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by Fossil
Mon May 15, 2023 7:48 pm
Forum: Daimler for sale
Topic: Daimler DF306 2 door Hooper bodied car
Replies: 14
Views: 1435

Re: Daimler DF306 2 door Hooper bodied car

I've dug out my copies of the Hooper record too, and as noted above it confirms Dave's suggestion: 3.5 litre chassis no 91452, body no 10023, a 2 door body design no 8380, date of delivery July 1954. I suspect that Mr Verbrugge was either Belgian or Dutch. Google tells me that there was a Belgian ar...
by Fossil
Thu May 11, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: Daimler for sale
Topic: Daimler DF306 2 door Hooper bodied car
Replies: 14
Views: 1435

Re: Daimler DF306 2 door Hooper bodied car

Yes, it's a larger engine than a Century's 2.4 litre, so likely a 3.5 litre or larger. I thought that the no plate might be Belgian, but it's a long time since I was there. I think the other part of the front bumper, lying on its front and not visible at the front of the car, is also in the boot.

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by Fossil
Thu May 11, 2023 2:37 pm
Forum: Daimler for sale
Topic: Daimler DF306 2 door Hooper bodied car
Replies: 14
Views: 1435

Re: Daimler DF306 2 door Hooper bodied car

Yes, it's a larger engine than a Century's 2.4 litre, so likely a 3.5 litre or larger. I thought that the no plate might be Belgian, but it's a long time since I was there. I think the other part of the front bumper, lying on its front and not visible at the front of the car, is also in the boot.
by Fossil
Thu May 11, 2023 12:00 am
Forum: Daimler for sale
Topic: Daimler DF306 2 door Hooper bodied car
Replies: 14
Views: 1435

Re: Daimler DF306 2 door Hooper bodied car

Dave Philpot and Darren Watkinson kindly pointed this out to me, but I regret that it is not the missing Dauphin. Thank you for reproducing my earlier post on the topic of the DJ256 Hooper Empresses. Dave thinks it's the 3.5 litre DF306 chassis no 91452, Hooper body no 10023 which is noted on p206 o...
by Fossil
Sun Feb 19, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
Topic: Green Stuff pads - SP250
Replies: 9
Views: 834

Re: Green Stuff pads - SP250

I've also had Greenstuff pads all round without problems for many years. I did have squeal troubles a long long time ago but these were completely cured by shims which are still in place. If your pads are sitting slightly too high is it possible that there is an issue at the curved bottoms of the pa...
by Fossil
Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:25 pm
Forum: Daimler for sale
Topic: 1949 Bentley Mk VI (with a difference)
Replies: 7
Views: 772

Re: 1949 Bentley Mk VI (with a difference)

Absolutely!!

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by Fossil
Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:14 pm
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: Daily Telegraph praises Majestic Major
Replies: 1
Views: 230

Daily Telegraph praises Majestic Major

No, really: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic/uks-rarest-cars-1962-daimler-majestic-major-one-12-left-british/?WT.mc_id=e_DM103937&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Car_New&utmsource=email&utm_medium=Edi_Car_New20230207&utm_campaign=DM103937 Well done those involved! Enjoy! Cheers F...
by Fossil
Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
Topic: SP250 spark plug
Replies: 4
Views: 493

Re: SP250 spark plug

With apologies to those who may feel offended, why do so many recommend NGK plugs? I tried many of the recommended types from various sources about 40 years ago, and they all misfired after relatively short periods of time; and no, there was nothing relevant wrong with the engine, no excessive oil c...
by Fossil
Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:35 pm
Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
Topic: Inlet manifold
Replies: 18
Views: 1287

Re: Inlet manifold

Hi everyone This thread has brought to my mind a couple of memories relating to water consumption from Daimler V8 and other cylinder heads: First, the most distant, from the late 60s and one of my first attempts to remove a cylinder head, from a Conquest, or it may have been a Century. It was an ear...
by Fossil
Sat Jan 07, 2023 3:01 pm
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: 1956 Hooper Empress III
Replies: 60
Views: 3738

Re: 1956 Hooper Empress III

Hi Marc Good to 'meet' you! I have a 1954 Daimler Dauphin, the first of three made on the DJ256 MkI Century chassis. It has the Hooper Empress design but shrunk cleverly to fit the smaller chassis, and has only two doors with a lowered roof line: it is really a 2+2 Empress style fixed head coupe, bu...