

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Hi all ive finally managed to buy the little orange daf back after stupidly selling her when stuck for funds two years ago.my little boy Daniel never forgave me for selling her. I missed her twice coming up for sale finally buying her back frrom paddy in lisburn ni who brought her down today. Daniel got a great surprise when he came home from school see picture
... I apologise to 33grinder and mattsdafs over tigga I should have explained what happened instead of hiding my head in sand. I hope that I can prove that I can be a good daffer over time. Ive learnt two things. . 1 don't take too many things on and two .. tea is better than Guinness for solving probs.. Donal

[paddydaf]

Ordered a new 6v battery today (90euro) new flexi fuel pipe and new brake lines. So a start to getbit back on road...

[mattsdafs]

Well done Donal...hope you have her on the road soon,good luck

[thebear54]

She is looking very sharp Donal.

John

[33grinder]

Nice one Donal. She's a nice little thing, stick with it because she deserves to be back in the road.