captain_70s Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I'know I reckon the only way a new member could make a better first impression would be if they also had a Triumph Acclaim L with raised digit numberplates... GrahamR and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 In beige! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 GrahamR and Felly Magic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Festival of the unexceptional would be a good place for this? Braddon81, oldcars, wuvvum and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 /\ but a bloody long way from Aberdeen. Especially in an original Duster. somewhatfoolish and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 It would clean up at FOTU though, I'd put a tenner on it for defo trigger and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Brilliant stuff ! The backstory sounds fascinating : why would anyone store a Duster in a heated garage for 25 years ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Crikey. The gist I get from the buyers guide was that anything could go wrong with it at any time. Doors bending when you slam them too hard... Christ... What a find though, can't see there being any more than a handful of these left. My only recollection of them was there were 2 on my way to school as a kid, both the van type and proper hanging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamR Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Brilliant stuff ! The backstory sounds fascinating : why would anyone store a Duster in a heated garage for 25 years ?It was in a garage that contained a central heating boiler, so not technically a heated garage I suppose, but there would certainly have been some "incidental heat gain" (going back to my college days there!) Datsuncog, egg and Sigmund Fraud 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamR Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Festival of the unexceptional would be a good place for this?Yes, but too far for me I think. I do intend taking it to "Dacia Day 2018" which is a national event organised by Dacia UK - date and venue still to be confirmed. egg and mat_the_cat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 That makes more sense, I had visions of some eccentric millionaire storing a Duster next to his collection of vintage Bentleys etc. as an investment*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamR Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Crikey. The gist I get from the buyers guide was that anything could go wrong with it at any time. Doors bending when you slam them too hard... Christ... What a find though, can't see there being any more than a handful of these left. My only recollection of them was there were 2 on my way to school as a kid, both the van type and proper hanging.Zero currently on the road according to the "How Many Left?" website. I'm aware of a few that are currently not licenced including one that's been shipped back to Romania, completely restored, and is now ready to come back to the UK! Chris2cv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Someone else on here has an original Duster don't they? I'm sure I remember a thread from a couple of years ago. GrahamR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Sam Glover had one - I think SambaS ended up buying it off him. trigger and Braddon81 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 There's another lad just joined up who has his own steam train... Yes RRJ joined at my behest and is certainly mad/daft/eccentric enough to fit in well here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Brilliant. Talbot Horizon steering wheel? I don't know about that, but this type of steering wheel has been factory fitted on some ARO and Dacia until 1994. Stunning! Love the details on that- the clamshell bonnet and slam panel remind me of a Range Rover, and I'm trying to place where those door handles have been sourced from (Peugeot 104?) R12 (well, Romanian made actually, all the parts were produced in Romania at the time fabrication of Aro 10 started), just like the engine, steering wheel, dashboard, brakes and headlights and lots of other parts. GrahamR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Jings, Crivvens what a cracker! How many of these have survived here?My guess = 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 It would clean up at FOTU though, I'd put a tenner on it for defoMight have some stiff competition from Wobbler's Invacar this year mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamR Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Jings, Crivvens what a cracker! How many of these have survived here? Not many I guess. Enjoy!It's not the only one. I'm aware of at least two others which are not on the road, plus there's this beauty newly finished a complete restoration in Romania. I think it's is due back in the UK later this year. egg, trigger, HillmanImp and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Bloody brilliant. As someone else spotted, looks like a Talbot parts bin steering wheel. I’m still trying to work out what the three stud steels are shared with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 The hubs are probably Renault 12/Dacia 1300 even if the wheels aren't. The Romanians have (or had) a huge market in 3 hole alloys, just Google Dacia 1300/1310 images. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Jeepers!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamR Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 In beige!No, my Acclaim is Opaline Green Metallic actually egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Someone else on here has an original Duster don't they? I'm sure I remember a thread from a couple of years ago. We had that lad with the Dacia Pickup project - was it Renix or similar? I vaguely recall he mentioned something about a Duster. In fact I do remember seeing some pics of a very derelict one on here a few years back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 dacia jizzy fizzy tastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 I’m still trying to work out what the three stud steels are shared with... PCD 3x150 (6x150 on later models), 14 inch (15 on later models). I have no idea where they are from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidel_Kakao Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Fap. That is all I have to say about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian_pt Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Tremendous stuff. There's a dark blue one on an E plate getting restored, and I know of one other, in the SE, in long term storage. HML suggests a couple of others too, I've heard rumours of another in Cornwall, and last year there was a red example for sale in France, which had been exported from the UK in about '94. But they're certainly rare beasts... GrahamR and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Good Lord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 We had that lad with the Dacia Pickup project - was it Renix or similar? I vaguely recall he mentioned something about a Duster. In fact I do remember seeing some pics of a very derelict one on here a few years back Where did he go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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