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Sept 15, 2012 8:53:53 GMT
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Just thought id share this little gem with you guys, bought in jan of this year as a "weekend resto" intended as a stop gap until the Roma is done (yes still got it). Turned into a massive restoration as it had rotted everywhere.. looking good now though I think  see what you reckon As found, fresh off the back of Minidans delivery wagon   after rebuilding the brakes (crusty cylinders all round) and changing the transmission as it had siezed it got to a state where it moved under its own steam (clicky)  welding then commenced both front wings were damaged around the headlight holes  cills were very crusty  new metal in  bottoms of rear wings (favourite rot spot on B-type dafs)   being an estate car it had rot around all the rear window holes which someone had made an attempt to do before  rear corner missing  3 patches just to make the oiutside profile  three on the insde ! (and its not even seen)  bottom of window dividers back in steel rather than the lightweight "fresh air"  drivers side no better   yummy  jack handle for the win on the radius   drivers cill non-existent inside  inner repaired  and outer folded up  |
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Sept 15, 2012 9:03:28 GMT
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bstardchild
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Sept 15, 2012 9:10:20 GMT
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wow that was crusty - nice work so far
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Sept 15, 2012 9:14:37 GMT
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Sept 15, 2012 9:20:53 GMT
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ill get some pics of her today after a wash ;D we got the MOT sadly not in time for the Essex daf weekender, got advised on a low tyre and front number palte being a bit damaged (but not in a way likely to effect it being read) and have since put 200 miles on it.. ;D for those with a daf fetish and who are into a long read there is a full 20 odd page resto thread for her here, showing the welding in depth and all the other headaches I have had with it, I condensed it for here as just copy pasting a thread over doesnt work too well with all the convo inbetween the reports essexdafs.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=introduction&action=display&thread=141&page=1I don't know about the ride height either.. as someone who normally wouldnt lower a car drastically even I must admit it sits like a 4x4 at the moment, it has leaf at the back and transverse leaf across the front.. and I don't think losing a couple of inches at either end would go amiss to be honest.. |
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Sept 15, 2012 11:10:52 GMT
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bl1300
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Sept 15, 2012 13:41:14 GMT
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Lowering that one shouldn't be too hard as unlike the earlier models suspension movement doesn't change the angle of the secondary pulleys. I think you can even get lowering blocks for them but I'm not sure where from
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Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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Sept 15, 2012 13:52:29 GMT
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wow great fabrication, and it suits the marathon stripes remarkably well! I'll have to read the long resto when I have time, car looks great  I was looking at a maroon daf 44 that was for sale a while back but my student funds stopped what could have been an excellent investement  |
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Sept 15, 2012 16:14:54 GMT
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Strewth man, that is awesome, you have dome some spectacular welding there! The estate is the best looking DAF I think. I will have a read of your proper thread in a bit. Cheers!!!
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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Sept 15, 2012 16:52:06 GMT
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Very nice work indeed on the welding repairs. It's a stroke of luck all the outside bits were good enough for a good clean-up.
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Sept 15, 2012 21:17:28 GMT
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cheers guys.. trying to find some decent wheels with 125/3 pcd but its proving nigh on impossible..
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bl1300
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Sept 16, 2012 8:27:21 GMT
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You can get minilites made for them or try 66 GlS wheels. Howard made an equiry about the minilites and got this response. "Hi Howard Thank you for your enquiry. We can supply 5.5x13 Minilite wheels for the DAF at £82.50 each + vat. Regards Russ"  |
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Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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Lopez
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Sept 16, 2012 8:58:54 GMT
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Awesome fabbing and welding, I love your door repair! Inspirational stuff!
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stealthstylz
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Sept 16, 2012 10:43:42 GMT
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Smart car steelies on adaptors?
Excellent work saving that, looks superb
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Sept 16, 2012 11:01:16 GMT
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340 front hubs fit onto your spindles, you'd have to convert to front disks though. Rear hubs and drums of a 340 also are a straight swap. Instant 4x100 PCD, yay!
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Sept 16, 2012 15:28:06 GMT
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so your saying I could literally do a nut and bolt conversion to 4x100  would the original master cylinder handle discs? or would I need to find a v66 one? |
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Sept 16, 2012 15:30:09 GMT
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hi Paul, that very picture of the orange ovlov estate was originally my work plan, but it went astray when I found a picture of a marathon saloon sporting the smaller stripe, but yes those wheels are the dogs danglies. . Matt would 15mm aluminium be thick enough to make hub adapters out of? as got a 4ft square of it knocking about at work... |
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see what you reckon
I was looking at a maroon daf 44 that was for sale a while back but my student funds stopped what could have been an excellent investement 
would the original master cylinder handle discs? or would I need to find a v66 one?