HMC architecte britannique

[barefoot]

Lesson learned in 1986, no problems with them since. 

[HMC]

So, whats been going on chez hmc?

Well this scruffy Daimler keeps getting better with  every use, pulls better, runs better and im getting quite slick with the pre selector gearbox, which im finding to be astonishingly clever.

[HMC]

Ive also used some of the captain tolleys to stop a screen leak, 

And ive been gluing the laminates on the dash back together now they have dried. 

[HMC]

Also as you may have read, the limo has sold to another shiter for its purchase cost. I’ll leave them to do a reveal when the time comes.

And after a browse about ive decided to replace it with a ‘91 mexican beetle which is solid where it counts and has actual, rather than faked patina…..

[HMC]

Disclaimer-: no pineappling will happen.

 

[HMC]

I will however respray the duotone steels as thats trying too hard, and leave other aesthetics as is, including the tarnished and bashed up bumpers.

[wuvvum]

That is cracking!  I'll be seriously tempted when that comes up for sale.

[Saabnut]

Beetle? Meh. But you have had that Daimler long enough now, when do I come and collect it?

 

[hairnet]

bodycolour everything silver ftw

 

[jonathan_dyane]

Nice Beetle! If you get rid I would also be most interested, maybe this will give me the impetus I need to sell my GS

[Marm Toastsmith]

DIBS!

Edit, seen I'm too late... but still...

[purplebargeken]

Beetle and Daimler, shitter paradise for sure.

[bunglebus]

Proper car at last! If you're really quick you can take it to VW Action this weekend

[Saabnut]

4 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Proper car at last! If you're really quick you can take it to VW Action this weekend

Why would they want a Daimler at VW Action?  Does not compute.  

[bunglebus]

There's actually something to be said for taking the "wrong" car to a one-make event, the Daimler would be very welcome 

[dave j]

That Beetle belonged to a mate of mine until a few months ago, before that it had been laid up in a garage in Plymouth for a few years! Will be good to see it in use

[HMC]

Just now, dave j said:

That Beetle belonged to a mate of mine until a few months ago, before that it had been laid up in a garage in Plymouth for a few years! Will be good to see it in use

Good to hear some of its history!

[dave j]

I think he did 4 or 5 videos on it too! 

 

[Bear]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

There's actually something to be said for taking the "wrong" car to a one-make event, the Daimler would be very welcome 

In 1995 I went to bug jam in my Jetta Syncro because both of my bugs had gone wrong (and I don't think I had rusty the bay window bus then)...

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, 83C said:

Wonder if it started life as a RHD car or whether it’s been converted? My ‘84 Mex was a left hooker.

Possibly interested when it comes up, weirdly I’d want it more if it were wrong hand drive.

If memory serves all the Mexican beetles left the factory as LHD and the RHD conversions were done by the importers.

[bunglebus]

Yes - all LHD from the factory. Some conversations are better than others by all accounts!

[Stinkwheel]

I've only ever owned one beetle, it was a 72' 1300 and was a solid thing. I still kind of hated it though as it always FTP at the worst possible times

And Yet, I really quite like the look of your new one @HMC

I think there is some weird masochistic streak running undiscovered in all of us here 

[Stinkwheel]

17 hours ago, jonathan_dyane said:

Nice Beetle! If you get rid I would also be most interested, maybe this will give me the impetus I need to sell my GS

Sell it to meeeeeee (please) 

[Joey spud]

I do like a Beetle with  just a very slight nose down stance and empi alloys.

But Christ on a bike i've just had a look at its mot history (is it just me who does this ?) the old girls had a mountain of corrosion fails over the last decade but now she's gained a clean pass.

Do the Mexican ones rot as bad as their German counterparts ?

[bunglebus]

Yes if you don't keep an eye on things.

Brazilian buses can be "interesting" too as South America doesn't really need much in the way of rustproofing.

I remember seeing brand new imported campers with lots of surface rust on the front suspension trailing arms etc

[barefoot]

I last saw a Datsun 120Y coupe  - at Bugfreeze when I went in my Trabbie.

[bunglebus]

29 minutes ago, barefoot said:

I last saw a Datsun 120Y coupe  - at Bugfreeze when I went in my Trabbie.

I saw one (or was it a Cherry?) at Bug Jam in the early 90s that had a very DIY roof chop and was cruising around the site all weekend full of blokes. Such things are now frowned upon unfortunately 

[HMC]

Works car park. 70 year old daimler photobomb 

[timolloyd]

Look at the size of the Smart in front?! 🙄

[bezzabsa]

53 minutes ago, HMC said:

Works car park. 70 year old daimler photobomb 

didnt you get a pic of the limo in there?????