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Oops a snapped wire. A new one ordered from David  Manners. It cost more for postage than it did for the temp sender unit.

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My dad bought a 1960 MK2 3.4 Auto in the early 1970s which has left me marked for life.

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here only one i can afford lol,always wanted a mk2 jag and p5 rover coupe just class

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21 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

My dad bought a 1960 MK2 3.4 Auto in the early 1970s which has left me marked for life.

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Is that two-tone, burgundy over black . .  or just a quirk of the photo?

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1 minute ago, Garythesnail said:

Is that two-tone, burgundy over black . .  or just a quirk of the photo?

Just a quirk of the photo, burgundy all over. Some of it was rust patched up my my father, he was quite good at it and the car looked tidy.

It was changed for a 3.8 S-Type auto with PAS. My dad started doing lots of miles and used my mothers Beetle for work so she used the MK2 for shopping etc, but she nearly crashed in to the neighbours gates opposite because she could not turn the manual steering wheel fast enough.

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31 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

she could not turn the manual steering wheel fast enough.

But definitely* not going too fast to make the turn.

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33 minutes ago, Garythesnail said:

But definitely* not going too fast to make the turn.

NO, this is my mother reversing out of our drive in the village.

When we got the car it had been a London car and my dad gunned it up the duel carriage way hill from Marlow to High Wycombe and it shot out red carbon like a firework!  

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Some of us can only dream about sitting behind a Daimler dash like that at the moment with the car put away and not at home. 

I know, I know you got toggles and we only have rockers.

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1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Some of us can only dream about sitting behind a Daimler dash like that at the moment with the car put away and not at home. 

I know, I know you got toggles and we only have rockers.

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Heyy... At LEAST mine has a wheel, speedo, tach AND a 'shift lever'/2 pedals! lol

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1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Some of us can only dream about sitting behind a Daimler dash like that at the moment with the car put away and not at home. 

I know, I know you got toggles and we only have rockers.

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That looks lush, toggles class but i like a rocker too. We seem to have the same dials as well rev counter and speedo.

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Rockers are cool, but toggles have more CLICK

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9 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Rockers are cool, but toggles have more CLICK

More occasion moving a toggle! 

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Whenever I see one of these I remember a time when, if I had £795 to hand, I could have purchased either one of these or a white Triumph Slag. They appeared for sale within a week of each other.☹️

Mind you: "hello Mr. Insurance Man, I'm 18 and I want to insure a Daimler 250 V8... why are you laughing?"

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That's always been the case. When we could afford the cars we couldn't afford the insurance. Now we can afford the insurance, we can't afford the cars!

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I have been talking about getting some work carried out on the Daimler.

Well this afternoon she was collected.

 

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The car has gone to Classic and Retro at Langley Park Durham 

 

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8 minutes ago, DVee8 said:

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"Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Saviour?"

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We popped up to see my Daimler yesterday.

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9 minutes ago, schonker said:

There busy!Whats the v8 in for?

It's in for the sparkplug tube seals, auto box fill/ dipstick tube working loose and giving a false fill reading.

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On 24/06/2021 at 06:00, bicycle repairman said:

what met blue car looks like mk2 escort  ?

 

 

It's is a Fiat 124 something or other 1 of only 2 right hand drive in the UK. 

The postman dropped off a box 

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It's a sparkplug tube removal tool, rocker cover removal tool and a new seal kit.

£235 for that little lot. But hopefully I'll flog the removal tools on after the job is completed. To the Daimler owners club for more or less what paid.

 

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