billyboy406v6 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Yesterday i was offered a garage,to park the Daimler in,in the next street to were i live for £££free of charge.So the days of it living in a damp concrete garage 11 miles away are hopefully over.Hope it don't belong to a relative of the old witch, payback time ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I'm simply jealous. You have a beautiful car and here I am trying to mess around with several old Rover 800s. DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Thanks LS I am sure one day you will get some of that fine fleet sorted and back on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 It's that time of year again.A pm to SoC,saw him at my door(well nextdoor) at 9.45 this morning.A drive over to Sunderland as the Daimler is/was still over there.We pulled the covers off,1 flat tyre,checked all the levels,topped the antifreeze up,She started almost straight away.I haven't been in the garage since October i think.I pulled her to the bottom of the drive and blew the tyres up.£20 in the tank and off we went,over to Andy's garage. No1 son on the camera. Mot and a check over this week. One pic from my drive cos i can. DeeJay, Skizzer, Vince70 and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr A Lawrence Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 That is beautiful!! DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 A lovely old thing. The Daimler V8 really sounds superb. DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 It's done,all MOT'd for another year.A check up and all good health.Due to my fantastic job i have to work all weekend so Andy is dropping it off tomorrow. Just incase some of you haven't seen it i'll get some photos later. loserone, Sigmund Fraud, djimbob and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Tucked up in its new home. I even parked it side ways,doh Angrydicky and Mrs6C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Angrydicky, Mrs6C and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I had to bring it back to quell the urge to just drive it to the lake district or something. It's a lovely car, I'm well jealous! DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Cheers Andy,praise indeed. Everyone,go to Andy,get your car fixed,checked or just for the crack. Not that kind!! cpjitservices 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Its that time of year again. Upside down or on the side photos. Its the Daimler MOT time again.This time urm FTP,or FTStart it wont start. Andy Mr SoC called.Fresh petrol in the tank,new condenser fitted,umbilical cord hooked up the my Nissan X-trail.No notin.notin at all.So the cavalry were called.My self and both sons pushed her out of the garage On its way to SoC for some tlc. Mrs6C, Conrad D. Conelrad, Jim Bell and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 Back again,the Daimler went to Andy SoC as a none runner and came back to me as a none runner! oh why?Andy discovered that the distributor was knacked, on further investigation he found that it had been cobbled together to get it running. Now strangely no one seemed to have a new or spare dizzy lying around.So as it is a bloody heavy none runner taking up space it was delivered back, and the quest for a replacement dizzy was on.Some investigation found that it is the same distributor as fitted to some Rolls Royce's.Then a spark,Andy ordered a electronic ignition unit for it.A message it has turned up I'm coming to fit it to the car. So yesterday morning Andy and Conner turned up armed with a distributor fitted with a electronic ignition,"where did you get the dizzy I ask"? Its yours reply's Andy.I sent the car back with out it.I didn't know,hadn't looked. So some choice language,banged knuckles and green fog when Conner guffed and trapped Andy between engine,bonnet and garage wall with no escape from the smell. It started,running a little ruff and needs some fine tuning but it works again. Lets see what today brings mrbenn, alf892, Jim Bell and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 What a gorgeous car. Good luck with the fettling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 The postman delivered twice this we ek. Oh whats in the jiffy i here no one say. 8 new plugs and 2 plug lead extensions. Over to the garage myself and no1 son All tucked up under it's cover. With the new plugs fitted and new lead extensions fitted ,she fired straight up. unfortunately i ran out of time so hopefully weather permitting next weekend she will be out. The little things.. tooSavvy, GBJ, LightBulbFun and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, The Mighty Quinn said: Never understood why Jaguar didn't use that engine more. The XK is a nice old thing but the 4.5 version would have really hauled ass in the underpowered Mark 10. Because BL politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 It was thought that turners engine was better than the XK engine and Jaguar didn't want that.. Jim Bell and The Mighty Quinn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Now that is a car I would love to see in my Garage - if I had a garage!! seem to recall they had a lovely understated woofle to them mrbenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I read that Lyons had no interest and it was Jack Sangster (previously at Ariel, Triumph and BSA) who made the recommendation that it should be put into a Jaguar Mark 2 body shell. It was successful - Daimler 250 outsold Jaguar 2.4 It was BLMC chairman Donald Stokes that decided the production costs were too high and ordered its discontinuation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 1/12/2020 at 8:47 PM, The Mighty Quinn said: Never understood why Jaguar didn't use that engine more. The XK is a nice old thing but the 4.5 version would have really hauled ass in the underpowered Mark 10. I think I remember reading that they trialled a 4.5 in a mkX around the time of its development/launch and it lapped around the high speed bit of Mira at a rate of knots until the tyres gave in. The Mighty Quinn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 The sun was shining this morning, she started first time and settled into a comfortable tick over . As it's on laid up cover i just ran it around our street,i'll get the cover updated for next weekend hopefully the weather is good.. Me in the orange and hat no1 son in the seat he wants. spartacus, rainagain, LightBulbFun and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2flags Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 You have a beautiful car there. It is a shame they didn't put that V8 in the Triumph Stag rather than that botched up V8 they put in. It would have been a winner. The Mighty Quinn and DVee8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Glorious! DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 A couple of photos from today. I didn't really do anything with it,but No1 son wanted it out so I put it on the drive and he cleaned and polished the chrome. We then took it for a essential spin round the block.. Fumbler, spartacus, LightBulbFun and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Such a lovely car, I chickened out on buying one years ago, can't afford a decent one now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 As the weather was very nice today, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to give her a spin out. Popped down to see @gm, to show him the car and talk shite. We then popped up on to the fells for a couple of photos. anonymous user, gm, Tickman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Lovely car, and what a wonderful noise it makes, I could listen to that all day. DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Hope you didn't stand in any dog poo. Nice car, pleased it's running again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Totally unplanned but we decided to get her up on ramps, to scrape/wirebrush the underseal off and re-apply some new underseal. Such a dirty unpleasant job. This will take some time as i'm not going at it. paulplom, LightBulbFun, Shirley Knott and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 on one of the hottest days of the year ? complete madness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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