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Daimler 2½ litre V-8 “Cresta”
prototype DN250 history of the project part 2 gathering parts and still
looking at the wreck – May 2007 to June 2007 |
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27 May 2007 Aladdin’s
Cave is at Ringwood, a few miles North of Christchurch, Hants and lies behind
this entrance. John Nash, who founded
he Daimler Enthusiasts’ Club, has a vast collection of parts and a number of
Daimlers some in need of restoration and others fit only for breaking. Some parts still bear Ben Mason’s labels. |
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27 May 2007 Inside
Aladdin’s cave – but there is so much more than this. |
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27 May 2007 The
gear box for LSL 929. The rear
suspension guarding it is not from a lorry or a bus, but a post-war Daimler
limousine. |
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27 May 2007 The
engine for LSL 929, fundamentally complete but missing a few
accessories. The Conquest radiator
shell which John selected to go with these is in a black bin bag but not
these pictures. |
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29 May 2007 First
check of the radiator grill for size.
Nothing will be cut to size until later in the project. |
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29 May 2007 The
workshop photographs show that the A-pillar is vertical. I think that I can adjust it to either
vertical or even slightly backward sloping and make a new window frame to
match. This should reduce a weakness
at the joint of the A-Pillar with the body and might enable me to move the
structural metal behind the dashboard slightly forward and give more room to
model a new dashboard. |
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29 May 2007 In
both the artist’s impression and the photographs, Daimler retained the base
of the rear fins. I will assume that
(rightly or wrongly) they had not got round to this detail and will remove
all signs of the fins and round off the tops of the rear wings. New rear door handles will be needed, as in
the both the artist’s impression and the photographs. |
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29 May 2007 Fitting
a Daimler steering wheel to the Vauxhall steering column might be a problem,
so I may experiment with a complete Daimler steering box, adjustable column
and wheel assembly and shorten the column if necessary. PS
Dave the Metal at Jules Bodycraft can see no problem fitting the Daimler
steering wheel . |
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22 June 2007 The
scuttle with the screen removed but before stripping – still at WT Bells. |
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