trabitom's Mk1 343 GL Touring

[MJ]

I'm really liking your 343. Retro goodness

[SteveP]

Lovely 343 Tom, good choice with the 13" alloys - suit it very well!

[filthyjohn]

Aww man, that car is MEAN. Makes me yearn for a mk1, really want one now, but it'd have to be in some wild colour and striped. OOF.

[trabitom99]

OK, time for an update to this thread. Last weekend, the German DAF club had their "vario service day" where you can take your vario along and have it looked at by the experts:

The result was - new CVT belts, an oil change for primary and secondary CVT units, and a very interesting afternoon

Some pics:








Daf Sport alloys - made by ATS!

Stripey cars:




Didn't need the membranes (diaphragms?) but the old belts were pretty cracked:



Was a pretty sweaty journey - the heater valve is always slightly on - making the car freezing in winter and boiling in summer - other than that it stood up to the journey very well ...

Now time to tackle some rusty bits, then it's MOT time ...

Tom

[volvosneverdie]

I REALLY think im in love with that yellow coupe Tom.

[trabitom99]

Pretty, ain't it ? The lady's owned it for 17 years ... And I thought I kept my motors a long time.

[volvosneverdie]

Pretty, ain't it ? The lady's owned it for 17 years ... And I thought I kept my motors a long time.

If it was mine, i honestly dont think i could sell it EVER.
i dont think id ever sell the Prancing Moose either like.

[MCHUDD]

Hi Tom.
Those are a lovely set of alloys on your mk1.I would love a set like that for mine.
I live in hope.
Cheers Mark.

[filthyjohn]

Stripes are too cool!!!!

[volvosneverdie]

Stripes are too cool!!!!

too cool for school, drool, and a mule.

[foggyjames]

Those wheels are very rare in the UK. Most were crushed along with their cars years ago.

That workshop: WANT!

I dug the mk1 R-Sport out of my unit today. It doesn't want to start...fuel delivery. The long cranks (pumping fuel to the carbs) towards the end of the summer should have been a giveaway...porous lines. I'll fill the lines and carbs with fuel manually, and cross everything I can find!

cheers

James

[trabitom99]

More vario meet pics:

Belts:

Heinz-Jürgen's "winter daily":



More coupé pics:



That workshop was fantastic. But I'd settle for having access to a vehicle hoist close by too

Tom

[volvosneverdie]

dude that coupe just looks better and better every time i see it.

[SteveP]

Great pics Tom, love the 343 as always and as everyone else says that yellow coupe!

[MJ]

Certainly a nice looking car, the stripes really finish it off