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Post by quadecz on Feb 20, 2014 20:33:30 GMT
Attachment DeletedAttachment DeletedAttachment DeletedSince being off the road and stored in a barn since 1981 Tina's now back on the road taxed and tested. She's had the engine rebuilt as it was seized solid and engine-wise she's running well. I've done about 700 miles so far and only two real problems have shown up. The smaller one is a short in the indicator circuit which is proving elusive but keeps blowing fuses, the bigger problem is a clapped out primary. The bearings in the weight carriers have worn substantially which is setting up an evil vibration as you drive. Some thought is being given to the best way to deal with it, either through re-engineering the weight carriers or finding a replacement primary.
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Feb 20, 2014 22:38:28 GMT
It looks super. A 55, estate, and the colour - lovely combination!
Well done for getting it up and running again. I'm sure that one way or another you will sort the vibration and electrics.
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Post by quadecz on Feb 21, 2014 22:47:06 GMT
The interior's in really good condition except for a few holes in the head lining but the bodywork is pretty rough. Cosmetically it has a lot of rust scabs where the damp has got through the paint and the tailgate it almost in two pieces as its lower edges are rusted through.
I love it to bits though. My other car's a MK4 Ford zodiac; poles apart from the Daf but they both make me smile as they're both unusual and very entertaining to drive.
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Post by andrew on Feb 22, 2014 15:07:06 GMT
Your car has plastic seats as per the Daf 33.I was under the impression Daf 55s had "luxury" cloth seats. Maybe I'm wrong, though!
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Feb 22, 2014 20:45:16 GMT
Andrew, I'm pretty sure that even when the 55 saloons had cloth trim as standard, it was still an option on the estates.
The thinking being that estate cars might also be work horses, so the plastic, ahem, vinyl(!) seats would be more robust and practical, even if they meant that bare legs would be either very cold or hot, depending on the weather!
As it turns out, judging by the state that most cloth seats got into over the years from wear and sun damage, the vinyl probably were more suitable.
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Post by 33grinder on Feb 22, 2014 22:53:23 GMT
Matt's 55 estate has those seats too so I make Mr B right there.
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Post by mattsdafs on Feb 23, 2014 8:41:26 GMT
All 4 of the 55 est's that we know of are/were fitted with vinyl seats,Eric's fitted a pair of V66 cloth seats to his due to him wanting headrests.The rest of my sal's/coupe's/Dan's coupe are all fitted with cloth
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Post by quadecz on Feb 23, 2014 19:42:04 GMT
It was pretty common in the 60's and 70's for estate cars to be available in a basic spec only and I remember when I ran mk1 Astras the highest spec you could get the estates in was GL. Aparrently those of us into estate cars don't like the flash bits and pieces that people with saloons want! Tina's interior is definitely original.
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Post by andrejuan on Feb 23, 2014 22:18:00 GMT
It was pretty common in the 60's and 70's for estate cars to be available in a basic spec only and I remember when I ran mk1 Astras the highest spec you could get the estates in was GL. Aparrently those of us into estate cars don't like the flash bits and pieces that people with saloons want! Tina's interior is definitely original. Yes, very true. So, in the mid 70s when my dad got an ex demo Avenger estate (or "shooting brake" as my Gran used to call it) The super model as it was known, we thought it was the pinnacle of luxury motoring!! Cream seats and console etc, even the load space nicely carpeted and trimmed with slide bars. Mind you, with a 1250cc motor..... fuel crisis! it was no sprinter, I remember going on holiday one year, on the way to the airport he had to drop down to second gear on the slopes of the M1 !!!! Two adults, three kids and luggage was just too much :-) |
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Post by Patrick on Feb 24, 2014 0:43:06 GMT
A chap I knew once had a hired Fiesta in the early 80's. Not only did it only have one sun flap (drivers) but there were no air vents either side of the dashboard as standard cars had. The Cortina Estate Taxis our local company had were all vinyl as were their Mk1 and 2 Excorts. 55 Brochure offers cloth for the saloon, has anyone got an estate brochure at all?  |
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Post by quadecz on Feb 24, 2014 20:16:33 GMT
The brochure for the 55 is hilarious: I particularly like the part that says "you don't have to worry about the children the back, they can't fall out". It seems Daf thought of everything.
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Feb 24, 2014 21:51:09 GMT
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Post by quadecz on Feb 27, 2014 18:26:07 GMT
I thought they'd have made a separate brochure for the estate. They might be a bit optimistic with getting the drums in even with the seats down! Reminds me of the ad for the early minis which showed a happy family going on holiday and about 15 suitcases.
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Post by Nick the man with a daf.... on Feb 27, 2014 18:45:06 GMT
youll be surprised what fits in a daf boot, ive had full sized dishwasher in mine, a washing machine, a triple wardrobe (dismantled) when I bought the timber to do my bath panel that went inside no problems, you will find tilting the front pass seat forward creates a HUGE space on the passenger side for longer stuff  |
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