Henry, Sam and Allen revive a Daimler 2.5 V8/V8-250 and discover a new use for a leaf shredder in the process. First shown in Junk & Disorderly series 1 on ITV4.
I watch all of your t.v programmes Henry , always fun , interesting and informative , i like that you use the best people available to you for each job , and your unique use of Candy Apple Red metallic is legendary .
I tell you that's a lovely little shredder. The one my dad had wasn't electric. It had a five horsepower motor with a steel barrel with an opening hopper big enough to suck in a small child. If that wasn't dangerous enough the pulleys to turn it were exposed and sometimes it would throw bits out it didn't like. Somehow my siblings and parents survived. It almost took one of grandad's fingers once though. If Alan won't have the thing and you still have it, send it over, I'm just across the pond.
That is a beautiful car Henry 😍 I would throw that shredder in the skip though 😅nice to see Alan balancing carbs with old skool tube in the ear I think that's why I got tinitus now
Very cool car. My dad bought one at an auction in Exeter in 1997. Paid £450 for it, but it had rusty sills, bad exhausts and intermittent, total brake failure!!!!! He drove it back to London but never really drove it after. I dropped off the back axle. Not sure why! Did it by myself. I was 14 at the time! Sold/swapped the car later for a Mini! Just before the prices shot up! It was still driving around North London for many years after. Reg was JTK 389G, still on the DVLA register!
Henry, love your shows but please for the next series of Find it, fix it drive it let us have your commentary only, Joe Brand does nothing. for the programme, sorry.
J&D with Allen & Skid was TV Gold I love Sam but, going three up on that Monkey bike in series 2, that auction that they all went to, the tractor ride to Patrick's and the general bamter between them throughout the series surpassed sublime. I laughed so much I nearly paid the license fee 🤣
I had one when they were new, it was a beautiful car. That exhaust was a nightmare to fit, very complicated and awkward with the cross balance pipe. There weren't any quick fit exhaust centers back then. The trouble with the exhaust was that it was part alloy, part steel and the two metals reacted with each other and consequently they didn't last long. I got through three.
Underpowered at 137 bhp. It's more than 100 bhp less than a Jaguar mk 2. It should have had the Daimler 4.5 V8. The same as fitted to the Daimler Majestic major. 220 + bhp. Another Edward Turner masterpiece.
I had one back in the day. As was common with these engines, it cracked a main bearing cap resulting in a decapitated piston and bent pushrod. Replaced the engine with a 4.5 litre version of the motor from a Daimler Majestic….
Originality wasn’t a problem back then, lol! The Majestic engine looked visually identical but 125% the size so it needed a couple of clearance tweaks to the engine bay. Also, the steering rods had to be dropped to clear the sump. If I was doing it today, I’d repair/tune the little jewel of the 2.5 motor or swap it out for a small block Ford or (God forbid) a Rover V8 which would both fit with little trouble or modification….
@@frankieboy302 It wasn't! Many a Jaguar Mk2 and a few Daimlers I suspect, had the Chev or Holden V8, even the Leyland V8 transplant. I'm talking Australia by the way. I must agree that an upgrade of the Daimler 2.5 would be the way to go. I suspect it would not be cheap!
@@clayauslewis4236 At least now we’ve got the internet to search specialist parts manufacturers now. I always suspected that Triumph twin motorcycle pistons might be made to fit (same engine designer- Edward Turner). I guess I’ll never know..!
Yep, the bonneville pistons were 8 thou undersized so fitted wonderfully if you took the time to bore out 12 thou and get a set of +20s. Although not much to be gained by using them. Hepolite Powermax pistons ramped up the compression ratio nicely but had issues with flamefronts on the road so only really viable for track use. Not sure why you say they were common to have main cap breaks. There is usually something sinister at play for a main cap to break. Although they are narrow and cast iron they usually don't suffer with general everyday use. Biggest issue with these engines is the terrible inlet manifold and the soft cam used due to the fueling issues it causes. Otherwise it could easily produce more power easily. And to be fair, most people's experiences are with the BW35 fitted to a v8 which zaps power and offers a comfortable but sloppy drive. Fit a manual and the beast starts to show its truer colours
Excuse me? How little for that V8 250? Don’t tell me it’s manual as well? So cheap! It’s my dream car... looks wise, after a Aston Martin DB4 this is my favourite car - in silver though! It’s a thing of beauty, sheer beauty - the lines, the stance! 💪👍
Hello there. That was a poor do. We have the crack all day at our repair place. A bloak came in talking football. He was going on about Sheffield Wednesday. I chipped in and said his that a Bank Holiday. He frowned and went away. I hate football. 70% of people in this country don't watch football.
As soon as I saw those dreadful pretend "coombs arches" I was going to comment remove them Infact if they we're fibreglass you should have shredded them ghastly things
I have a unrestored Daimler 250 Saloon right hand drive in Southern California....its so sad...these cars have no value...5,800.00 pounds that is insane...they never go up in value...i need to roll my car into the crusher at the junk yard
I watch all your programs Henry and this one of your best, however it's ruined by jo brand's commentary. Not only does she have an awful, irritating accent, she sounds so disinterested in the content that it distracts the viewer. Please, please use somebody (anybody) else on future episodes!
