There are "Barn Finds" and there are "Heated Garage Finds"!
Discussion
I drive a Dacia Duster as my daily, and was interested in the original Dacia Dusters from the 1980's and early 90's, of which very few survive. About a year ago I was informed about an original Duster found in a garage after the owner sadly passed away. It is a 1992 Dacia Duster Roadster model, and the tax disc in the window is dated 1993, meaning the vehicle has been driven only for one year or less. I have eventually managed to acquire the vehicle and am amazed by its condition. I've since discovered the garage actually had a central heating boiler running it continually, so this "JEEP" has effectively been sitting in a heated garage for the last 25 years!
A few photos:
Graham
A few photos:
Graham
Edited by grahamtr7 on Monday 5th February 21:16
Edited by grahamtr7 on Monday 5th February 21:17
jkh112 said:
They were rare even when still on sale new. What are you going to do with it?
Does it have rear seats?
No rear seat, but I think it is a Roadster model rather than a Pick-up, because there is no rear bulkhead behind the seats (and there are also rear grab handles and ashtrays!)Does it have rear seats?
exelero said:
I'm sorry to disappoint you but that is not a Duster. It's an ARO 10. Plenty of them still running in Romania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARO_10
It's a Dacia Duster in the UK! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARO_10
M1C said:
This is excellent.
Well done on the purchase! You can tell it's been sitting inside in the warm, i dont think there'd me much or any of that outside now! Well, years ago probably!
Great plate too. That'll be worth some money....but i'm guessing you'll want to keep it on the car?
Yes, the car & plate will not be parted!Well done on the purchase! You can tell it's been sitting inside in the warm, i dont think there'd me much or any of that outside now! Well, years ago probably!
Great plate too. That'll be worth some money....but i'm guessing you'll want to keep it on the car?
LewG said:
Fantastic, that is properly unusual! Definitely wouldn't hurt to get it fully undersealed to keep it looking like new as has been said. Does it run okay considering its lay up?
I only took delivery on Friday, so will need to do some work and checks before seeing if it starts, but it looks promising - hopefully not too much required!
M1C said:
This is excellent.
Well done on the purchase! You can tell it's been sitting inside in the warm, i dont think there'd me much or any of that outside now! Well, years ago probably!
Great plate too. That'll be worth some money....but i'm guessing you'll want to keep it on the car?
Yep, it's staying with the "JEEP"!Well done on the purchase! You can tell it's been sitting inside in the warm, i dont think there'd me much or any of that outside now! Well, years ago probably!
Great plate too. That'll be worth some money....but i'm guessing you'll want to keep it on the car?
I've now got some more information on J6EEP's history, supplied by Karry, the sister of the late owner.
Her brother (David) was not actually the first owner, David was the second owner and the first owner was the supplying Dealer Scarborough 4x4 Centre Ltd, who registered the Duster under the personal reg: "J6 EEP".
Karry has very kindly sent me the following information, which I share with her permission:
J6EEP was bought because David was in a very rural parish on the edge of North Yorkshire / Cleveland Hills - he was Rector of Loftus with Carlin Howe - he was worried about getting snowed in and being unable to get to his parishioners so he bought the car as a second vehicle just to cope with the snow - but then he was offered the chance to build his own church (and I mean a physical building, not a mission) in Middlesbrough - he took up the challenge and built and designed a modern Byzantium Domed church. He was then created Canon of Ampleforth and an advisor to the Archbishop of York - Jeep languished in the garage. We nagged him to sell the Jeep but he was very loathe to part with it as he had formed an attachment to it. before he was ordained, he was an astrophysicist - but having studied physics he was interested in all aspects of cars - or indeed anything. What he didn't know, he went and found out. He was the most intelligent man I'll ever know and the Archbishops of both Canterbury and York declared he had the best brain in the Church of England when it came to Canon law. But to me, he's just the big brother I miss. Jeepy is the most genuine vehicle you could ever find in a "barn" - and she carries many memories for us - in the words of Neil Young "Long May She Run".
Karry later sent me a further message:
"The Archbishop of york cut short his conference in the Isle of Man to give David the last rites and a blessing - a service was given in Rome for him by the Archbishop of Canterbury who was visiting the Pope at the time - David was special and he never knew how special he was - the fact that Jeepy has gone to someone who wants to keep her intact is very important to me. David would have wanted to see her restored - he gave money to causes like the restoration of the Flying Scotsman and the Mallard - history, legacy - very much a part of his psyche".
I really am starting to appreciate how lucky I am to be the current custodian of J6EEP!
Graham
Her brother (David) was not actually the first owner, David was the second owner and the first owner was the supplying Dealer Scarborough 4x4 Centre Ltd, who registered the Duster under the personal reg: "J6 EEP".
Karry has very kindly sent me the following information, which I share with her permission:
J6EEP was bought because David was in a very rural parish on the edge of North Yorkshire / Cleveland Hills - he was Rector of Loftus with Carlin Howe - he was worried about getting snowed in and being unable to get to his parishioners so he bought the car as a second vehicle just to cope with the snow - but then he was offered the chance to build his own church (and I mean a physical building, not a mission) in Middlesbrough - he took up the challenge and built and designed a modern Byzantium Domed church. He was then created Canon of Ampleforth and an advisor to the Archbishop of York - Jeep languished in the garage. We nagged him to sell the Jeep but he was very loathe to part with it as he had formed an attachment to it. before he was ordained, he was an astrophysicist - but having studied physics he was interested in all aspects of cars - or indeed anything. What he didn't know, he went and found out. He was the most intelligent man I'll ever know and the Archbishops of both Canterbury and York declared he had the best brain in the Church of England when it came to Canon law. But to me, he's just the big brother I miss. Jeepy is the most genuine vehicle you could ever find in a "barn" - and she carries many memories for us - in the words of Neil Young "Long May She Run".
Karry later sent me a further message:
"The Archbishop of york cut short his conference in the Isle of Man to give David the last rites and a blessing - a service was given in Rome for him by the Archbishop of Canterbury who was visiting the Pope at the time - David was special and he never knew how special he was - the fact that Jeepy has gone to someone who wants to keep her intact is very important to me. David would have wanted to see her restored - he gave money to causes like the restoration of the Flying Scotsman and the Mallard - history, legacy - very much a part of his psyche".
I really am starting to appreciate how lucky I am to be the current custodian of J6EEP!
Graham
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