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Looking in excellent condition for its age is Colchester Corporation's 1949 Daimler CVD6/ Roberts No.3 . This bus wasnt withdrawn until Sep'68. The Corporations full traditional livery can be seen on this vehicle.
One of 4 left. Named 104 because the top speed was 104mph. Aluminium body over a rotten timber floor. Original axles, 1800 MGB engine. The owner says it had one hit in it.
Also resident at Shearings Bryn base was this former London Transport DMS class Daimler Fleetline.
This saw further use after its life in London had ended as a morris dancers transport for Wigan based Highfield St Aidans.
It was in use with them until the start of the new millenium and was latterly housed at First Manchester's Wigan depot. I remember passing it most days when I worked there and noting how original it was inside and thinking it would make an ideal preservation project once its use with the dance troupe was over.
It practically disappeared overnight for reasons unknown to myself and I never saw it again.
Its final days with London saw it in the Metroline fleet where it was used as a trainer, the bracket for the instructors mirror still can be seen over the first nearside window.
Preserved Daimler Fleetline Fleet Number 40 Reg ALJ 340B this was 1 of 2 Demonstrator Daimler Fleetlines with MH Cars bodywork were built to Belfast corporation transport specification but never ran in service in Belfast but were bought by Bournemouth corporation transport and this bus became fleet number 40 it is now Preserved in Belfast corporation transport livery
Saturday 12th May 2018 was the 50th Anniversary of the closure of the Belfast Corporation Trolleybus system in 1968. so on Sunday 20th may a tour was take of some of the Trolleybus terminus
The London Ambulance Service Historic Collection has a number of classic ambulances available for events, film and television work. The ambulances have been maintained in their original condition and still have all of the equipment used when they were in service.
Daimler was one of the first automotive companies to design a purpose built ambulance chassis after the Second World War. After considerable research, the DC27 was designed to meet the needs of the London County Council (LCC) Ambulance Service and it was developed with the capital in mind. Initially, 120 of the type were ordered by the LCC and this vehicle was the first one delivered, hence its fleet number ‘A1’. In total 499 Daimler DC27 ambulances were built and used by ambulance services all over the United Kingdom.
The DC27 ambulance was constructed to be a low as possible to assist crews with getting patients and stretchers in and out of the vehicle. The rear floor is a composite concrete construction which weighs 300kg and was intended to keep the rear wheels on the ground at all times and especially in the wet.
The first production models had ash-framed and metal-clad bodies built by the coach builders Baker & Co, while later models were built by Hooper. Although very similar, the chief difference is that the Baker bodies have two waist bands and the Hooper bodies only have the one.
Originally this vehicle was fitted with rod-operated brakes, but these proved unreliable and after some spectacular accidents they were replaced by more conventional hydraulic brakes. The vehicle is fitted with three scissor jacks, one in front of the engine and one on each side just inside of the rear wheels, and although this adds weight to the design, it does make it simpler to change a tyre. This was also one of the last designs of ambulances to carry a spare wheel on board (stored behind the driver’s seat) and subsequent designs didn’t allow for a spare.
This vehicle was first registered on 1 February 1949 and was used in central London until the late 1950s. After retirement it was passed into the service historic fleet and has been maintained in the condition in which it served complete with much of its original equipment.
For More info contact:
Communications Department
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
220 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8SD
Phone: 020 7783 2286
A Daimler DS420 at the Technorama in Hildesheim.
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A 1963 Daimler Sedan that was on display near the museum.
Taken at the Lincoln Museum + Show N Shine, Pomonal, Victoria in 2021.
Illustration from a large Daimler brochure used in the UK. Not dated and I'm no expert on when these were produced.
The SP250 was launched as the Daimler Dart in April 1959 at the New York Motor Show, where it was unofficially voted as the ugliest car at the show. Chrysler, whose Dodge division owned the trademark for the "Dart" model name, ordered Daimler to change the name under threat of legal action. With little time to come up with a new name, Daimler used the project number, SP250, as the model number.
A pair of Daimler busses not far from Canley Railway station during a Timeline Events/David Williams photo shoot.
Preserved Daimler Fleetline Fleet Number 40 Reg ALJ 340B this was 1 of 2 Demonstrator Daimler Fleetlines with MH Cars bodywork were built to Belfast corporation transport specification but never ran in service in Belfast but were bought by Bournemouth corporation transport and this bus became fleet number 40 it is now Preserved in Belfast corporation transport livery
This is one of the cars that took part in a Vintage & Historic Vehicle Display & Run organised by the Saddleworth Museum in June 1987. It's not shown in the programme of the event but I made a note at the time that it was s 1937 Daimler Light 6. The DVLA record says that it was last taxed up to April 2014 and shows the engine capacity as 3500cc so it would seem therefore to be a 1937 Daimler 24, which had a 3,317cc straight-6 engine.
Picture of Daimler the Jaguar I took in the Dublin Zoo in March 2004. It has been strongly tweaked with Photoshop because taken through a dirty window.
Sadly, he died at the end of 2008. :(
I'll always remember him, because I think I had a connection with him.
Made it in Explore, #204, May 1st 2007.
Mike Edmunds' 1965 Daimler CVG6 with classic Roe bodywork, no. 246 (BNH 246C) is seen at Dallington Green terminus. I don't think Dallington Green has a regular bus service these days, but the BMW and Audi drivers in Dallington village probably wouldn't be seen dead on a bus.
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Daimler badge on the front of a preserved Coventry Daimler CV6G.
Aston Manor Road Transport Museum, Birmingham, UK
Operating on loan from Perry Barr, 6888 provides entertainment for the Walsall drivers on the Bloxwich circular services.
So the Daimler was our choice of classic car rental this year. We actually booked a Jag XJ6, but something broke on it shortly before our hire, so the company substituted in this very nice Daimler Sovereign instead. A relatively low mileage and obviously well cared-for example. I was pleased that we got a Series 1 (the Jag was a Series 2 or 3), as I think they look a lot better with the smaller bumpers.
British registred 1966 Daimler 250 V8 in Bonn, Germany.
Daimler 250 V8 (1962-1969)
2.548 Litre V8 engine
142 PS at 5800 rpm
Vmax: 175 km/h
Wheelbase: 2730 mm
Length: 4590 mm
Width: 1695 mm
Height: 1460
Daimler Armoured Car. Tankfest 2021, The Tank Museum. Sunday 19th September 2021. Bovington Camp Dorset.
1981 PMG Rapport Forté Estate
Only two of those PMG based on a Daimler Double-Six were built.
Concours d'Elégance Suisse 2019
Chateau de Coppet
This 1962 Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX with MCCW bodywork was in use as a driver trainer by July 1981 and was being used to promote Walsall Book Week. The front view has been posted previously. flic.kr/p/JXcW6t
Standing together on the chemist's corner on Beamish Museum town street (and no doubt sizing one another up) are these two Daimler buses of the past, both owned and used by the museum.
On the left is Roe bodied Ex-Darlington Corporation No.4, a 1964-built Daimler CCG5 registered 304 VHN, complete with a 5-cylinder Gardner engine and a "quirky" crash gearbox.
On the right is Weymann bodied Ex- Rotherham Corporation No.220, 1954-built Daimler CVG6 registered KET 220, with a six cylinder Gardner engine and a Wilson pre-select gearbox.
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Continuing homage to a century of municipal public transport in Edinburgh we see Corporation Daimler leaving Central garage yard on service 5 to Morningside. This route goes back to cable car days when trams worked between Churchhill and Abbeyhill, then in the electric tram era between Morningside and Piershill before buses took over the route in 1954. Today under Lothian service 5 has been considerably extended to Hunter's Tryst in the south and The Jewel in the east.
Fleet 171, a Daimler CV6 with distinctive Gardner engine was new in 1950 and worked most routes until withdrawal in 1965 although some of its compatriots continued another few years. The garage is now not far from its own centenary. It was originally the Central Industrial Hall but was purchased for buses in 1925, directly replacing Henderson Row depot. A capacity of 85 was soon exceeded and by 1948 further space required at nearby McDonald Road. However several extensions over the years, most notably in 1963 has enabled the capacity to increase to over 230 the additional space allowing closure of two old depots and in recent years Head Office facilities have moved here.
Note the advert for Corn Flakes by Kellogg of Battle Creek, then on left a BP oil tanker replenishing the fuel tanks and note the crews inside the Daimler - most probably getting a lift to the North Bridge.
Approaching Doncaster town centre along Thorne Road, SYPTE 799 is a Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXB with bodywork by Eastern Coach Works, new in 1975.
VSN 512J saw the departure of half cab AEC deckers and all that came before,being the first of four rear engined full fronted motors bought for the west of the Gareloch stage carriage services. What set them apart from most was that the fares were collected by Clippies leaving the driver to do just that, drive.
In enthusiast circles, the Gash of Newark business became famous for it's retention of a quartet of elderly half cab Daimler double deckers. Not too far away Blue Bus had done similarly but sadly a garage fire had put payed to the last of theirs. By the time of this deregulation era shot, I remember being most surprised to see one of the Gash Massey bodied CVD6s undergoing some form of repair at the garage though I suspect by this time it was a 'pet'. Through the sheeting to the left, the outline of an AEC Routemaster can just be made out which will help someone date the shot I'm sure.