bl1300
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Jun 19, 2012 19:09:20 GMT
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Ive had to import some headlamp bowls for my type 1 DAF 44 from Dafhobby in Holland. No problems there they are very good and ive ordered from them several times without issue. This time it hasn't gone so well, I recieved an email yesterday asking if I had recieved the parts yet, which I haven't, because Dafhobby have received mail from DPD telling them there is a problem with the delivery but not specifying what! Now the loss of a few euros I'm quite happy to take on the chin its not the sellers fault, the bigger problem is the parts. They where his last set, I cant get them from anyone in the UK or from the DAF club Nederland. I need them to make the car road legal as I cant align the headlamps without them. Arrgghh. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to proceed? Alternative parts that might fit, and more to the point do you have any hiding in your garage? Thanks in advance Paul p.s. a wee bit of penance + Car buff points to anyone who knows about the car in the first and last pictures, lets just say it was thinking well ahead of its time.    |
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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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Copey
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Jun 19, 2012 19:15:45 GMT
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a hovver car??? hehe
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1990 Ford Sierra Sapphire GLSi with 2.0 Zetec
1985 Ford Capri 3.0 (was a 2.0 Laser originally)
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Problem importing parts.BenzBoy
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Jun 19, 2012 19:16:31 GMT
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Presumably you or the vendor have a delivery tracking number? Get that and get onto DPD. Find out what the problem is.
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bl1300
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Jun 19, 2012 19:17:34 GMT
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Nope but in 1967 would have been equally as ground breaking and you could drive it on water.  |
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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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Jun 19, 2012 19:22:58 GMT
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Electric with fuel cell?
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Jun 19, 2012 19:23:26 GMT
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Hydrogen fuel cell Daf 44?
Forward thinking from Daf, or lack of imagination from everyone else?
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1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary. |
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Jun 19, 2012 19:24:50 GMT
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Hydrogen fuel cell and electric motors. In 1967! think they are lucky it could only go 50mph, if it had of hit 88mph who know what would of happened  |
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bl1300
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Jun 19, 2012 19:28:04 GMT
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Thats a million and one points you for getting it that quickly. The car was converted to run on Hydrogen fuel cells by Shell oils of all people and is one of the very first examples of it being considered as a replacement for petrol. The car above still exists but is kept out of public sight in the archives of the science museum in London. I really do wish they would put it on display. The idea was shelved as it was considered that it couldn't be made competitive with a regular 44. Science Museum Wiki |
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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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Ryannn
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Jun 19, 2012 20:29:30 GMT
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How big are the headlights? Can you not use Mini bowls to ft? They have the adjusters in them!  |
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Seth
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MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Jun 19, 2012 20:32:51 GMT
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Mrs_Seth went to look at that Daf when she was doing her masters degree. As that wiki says, Daf had nothing to do with it as a manufacturer, it was built by a research establishment. I think they used a Daf because of the variomatic transmission though.
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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bl1300
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Jun 19, 2012 20:53:43 GMT
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Mini headlamps are about an inch bigger. Mk1 44s have smaller headlamps than all the other models, I believe 5 and 3/4 inch. these are the parts, I don't much fancy trying to make them from scratch, but I suppose at a push I could do them out of fibreglass using the old rotten ones as moulds.  |
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Last Edit: Jun 19, 2012 20:54:18 GMT by bl1300
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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Jun 19, 2012 21:21:52 GMT
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What about Volvo 144/164 headlamp bowls?
Who made the originals? Cibie, Hella etc.?
FYI, you can drive any car on water, just most of them sink! LOL!
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fogey
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Jun 19, 2012 21:30:25 GMT
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Sorry to hear about your parts - if they've been misdelivered they'll probably turn up on ebay . . .
Seriously, hope they arrive eventually
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Last Edit: Jun 19, 2012 21:30:46 GMT by fogey
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andyborris
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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.
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Jun 19, 2012 23:14:59 GMT
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I had a set of mint vintage fog lights disappear from a tracked service once. I got a full refund but its just annoying that the parts never got to their intended destination.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Selling quite a bit of stuff off via ebay my 'lost in the post' rate has gone up from about 2 or 3% to nearly 10% on a couple of occasions. The worst one was sent 11 packets to same address only 6 made it!
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