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simesb
12-06-10, 01:39 PM
My Dad is selling his classic Daimler SP250 Dart.

Linky (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1964-DAIMLER-SP250-Dart_W0QQitemZ120582506924QQihZ002QQcategoryZ29754 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

These are fairly rare (and a bit of an acquired taste) but the 2.5l V8 sounds superb :D
davepreston
12-06-10, 01:41 PM
that is a beautiful car there
Dicky Ticker
12-06-10, 01:53 PM
Wee bit out of my price range,much as I love classic cars
Quiff Wichard
12-06-10, 02:13 PM
your dad is minted- does he want to adopt me?
punyXpress
12-06-10, 03:30 PM
With an engine designed by Edward Turner it'll suit any bikers amongst us!
dizzyblonde
12-06-10, 05:26 PM
Thats a beautiful ... I'll have it for 18p, a washer and a scabby boiled sweet with sticky wrapper and fluff:)

It suits my acquired taste, better win the lottery!
Lozzo
12-06-10, 06:00 PM
With an engine designed by Edward Turner it'll suit any bikers amongst us!

I'm glad I scrolled through the replies before making a similar comment. Big difference between this and Mr Turner's earlier efforts, these engines don't mark their territory anywhere near as much.

In a previous life I retrimmed the interiors of a couple of these, one of which was originally a Metropolitan Police pursuit car.
simesb
12-06-10, 06:22 PM
your dad is minted- does he want to adopt me?

You could be the brother I never had :D

In a previous life I retrimmed the interiors of a couple of these, one of which was originally a Metropolitan Police pursuit car.

Now most of the plod cars have been converted back to plod spec for shows - weird.

Thats a beautiful ... I'll have it for 18p, a washer and a scabby boiled sweet with sticky wrapper and fluff:)

Looks like it may be sold already :( I used to enjoy driving that car when I got back to Dunblane.
punyXpress
12-06-10, 07:12 PM
Just watch the steering box on bumpy roads.
Tooling along at the top of Box Hill ( in a previous life ) my pal wiped the bottom of his steering box off on a bump. His balls fell out & turning the wheel had no effect at all!
Luckily his car jumped the grass lump between road & footpath & ' tramlined ' to a halt.
Brown trouser moment indeed.
barwel1992
12-06-10, 07:16 PM
thats nice :D
Biker Biggles
12-06-10, 08:30 PM
Hmmmm.Manual box----Seriously rare car that.
punyXpress
12-06-10, 09:55 PM
Not really - not many of the SP250 were automatic ( if any )
The V8 in the Jaguar Mk2 bodyshell was, and the manual version of that was rarer that hens' whatnots.
Lozzo
12-06-10, 10:05 PM
Just watch the steering box on bumpy roads.
Tooling along at the top of Box Hill ( in a previous life ) my pal wiped the bottom of his steering box off on a bump. His balls fell out & turning the wheel had no effect at all!
Luckily his car jumped the grass lump between road & footpath & ' tramlined ' to a halt.
Brown trouser moment indeed.

Your mate might be a bit wrong. The SP250 had a cam and peg steering box, no balls in there from what I can remember.
punyXpress
12-06-10, 10:16 PM
My bad - whatever, we couldn't find any on the road although the bottom plate & sundry spacers were there.
Think the lack of support at the bottom of the column caused the problem.
Always pi$$ed me off his car was just that bit quicker than my Healey 3000. I couldn't even tow him home. Happy daze!