dusted off the Daimler

[scooters]

the '79 Daimler was pressed into immediate action this morning as my Pringle pastel jumper and slacks mobile - aka the Lexus LS400 is in Edinburgh and I've sold my dahn sarff daily to torsten who is coming to drink beer tonight.New battery, some oil, a fill up and a burn up and down the M1 for 30 miles and it seems to be working a treat! £80 to fill up both tanks though - friggin ouch!driving it gives me a semi quite franklyI will get some pics up to show some of the wonderful rust holes - the inside has that smell of leather, oil, petrol and damp that is so common in 30 year old jags

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Carburtootered Series 2, or Injected Series 3? I'm assuming there's a bit of 4.2 action going on?I had a Tudor white Series 3 XJ6 3.4 with red leathers, March 1979 on the T - one of the very first.

[scooters]

very early '79 on a T plate - injucted 4.2 Series 3lurvin it

[FredTransit]

Would have liked to dust off my daimler, only some git nicked the plates off it down me storage. Bit stupid really, cos it's not taxed.

[scooters]

upgraded the RAC membership to rescue today - the Daimler has to get me from Herts to Lincoln tomorrow and then onto Edinburgh - good workout which should identify any issues - here's hping to getting back under my own steam - getting fed up of late nights on the hard shoulder with the c0cking Moggy!!!

[FredTransit]

Who have you get the re mortgage through, for the petrol?

[scooters]

yeah - tell me about it - fortunately:a/ I have been driving around in XJ40s for a while including a DD6b/ I think the 28-30mpg my LS400 returns is excellent so I am conditioned to gas guzzlershaving said that - it cost me £85 to fill her up yesterday on cheap sainsbury petrol as well....ouch!!!60mph methinks - keep the revs below 2,100of course I can also claim the fuel as a travel expense so I shouldn't be whining.The car is getting valeted tomorrow am by the guy who does the company cars at work - complete bargain £20 in and out for a £50 job

[FredTransit]

When we bought our Daimler, we could only get £30 in between both tanks, so I reckon it had maybe £80 in it already?