Daimler 250 V8 Appraisal
December 11, 2024
Time for us to take a closer look at our Daimler 250 V8. First up, we need to carry out out a full and thorough
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Welcome Back
September 20, 2024
Our 1989 Daimler Double Six recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
Door Adjustment
August 16, 2024
During the pre-delivery inspection of our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster, Jonn noticed an issue with the driver’s door. Here are his notes on the repair:
Daimler 250 V8 PDI
July 3, 2024
Before our 1966 Daimler 250 V8 gets delivered, Jonn has been giving it a once over and found a couple of minor issues he wants
Recommission work on our Daimler Conquest
June 27, 2024
Loads has been happening this week on our 1954 Daimler Conquest as we continue to work through the recommissioning process. Some key activities include; securing
More Competition Prep
June 21, 2024
Jonn has been continuing his work preparing our 1989 Daimler Double Six for someone to win it in the near future through Bridge Classic Cars
Conquest Almost Complete
June 21, 2024
Technician Jonn has been hard at work on our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster preparing it to soon go live on Bridge Classic Cars Competitions. Here
1954 Daimler Conquest Recommissioning and Repairs
June 12, 2024
Jon is working through some of the tasks required on the recommissioning of our 1954 Daimler Conquest. First things first, he has completed the assessment
2 Daimlers Arrive
May 24, 2024
Yesterday, we welcomed two new classics into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, our 1966 Daimler 250 V8 and our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster. Once they
Competition Prep
May 13, 2024
Jonn has continued his work on our 1989 Daimler Double Six. His notes are below: Continue to replace spark plugs. Remove throttle tower and cruise
Daimler Repairs
May 2, 2024
Classic car technician Jonn has been making some repairs on our 1989 Daimler Double Six. Here are his notes: Investigate viscous fan rubbing cowling. Slacken
Daimler Repairs
April 29, 2024
Classic car technician Jonn has been completing some repairs on our 1989 Daimler Double Six. Here are his notes: Finish inspection and start repairs. Top
Double Six Progress
April 24, 2024
As our 1989 Daimler Double Six is being prepared to be won through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions, Jon has been completing some repairs. Here is
From Storage To The Workshop
April 15, 2024
Our 1989 Daimler Double Six has been transported from our secure storage facility to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
A Finished Classic
April 3, 2024
Our 1964 Daimler 250 has recently left the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. Before we said goodbye to it, Nick gave it a final photoshoot to
Daimler Repairs
February 8, 2024
Technician James has been working on our 1964 Daimler 250 V8. The steering pump has been overhauled and has been refitted to the car along
Coming soon – 1989 Daimler Double Six
December 11, 2023
This may be the first time you have seen our 1989 Daimler Double Six. The car has in fact been with us, in storage, for
Almost There
July 5, 2023
Classic car technician Rob has been hard at work putting our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 back together. After it spent some time in the paintshop,
Blowing Fuses
June 26, 2023
The door mirrors and interior lights of our 1994 Daimler Double Six keep blowing fuses so, classic car technician John has been investigating what could
Daimler Service
June 14, 2023
Classic car technician Steve has been servicing our 1994 Daimler Double Six. During his work on the car, he fitted new air, fuel, and oil
Painting By Numbers
June 5, 2023
After our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 was re-painted and polished, classic car technician Chris painted the number plates and the number plate backing to make
Panels And Polishing
May 30, 2023
After being painted in the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop, Chris has been putting all panels back onto our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 and polishing it
Repairs To A Returning Daimler
May 18, 2023
Our 1987 Daimler Double Six recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. After leaving us last year, it has come back for our team
Painting Our Daimler
May 15, 2023
After being stripped and undergoing some repairs on its bodywork, our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 has continued its time in the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop
Daimler Repairs
May 2, 2023
Our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 recently spent some time with classic car technician Chris. While with him, the spats on both the front and rear
Paint Prep
March 27, 2023
Our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 has been going through its preparation for paint with classic car technician Scott. Scott removed all the brightwork and trim
2 Classics Go Home
March 22, 2023
Our 1986 Daimler DS420 and our 1970 Bristol 411 have left the Bridge Classic Cars workshop and are now on their way back to their
Painting Daimler Parts
March 20, 2023
Classic car technician Mauro has been painting parts of our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 including the front suspension frame. This classic car has been in
Work Continues On Our Classic Daimler
March 16, 2023
Classic car technician Scott has been servicing the engine of our 1964 Daimler 250 V8. While doing this, Scott fitted new engine mounts and cleaned
Assessing Our Daimler 250
February 27, 2023
Our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 has been going through a detailed assessment with classic car technician Scott. Scott has been checking the car to see
Daimler 250 V8 Appraisal
December 11, 2024
Time for us to take a closer look at our Daimler 250 V8. First up, we need to carry out out a full and thorough appraisal. The spare tyre needs inflating so we’ve done that as well as all 4 fitted tyres.
The coolant has been topped up, we’ve tightened the battery terminals, slacken offside rear exhaust mount and lower pipe slightly before re-securing.
Top up rear axle with oil, greased all points. We’ve then used a lock wire to secure the ball joint rubbers.
Clean fuel cap and make new seal. Fit nyloc nut to nearside upper ball joint. Remove old fuel pipe from the rear. Cut new pipe to length. Remove rear arches and rear wheels to aid fitting new fuel pipe. Start to fit pipe and bend into position.
Finish fitting fuel pipe and secure both ends. Fit P-clip near to the tank end to help secure pipe.
Sleeve rubber hose over areas of contact. Paint exposed metal areas on rear suspension. Clean and re-stick lower door to sill seals. Check lights in boot. Check power from disconnected wires in boot and all is ok.
Check continuity of wiring and again, all is ok. Check earth and found no earth to boot lid. Run wire down loom inside boot.
Welcome Back
September 20, 2024
Our 1989 Daimler Double Six recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
Door Adjustment
August 16, 2024
During the pre-delivery inspection of our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster, Jonn noticed an issue with the driver’s door. Here are his notes on the repair:
Attend to report that drivers door will occasionally open whilst driving. Found catch spring not functioning to maintain pressure on catch. Strip and remove door panel.,found handle mechanism fitted upside down. Remove handle and catch assembly. Fit spring to catch to maintain pressure on catch. Refit to door and test. Ok now and handle sits and operates same as passengers door. Clean and apply double side tape to door panel and refit. Refit handle and test. Adjust striker and lubricate, ok. Remove and restick both front door pocket lining material.
Daimler 250 V8 PDI
July 3, 2024
Before our 1966 Daimler 250 V8 gets delivered, Jonn has been giving it a once over and found a couple of minor issues he wants to fix before it leaves us. Here are his notes:
Carry out pdi and minor items to attend to. Strip bonnet secondary catch. Reposition spring and resecure/test, ok. Remove driver sill cover. Remount brackets. Refit to car and drill out holes for brackets that hadn’t been fixed. Cut a section of new door seal and stick along sill edge.
Recommission work on our Daimler Conquest
June 27, 2024
Loads has been happening this week on our 1954 Daimler Conquest as we continue to work through the recommissioning process.
Some key activities include; securing the ignition switch into the dash. Jon has remove the reserve tank cable and blanked hole with a grommet. He has remove the carburettor suction chambers and pistons.
We have removed the float bowl tops and cleaned all parts. Then moving on to adjusted the float arms and checking the needle valves before refit. The jet depths have then be reset.
The carbs have been rebuilt and we have refitted the air filter, new spark plugs. The coolant has been drained too.
Jon has stripped the steering column centre and attended to a short circuit in the wiring loom inside the column.
Work continues on the steering column as we cut the wires to length and make new loom for horn and indicators. Make connections at horn push/indicator switch in centre of steering wheel.
Jon and John have rebuilt the loom down the shaft whilst Clinton went off to repair the split in the column tube.
Adjust ring inside steering wheel for indicator cancel function. Tap out the thread in the ring to secure and tap out the grub screw hole for securing centre to wheel.
We have then fitted the column tube, olive and securing nut to lower column and tightened in the correct position so indicator the switch was at the top of the steering wheel. Next up was to connect the wiring and test but the horn remained temperamental. The fault has been traced to the horn itself. We’ve now remove the horn and ordered a new one.
Finish grille top plate replacement and re-secure the grille.
We have tightened the bonnet catches each side and lubricated.
Wire in front fog lights. We’ve measured the lengths and madee twin core looms to run from the switch on the dash to each fog light before remove the fog lights and testing the bulbs. Both ok.
Jon has run wires along the existing loom and into the car, connecting them at the fog light ends and reassembling. The loom has been tested by connecting to the live feed from ignition, all ok.
Connect to fog light switch.
Make small wire from sidelight feed on back of light switch and connect to other side of fog light switch.
Turn on sidelights and test. Ok.
Connect the earth wire for interior fan and test.
Tighten offside mirror.
External work next. We have inflated the tyres, torque up the wheels and refitted the wheel trims.
The nearside window have been refitted and we have elongated the holes as the window catches on the A pillar. A bit more fettling required on this one.
More Competition Prep
June 21, 2024
Jonn has been continuing his work preparing our 1989 Daimler Double Six for someone to win it in the near future through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
Here are his notes:
Strip caliper. Remove all dust seals, pistons and seals. Clean thoroughly. Use new brake fluid to assemble with new seals and refit pistons. A couple of the pistons have corrosion but should seal after cleaning. Make new brake pipe from caliper to flexi hose.
Bend new brake pipe to rough shape of old pipe. Fit caliper and spacers to car. Fit new brake pipe and secure. Let gravity feed brake fluid into caliper. Refit pads and lubricate. Bleed caliper and test under pressure. No signs of leaks at this stage. Check brake operation and wheel spins freely upon release. Refit wheel and torque to spec.
Remove Aav from nearside engine. Clean thoroughly and attempt to free off. Test in hot water but valve slide inside seized. Requires new valve.
Conquest Almost Complete
June 21, 2024
Technician Jonn has been hard at work on our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster preparing it to soon go live on Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
Here are his notes from his recent work:
While drivers seat out, take chance to fit new battery. Remove old battery from behind drivers seat. Fit new battery and secure and fit connections. Refit cover. Hover out. Remove bung from floor and top up gearbox level. Refit bung and carpet and refit drivers seat.
Mount washer bottle to nearside inner wing in engine bay. It’s the inly place I can fit it and wiring loom is in the way. Cut loom and extend wires to coil, oil pressure switch and solder all joints. Shrink wrap and remount higher up inner wing and secure. Mount bottle and drill and fix bracket to wing. Fill up and connect pipes. Test. Adjust jets and retry, ok. Start to refit grill. Test fan direction correct. Swap wires so it now sucks air in front and blows through radiator.
Wash off gearbox. Tighten all bolts around sump area. Tighten bung. Drain rear differential. Clean both bungs and wash off. Apply Ptfe and fit drain bung. Fill with new oil and fit level bung.
Strip nearside front brake. Remove old wheel cylinders. Clean backplate and enlarge holes to take new wheel cylinders. Fit new cylinders and refit shoes. Refit drum and adjust shoes. Start the same process for offside front. Paint exposed bare metal areas black.
Strip offsidefront brake and repeat processes as nearside front. Clean and refit drum and adjust shoes.
Finish front brakes and bleed with pressure bleeder. Remove air filter and attend to bulkhead grommets a nd cable/wire routing. Remove distributor vacuum pipe. Replace bulkhead grommets. Secure wires to column. Drill and fit p clips to secure wiring in offside engine bay bulkhead area. Remove and re route speedo cable. Ch9ke able and hand throttle cable. Secure wiring under dashboard.reconnect cables and set/test. Tighten wing bolts.se are wiring away from throttle link at bulkhead. Drill out and fit new ball joint to gear change rod across bulkhead. Will need adjusting and setting as gears not aligned with column selector.
Grease all points from underneath. Carry out oil and filter change. Fit new filter and sump bung seal. Top up oil run and test. Refit front wheels.
1954 Daimler Conquest Recommissioning and Repairs
June 12, 2024
Jon is working through some of the tasks required on the recommissioning of our 1954 Daimler Conquest. First things first, he has completed the assessment on the ramp and took the car out on a road test drive. We have compiled a list of parts required so now we begin to work on the tasks at hand.
The brakes have now been stripped; the front require cylinders, the rear is mechanical. We have stripped and cleaned the rear and removed the brake linkages from the rear axle.
We have drilled out the rear brake linkage and fitted 10mm bolts in place of worn pin.
The hose and sleeve brake actuating rod has been cut so not to hit the gasses. We have disconnected the poorly routed brake light wire from the switch and pulled through to the boot.
We have now started to re route the wire and securing as we go.
Finish securing brake light wire to battery cable inside offside chassis rail and secure other end from fuse box to switch.
Clinton has made up an exhaust pipe so Jon has fitted this up. The joints have been secured and the mounts have been tightened. We have replaced the fuel hose at nearside inner wing and fitted new inline filter.
A new fuel cap lock and key has been fitted and modified to get cap to secure shut. Fit foam buffers on underside. Sand down moulded large o’ring and used as a seal for fuel cap.
We have mounted a new cooling fan into grill, drilled and made up brackets to secure.
The terminals have been changed to spades, connected and tested. All ok.
2 Daimlers Arrive
May 24, 2024
Yesterday, we welcomed two new classics into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, our 1966 Daimler 250 V8 and our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster.
Once they had been unloaded from the transporter, both were parked up ready to be inspected and assessed by the workshop team.
They will then go on to be won through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
Competition Prep
May 13, 2024
Jonn has continued his work on our 1989 Daimler Double Six. His notes are below:
Continue to replace spark plugs. Remove throttle tower and cruise control diaphragm to gain access to fit new plugs. Refit all components removed. Charge battery. Put 10lts fuel in and run up. Better now, running on all 12 cylinders. But AAV temperamental and can make idle speed drop and hunt. Recalled tie injector multi plugs. Top up coolant. Fit breather pipe to distributor cap.
Unblock washer jet and set aim. Disconnect Aux air valve pipe and blank off. Run and idle perfect. Reconnect have pipe and now idling fine but have may require replacing in future.
Continue light repairs. Fit new fuse for front sidelights and test. Investigate main beam not working offside replace blown bulb and test. Still not working. Check fuse and clean connections but still not working. Check power and earth supplies and found no earth. Rewire earth connector with new terminals and test, ok now. Investigate indicator issues. Remove offside front indicator and for d no earth also to bulbbholder.strip and resolver earth connector and refit and test, ok. Use contact spray on rear electric window switches and test, all ok. Start to remove spark plugs.
Daimler Repairs
May 2, 2024
Classic car technician Jonn has been making some repairs on our 1989 Daimler Double Six. Here are his notes:
Investigate viscous fan rubbing cowling. Slacken and reposition cowling so as not to foul fan blades.nearside rearcexhaust mount loose but will not tighten. Apply sealer to stop rattle. Remove nearside rear tailpipe mount and fit correctly to silencer and refit. Remove wheels ready for new tyres.
Investigate viscous fan rubbing cowling. Slacken and reposition cowling so as not to foul fan blades.nearside rearcexhaust mount loose but will not tighten. Apply sealer to stop rattle. Remove nearside rear tailpipe mount and fit correctly to silencer and refit. Remove wheels ready for new tyres.
Tidy area around where coolant had been spilt. Remove offside thermostat housing and thermostat. Clean all,components and make new gasket for housing. Fit both thermostats and housings and secure. Refit hoses and tighten all hoses. Remove clean and reseal fan sensor. Refit both air filters and housings and secure.
Refill cooling system with new anti freeze. Run up but still think nearside bank misfiring slightly. Remove plug leads and run up and remove a lead in turn to check. Remove spark plugs but unable to access cyl 1 a and 1 b. Cut old socket down and eventually manage to remove plugs. Order new set of 12. Investigate light issues. Remove both headlights and replace both side light bulbs but neither working. Check power supply nine.
Daimler Repairs
April 29, 2024
Classic car technician Jonn has been completing some repairs on our 1989 Daimler Double Six. Here are his notes:
Finish inspection and start repairs. Top up rear axle oil.strio front brakes. Remove pads and clean all,parts. With assistance from Julian. Work each caliper piston in out to free off. All freed off reasonably well. Refit pads and repeat process for other side. Strip front upper ball joints and fit new rubbers. Use lockwire to secure. Refit front wheels.
Remove exhaust downpipes section and heatshiels. Clean flanges and nuts. Fit new sealing rings to manifold flanges and refit. Work into position along with heatshiels. Secure at manifold and downpipe to front section with new nuts and bolts.
Strip and fit new front shock absorber bushes. Repair vacuum solenoid on nearside engine bank. Uut small,pieces of brake pipe and stickminto place. Refit vac pipe. Run and test for exhaust blow. Nearside ok now but offside blowing also. Strip and fit new gearbox mount bush. Strip offside exhaust downpipe and remove for cleaning and resealing.
Clean exhaust flanges and fit new sealing rings. Refit downpipe and heatshield. Strip offside front subframe bush and remove. Clean and fit new bush and secure.
Double Six Progress
April 24, 2024
As our 1989 Daimler Double Six is being prepared to be won through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions, Jon has been completing some repairs. Here is what he has been up to:
Reassemble after paint job. Refit boot trims and panels. Remove battery and charge. Reassemble removed parts from paint job. Clean battery tray and paint black. Fit modified battery hold down brackets and fit battery and secure. Help Lydia refit sunroof. Particularly awkward to get aligned. Lubricate and keep adjusting until satisfied with operation. Leave in the shut position to settle new seal in place. Refit wiper arms and wipers and test.
Investigate horn not working when refitting steering wheel centre push. Trace to earth fault but leave for now. Carry out full inspection and report. Grease all points. Reposition nearside driveshaft covers to gain access to grease nipples.
From Storage To The Workshop
April 15, 2024
Our 1989 Daimler Double Six has been transported from our secure storage facility to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
A Finished Classic
April 3, 2024
Our 1964 Daimler 250 has recently left the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
Before we said goodbye to it, Nick gave it a final photoshoot to show off just how beautiful it now is.
Daimler Repairs
February 8, 2024
Technician James has been working on our 1964 Daimler 250 V8. The steering pump has been overhauled and has been refitted to the car along with the drive belt and reservoir.
The system has been topped up, the underside areas cleaned and the car road tested. Then we checked under the car again, the steering pump and components are clean and dry now. The fluid levels were rechecked and found to be ok.
James checked the brakes while the car was on the ramp, and all was ok, although the car still had a leak from the older style “rope type” rear main. This would need the engine removing and upgrading to a modern equivalent involving modification to the engine block. Also, a small amount of coolant staining was found on the engines, but no obvious leaks when pressure testing.
Once James was finished with our Daimler, Tony loaded it into the trailer and transported it to our storage facility.
Coming soon – 1989 Daimler Double Six
December 11, 2023
This may be the first time you have seen our 1989 Daimler Double Six. The car has in fact been with us, in storage, for a number of years now but recently we handed the car over to our good friends at Motts Body Repair in Colchester to push forward with the body restoration of this beautiful machine.
This will eventually return to us for a full recommission before we decide what we will do with the car.
If you would like to see our Double Six as a future competition car then do let us know.
Almost There
July 5, 2023
Classic car technician Rob has been hard at work putting our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 back together.
After it spent some time in the paintshop, it came back into the main workshop so everything could be reassembled and made to look as good as possible before it goes back to its owner.
Rob cleaned up and refitted the chrome work, door panels, trim, and multiple other components.
As you can see from the photos below, our Daimler 250 V8 is looking better and better each day.
Blowing Fuses
June 26, 2023
The door mirrors and interior lights of our 1994 Daimler Double Six keep blowing fuses so, classic car technician John has been investigating what could be causing the issue.
John stripped down the door panel to remove the switch. Once the switch was removed, signs of corrosion were found so John dismantled and cleaned it before re-fitting.
Daimler Service
June 14, 2023
Classic car technician Steve has been servicing our 1994 Daimler Double Six.
During his work on the car, he fitted new air, fuel, and oil filters. Steve also removed the air conditioning pump and coil so he could change all 12 spark plugs. The spare wheel retainer had to be repaired as the roll pin had broken.
Steve noted that a new expansion tank cap was needed as the rubber seal on the current cap has split.
Painting By Numbers
June 5, 2023
After our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 was re-painted and polished, classic car technician Chris painted the number plates and the number plate backing to make sure the car looks as good as possible for when it gets returned to its owner in the near future.
When you have a classic car, these seemingly small paint jobs can go a long way in keeping your car in pristine condition so you, and everyone who sees it, can enjoy it as it deserves to be.
Panels And Polishing
May 30, 2023
After being painted in the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop, Chris has been putting all panels back onto our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 and polishing it to finish its repaint.
Now that it has been painted, it will go on to be put back together before moving on to the next stage of its restoration.
Repairs To A Returning Daimler
May 18, 2023
Our 1987 Daimler Double Six recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. After leaving us last year, it has come back for our team of technicians to resolve a few issues, including some paint repairs, a door not closing properly, and the steering wheel adjustment not working as it should.
Now that our technicians have rectified these issues, our Daimler will soon leave us again to return to its owner.
Painting Our Daimler
May 15, 2023
After being stripped and undergoing some repairs on its bodywork, our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 has continued its time in the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop with Chris.
Chris first stripped the paint from the classic Daimler in preparation for it to have epoxy primer applied. There was also some filler work that needed to be completed before the car moved into final primer.
After being primed, our Daimler 250 was prepped for its final coat of paint. Once all of Chris’s preparations were complete, he then moved on to applying the colour to the freshly primed body.
Daimler Repairs
May 2, 2023
Our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 recently spent some time with classic car technician Chris. While with him, the spats on both the front and rear ends were repaired.
As progress continues on our Daimler V8, we are looking forward to getting it back out on the road very soon.
Paint Prep
March 27, 2023
Our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 has been going through its preparation for paint with classic car technician Scott.
Scott removed all the brightwork and trim ready to be fully prepped for a new coat of paint. Before our classic Daimler is finished in the paint shop, Scott also cleaned all the items he removed so they are ready to go back on the car once painted.
The front axle was reassembled and fitted back onto the car too.
2 Classics Go Home
March 22, 2023
Our 1986 Daimler DS420 and our 1970 Bristol 411 have left the Bridge Classic Cars workshop and are now on their way back to their owner in the Netherlands.
Both cars have been completely transformed from how they looked when they first arrived with us and we are very excited to see them be reunited with their owner. The 1970 Bristol 411 was a right-hand drive vehicle before our team of classic car technicians converted it to a left-hand drive. Once converted it was rebuilt and eventually turned into the beautiful classic car you can see in the images below.
The 1986 Daimler DS420 originated in America before being brought to us. Since being in the workshop, its colour has changed from white to blue and various other issues have been resolved to get the car into the condition it leaves us in.
After a lot of time and effort, it is always great to see restored cars leaving the Bridge Classic Cars workshop and being returned to their owners.
We hope our customer enjoys their restored classics and we look forward to seeing them being driven on the roads in the Netherlands.
Painting Daimler Parts
March 20, 2023
Classic car technician Mauro has been painting parts of our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 including the front suspension frame.
This classic car has been in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for a few weeks now and work has been ongoing to get it back out on the road after being in storage for several years.
Work Continues On Our Classic Daimler
March 16, 2023
Classic car technician Scott has been servicing the engine of our 1964 Daimler 250 V8. While doing this, Scott fitted new engine mounts and cleaned the old caked-on grease and oil from the engine. He also replaced the brake master cylinder.
Scott moved on to refitting the rear axle. However, while he was building it back up, he noticed that the threads were damaged on the off-side rear half shaft so a new shaft and bearing were ordered.
While waiting for the new shaft to arrive, Scott removed and stripped the front axle. Once the new parts were here, the old half shaft was removed and replaced with the new shaft and bearing.
Assessing Our Daimler 250
February 27, 2023
Our 1964 Daimler 250 V8 has been going through a detailed assessment with classic car technician Scott.
Scott has been checking the car to see what work and parts will be required to get it back out on the road. His initial findings suggest that most of the brakes and rubber components need to be replaced.
The next step of Scott’s assessment involved checking and cleaning the fuel system. He removed the old tank and checked the electrics. While doing this, Scott found that the pump wasn’t working so he has replaced this with a temporary one for now.
Scott went on to check the oil and make sure that there were no obstructions in the intake. He was actually able to get the car running before he stripped and rebuilt the brake calipers.
Once the car was running, Scott moved our Daimler to the wash bay. After removing the wheels, he steam-cleaned the underside of all of the old thick grease and grime.
The rear axle was removed, stripped, and cleaned and the rear bushings were removed too. The rear springs were also removed and cleaned.
After Scott had finished his assessment, classic car technician Mauro painted the rear diff and propshaft of our 1964 Daimler 250 V8.
