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Sept 18, 2015 12:56:55 GMT
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Sept 18, 2015 13:53:38 GMT
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Looks great.
Doesn't need four point harnesses.
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Sept 18, 2015 14:29:37 GMT
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Needs wheels which aren't awful.
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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markbognor
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Cool Daf 66markbognor
@markbognor
Club Retro Rides Member 56
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Sept 18, 2015 15:19:29 GMT
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That's a sweetie, keep the wheel width coming and the ride height going and that would be properly amazing.
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Sept 18, 2015 22:05:02 GMT
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I actually like it all round. Sure if I had it I'd change thing, but it is the exact sort of thing our scene is based on, sure people go lower and wider and more obtuse wheel choice, but to me this is very much the core of our scene.
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johnd
Part of things
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Sept 19, 2015 4:39:38 GMT
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Looks fantastic in top two pics
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Sept 19, 2015 8:16:51 GMT
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Looks fantastic in top two pics Absolutely  |
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mexicansteve
South West
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Cool Daf 66mexicansteve
@mexicansteve
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Sept 19, 2015 8:41:43 GMT
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I like it. Love for the not slammed on banded steels!
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BeQuietandDrive
1989 Bedford Astra Van
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taurus
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Sept 19, 2015 13:09:18 GMT
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I like it. Love for the not slammed on banded steels! +1 Brilliant. Back in the 70's I used to work in a DAF dealership, I remember one of our regular customers bought a 66 Coupe - not seen one for years. |
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Sept 19, 2015 16:14:53 GMT
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In the Netherlands (and even more in Eindhoven) lots of people still have a Daf, for hobby or just as a daily ride...
You see these cars daily on the road around here, but never modified in the way this one is.
I think he has done a great job, I like it!
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Seth
South East
MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Sept 19, 2015 20:41:32 GMT
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Yes, very nice and simple. I seem to remember DAF people here suggesting you can't lower them without ruining the mechanics but looking at the bare running gear in the Daf museum last year it looked perfectly feasible, if not by the simple act of replacing springs like normal.  |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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Sept 19, 2015 21:17:55 GMT
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Vw scene had one of these but put an air cooled vw in it .
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Smiler
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I no longer own anything FWD! Or with less than 6 cylinders, or 2.5ltrs! :)
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Sept 19, 2015 21:46:10 GMT
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Awesome! Though I may be biased as my folks used to run a DAF 44 as a second car back in the 70's followed by a Volvo 66.
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www.Auto-tat.co.uk'96 Range Rover P38 DSE (daily driver) '71 Reliant Scimitar SE5 GTE 3.0ltr Jag V6 Conversion '79 Reliant Scimitar SE6A 3.0ltr 24valve Omega Conversion '85 Escort Cabrio 2.0 Zetec - Sold '91 BMW 525i - Sold '82 Cortina 2.9i Ghia Cosworth - Sold '72 VW Campervan - Sold '65 LandRover 88" - Sold
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dikkehemaworst
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Cool Daf 66dikkehemaworst
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Sept 20, 2015 18:37:16 GMT
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And you can fit a renault 5 alpine engine in it and it goes like stinkers!! Sure theres a thread somewere around this forum of someone who did this with sam glovers old orange one.
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RetroMat
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Column Shifting!
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Sept 20, 2015 20:51:36 GMT
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works for me! I don't mind the minilites
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vulgalour
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Sept 21, 2015 0:13:07 GMT
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The ride height is absolutely right for this little car, just enough has been done to it. I'll even forgive it the minilites because three stud alloys in any PCD are difficult to come by and they're not that terrible. So yes, great little find and kudos to the person who built it for doing such a smart job.
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Sept 21, 2015 1:10:58 GMT
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yep that be cool
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Sept 21, 2015 2:00:55 GMT
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erm, I think I need one of these!
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Sept 21, 2015 8:04:05 GMT
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Yes, very nice and simple. I seem to remember DAF people here suggesting you can't lower them without ruining the mechanics but looking at the bare running gear in the Daf museum last year it looked perfectly feasible, if not by the simple act of replacing springs like normal. DAFs are pretty well suited to lowering: the 66 as shown in the first post has a leaf sprung De Dion at the back and torsion bars at the front, so slamming it is just a matter of lowering blocks and bumping the torsion bar a few notches. Two hour job tops. The 55 like your post shows (I have exactly that car, down to the colour even) is a bit trickier in that the secondary transmission is part of the swing axle suspension. Slamming it would give silly camber and twist the belt a few degrees, but I can't imagine it being very bad for the belt. Even if belt life would be halved it would still be 30000 kilometers. Get a 44/55 and an angle grinder and be a pioneer! |
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Sept 21, 2015 9:34:41 GMT
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