COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[reddiesel]

I remember driving over in Norfolk around 2005 and seeing a sign in the middle of a field . " Sierra Spares For Sale and some Cortina too ". That's Norfolk for you

[LastPoster]

swisstoni said:

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

reddiesel said:

The Cortina , for 30 years a constant backdrop for the British way of life . We all knew times were good when dad could afford to swap the Cortina for another . We didn't need a Sky subscription , a Raleigh Chopper and a ride on the back of Terrys old Bantam as we raced along the disused railway was all the entertainment I ever wanted

WHS.
I still have a soft spot for 'Tina's. Especially estates for some reason.
The clatter of a well worn and neglected Pinto camshaft is part of the soundtrack of my youth.

There were plenty of little businesses who did nothing but replace Pinto camshafts, in those days.

Was it urban legend, or real that you could take the ashtray out of the dash and cut a hole in the bulkhead to pull the cam out rather than take the head off?

The head came off on Dad's

[swisstoni]

Sadly not. I’d planned to do it myself and studied the Haynes manual, bought the special splined tool required for the headbolts ….
Then bottled it and took it to one of the specialists.

[Error_404_Username_not_found]

I can remember seeing some "rally-prepped" Escorts with holes in the bulkhead and dash, covered with sheet steel panels, for exactly that purpose.
The usual cure was a trip to the scrappies for a head from a crash victim. That or just ignore the racket.

[Composer62]

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

I can remember seeing some "rally-prepped" Escorts with holes in the bulkhead and dash, covered with sheet steel panels, for exactly that purpose.
The usual cure was a trip to the scrappies for a head from a crash victim. That or just ignore the racket.

My dad had a Cortina 2000 GXL that succumbed - NWS 306M, Daytona yellow with a black vinyl roof. Lovely car.

Looks like it carried on until 1984 according the DVLA database !

He traded it in for a Datsun 160B that looks like it lasted until around 1985 - NLS 220P

[Turbobanana]

reddiesel said:

I remember driving over in Norfolk around 2005 and seeing a sign in the middle of a field . " Sierra Spares For Sale and some Cortina too ". That's Norfolk for you

Where I grew up (North Wales), every taxi was a Cortina. The cab firms had the monopoly on 'Tina parts at the scrappie's. Used car sites like ours knew that if you needed a part you rang the cab firms and it would appear the next day in a taxi. Which was a Cortina, of course.

[GTRene]

hah, I just got a picture on the family app from my sister, a sister of mine and a brother in law are on vacation for 3 weeks in the UK, normally they send some pictures in Wales of say landscape and old places, its lovely there.

but now they also sent a picture of a old Dutch car make my brother in law spotted, so my sister took a picture of him and the car, a red DAF 33 in RHD... lol

Rob spotted a DAF 33 in RHD in Wales in Dolgellau (no idea were that is)

Edited by GTRene on Thursday 13th June 21:29

[Error_404_Username_not_found]

Nice spot Rene!
I was once offered a DAF33, complete and running in excellent condition, for free.
I declined

But it's nice to see a survivor.

[GTRene]

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

Nice spot Rene!
I was once offered a DAF33, complete and running in excellent condition, for free.
I declined

But it's nice to see a survivor.

thanks, guess those are getting rare in Wales, I did not even know they also made RHD DAF cars in those times

I have not seen one in a long time, but I remember 40 years ago a guy from work had also a DAF car put on the attic of his new garage/shed... and closed it, he said one day the price will go through the roof... but they are stil cheap so already 40 years (if he still lives there) on the attic of his garage/shed. I laughed a bit at the time, but for now I was correct, but I guess love is in the eye of the beholder.

[Maxdecel]

GTRene said:

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

Nice spot Rene!
I was once offered a DAF33, complete and running in excellent condition, for free.
I declined

But it's nice to see a survivor.

thanks, guess those are getting rare in Wales, I did not even know they also made RHD DAF cars in those times

I have not seen one in a long time, but I remember 40 years ago a guy from work had also a DAF car put on the attic of his new garage/shed... and closed it, he said one day the price will go through the roof... but they are stil cheap so already 40 years (if he still lives there) on the attic of his garage/shed. I laughed a bit at the time, but for now I was correct, but I guess love is in the eye of the beholder.

Oh yes, I remember seeing broken belts lying in the road.
One went through Mathewsons auction Couple of years ago.

[GTRene]

Maxdecel said:

GTRene said:

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

Nice spot Rene!
I was once offered a DAF33, complete and running in excellent condition, for free.
I declined

But it's nice to see a survivor.

thanks, guess those are getting rare in Wales, I did not even know they also made RHD DAF cars in those times

I have not seen one in a long time, but I remember 40 years ago a guy from work had also a DAF car put on the attic of his new garage/shed... and closed it, he said one day the price will go through the roof... but they are stil cheap so already 40 years (if he still lives there) on the attic of his garage/shed. I laughed a bit at the time, but for now I was correct, but I guess love is in the eye of the beholder.

Oh yes, I remember seeing broken belts lying in the road.
One went through Mathewsons auction Couple of years ago.

those belts, can't remember seeing those, I guess they were not as good as the later ones used on some car transmissions.

I have no idea if say a DAF 33 is les rare then say such 66 coupe, guess those came also later, does the 33 of 66 stand for hp? edit, nope.

ow, I just read this, I thought the 33 was older, but came after the more famous 44 and 55

wiki said:

The DAF 33 is a compact saloon car produced by the DAF company of Eindhoven, in the Netherlands between 1967 and 1974. Outwardly and technically it differed little from its predecessor, the DAF Daffodil.

1966 had seen the introduction of the Michelotti styled DAF 44 which appeared to compete in virtually the same market segment as the Daffodil-based design; but the 33, its development costs presumably long since amortised,[citation needed] remained in production with its new name. A more luxurious version became available in 1969. Thereafter the car changed very little: however, the 6 volt electrical system was replaced with a 12 volt one in 1972.[citation needed]

The DAF 33, in common with other DAF cars, featured a continuously variable transmission system, the DAF Variomatic, which used a V-shaped drive belt and two pulleys connected to a limited-slip differential, giving a CVT-like operation. Notably, this design meant the 33 had almost the same top speed in reverse gear as it did in forward motion; around 70 mph.[1]

[Error_404_Username_not_found]

Well every day is a school day. I had no idea of Michelotti's involvement. The same design house that produced my favourite family of Triumph saloons.
I knew someone who tried a DAF engine and transmission in a home built racing sidecar outfit. The idea was to keep the engine at constant revs (full power) and manually vary the transmission. He crashed it at Mallory Park and hurt himself.
But I had to respect his originality.

[Maxdecel]

GTRene said:

ow, I just read this, I thought the 33 was older, but came after the more famous 44 and 55

wiki said:

The DAF 33 is a compact saloon car produced by the DAF company of Eindhoven, in the Netherlands between 1967 and 1974. Outwardly and technically it differed little from its predecessor, the DAF Daffodil.

1966 had seen the introduction of the Michelotti styled DAF 44 which appeared to compete in virtually the same market segment as the Daffodil-based design; but the 33, its development costs presumably long since amortised,[citation needed] remained in production with its new name. A more luxurious version became available in 1969. Thereafter the car changed very little: however, the 6 volt electrical system was replaced with a 12 volt one in 1972.[citation needed]

The DAF 33, in common with other DAF cars, featured a continuously variable transmission system, the DAF Variomatic, which used a V-shaped drive belt and two pulleys connected to a limited-slip differential, giving a CVT-like operation. Notably, this design meant the 33 had almost the same top speed in reverse gear as it did in forward motion; around 70 mph.[1]

...... the DAF Daffodil. I'd forgotten the original name.
....connected to a limited-slip differential
Every day's a school day !

[Maxdecel]

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

Well every day is a school day. I had no idea of Michelotti's involvement. The same design house that produced my favourite family of Triumph saloons.
I knew someone who tried a DAF engine and transmission in a home built racing sidecar outfit. The idea was to keep the engine at constant revs (full power) and manually vary the transmission. He crashed it at Mallory Park and hurt himself.
But I had to respect his originality.

Here's one he did earlier. The Siluro - https://www.supercars.net/blog/1968-daf-55-siluro/

[Turbobanana]

GTRene said:

hah, I just got a picture on the family app from my sister, a sister of mine and a brother in law are on vacation for 3 weeks in the UK, normally they send some pictures in Wales of say landscape and old places, its lovely there.

but now they also sent a picture of a old Dutch car make my brother in law spotted, so my sister took a picture of him and the car, a red DAF 33 in RHD... lol

Rob spotted a DAF 33 in RHD in Wales in Dolgellau (no idea were that is)

Edited by GTRene on Thursday 13th June 21:29

Dolgellau is in the heart of Snowdonia National Park (which we now have to call Eryri due to the Welsh Nationaists), not far from where I grew up.

Even closer to where I grew up, there's a guy in Rhyl with several sheds full of DAFs which he's been systematically offering on eBay over the past few months.

DAFs (and later, Volvo 66s) were a reasonably common sight in the 70s.

[Sardonicus]

[Fane]

TR4man said:

I’ve frequently seen this lovely 1913 Chalmers around the Cheshire / Shropshire borders and tonight it was parked up at our local pub.

The owner's called Andy - a lovely man. He Sprints and Hillclimbs the car and has gotten progressively faster and faster over the years.

[sortedcossie]

There's a DAF33 not far from us, a kind of butter yellow colour. It's an odd looking thing, and tiny compared to even the smallest of more modern cars.

[Speed 3]

sortedcossie said:

There's a DAF33 not far from us, a kind of butter yellow colour. It's an odd looking thing, and tiny compared to even the smallest of more modern cars.

Our next door neighbour when I was a kid had one in that colour. It seemed small compared to dad's Cortina even back then.

[GTRene]

Speed 3 said:

sortedcossie said:

There's a DAF33 not far from us, a kind of butter yellow colour. It's an odd looking thing, and tiny compared to even the smallest of more modern cars.

Our next door neighbour when I was a kid had one in that colour. It seemed small compared to dad's Cortina even back then.

Ah a direct neighbor of us at our right at the time, were we lived back then in the sixties, had I believe green DAF not sure if it was a 44 but I think so, and before that also a DAF in another color.

when we looked like this... I'm in the middle and in front of our house which you can not see, but you can see the parking Lot, which was mostly half empty so we could play there.
You can also see some cars, but not in color.. maybe someone can see what cars those are at that moment in time when my Dad took that picture, I can recognize the Opel kadett, and some rears look a bit like from a DAF or maybe a Fiat Neckar? my Dad had such sort also once, but then he had many cars those days, fiats mostly back then.