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by Vortex O'Plinth
Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:45 pm
Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
Topic: New Book - Help Needed
Replies: 5
Views: 1265

Re: New Book - Help Needed

Here's an SP engine - out of the car...
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by Vortex O'Plinth
Mon Feb 06, 2017 1:29 pm
Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
Topic: SP250 VIN Number
Replies: 19
Views: 2812

Re: SP250 VIN Number

.... I wonder if the lubrication plates were fitted to all cars ; or were they introduced during production at some point(?) My car is a B-Spec ..... The lubrication plates were only fitted to cars built after the Jaguar takeover in 1960, although I'm not sure on which car they were first introduced.
by Vortex O'Plinth
Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:20 pm
Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
Topic: SP250 VIN Number
Replies: 19
Views: 2812

Re: SP250 VIN Number

The nearest thing you'll find to a VIN is the 'car' number. On the SP this is stamped on a plate tacked to the front of the chassis, shown here... chassis plate.JPG The markings are often nearly illegible these days... Plate 1.JPG .... and the plate can sometimes be missing after aggressive chassis ...
by Vortex O'Plinth
Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:25 am
Forum: Daimler for sale
Topic: Daimler for sale at Historics
Replies: 2
Views: 733

Re: Daimler for sale at Historics

There's a Conquest drophead and a Century drophead in the same sale.
by Vortex O'Plinth
Sat Feb 04, 2017 10:10 am
Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
Topic: sp250 door locating bush
Replies: 5
Views: 1117

Re: sp250 door locating bush

I don't know of any source for replacement bushes. I replaced mine with high modulus RTV - see here.
by Vortex O'Plinth
Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:07 pm
Forum: Chat Forum & General News
Topic: Who is online.
Replies: 4
Views: 952

Re: Who is online.

Could be - or the guests could just be members who haven't logged in?
by Vortex O'Plinth
Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:34 pm
Forum: Chat Forum & General News
Topic: Just when you think you have seen it all ....
Replies: 7
Views: 1217

Re: Just when you think you have seen it all ....

Just checked his other listings and you are up for a bargain http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/keyfobs-/152389775027?hash=item237b236eb3:g:RkkAAOSw5cNYTB6U ....or you could buy this instead - but then it's got to be worth the extra 100 quid for the wear...er sorry, 'patina'. (and I thought this one was exp...
by Vortex O'Plinth
Mon Jan 30, 2017 2:42 pm
Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
Topic: V8 Weaknesses
Replies: 20
Views: 3867

Re: V8 Weaknesses

It's hard to imagine any commercial engine that is not a design compromise in one respect or another. Certainly it's fair enough to be realistic about the weaknesses of the Turner V8, but by the standards of its day it was an exceptional exercise in engine design, and was widely recognised as such b...
by Vortex O'Plinth
Mon Jan 30, 2017 10:36 am
Forum: Chat Forum & General News
Topic: Just when you think you have seen it all ....
Replies: 7
Views: 1217

Re: Just when you think you have seen it all ....

Wow - got to be worth it for that Concours look! ..... or you could buy this - though it does come without the vintage rust.

Incidentally, I've wired mine (with original rust) to a CTEK battery charger lead - never realised what it was worth
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by Vortex O'Plinth
Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:53 pm
Forum: Daimler for sale
Topic: 15 for sale with strange engine.
Replies: 23
Views: 3876

Re: 15 for sale with strange engine.

Legally, the chassis defines the car's identity.... . Ivor Interesting quote.... ....there are many cars in existence today which claim the same chassis number as another car. This matter has become more important in the light of the recent Court of Appeal decision in Brewer v Mann which has upheld...