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Daimler/ Duple Elizabethan,l (digital representation by Garry Luck) - This is what our Freeline looked like.
4585N - Now on a Triumph Spitfire on Sorn.
I was recently very kindly given a disc of old car show photos from the mid to late 70's which were found on glass slides in a skip and then scanned to disc, i thought i'd uploaded them to here, there are over 1100 images so it could take me a while!
Lavenham, Suffolk, Classic Car Rally Sunday 30th August 2020 was one of the few Summer rallies to actually take place during the Covid pandemic of 2020. It produced a good selection of classic, mostly British, marques, with a preponderance of Jaguar & Daimler models.
It was once said: "the aristocracy buy Daimlers, the nouveau riche buy Rolls-Royce".
As a massive Rolls Royce fan I'm inclined to disagree, but I do agree that when it came to buying luxury cars when hitting the jackpot, the Daimler wasn't exactly everyone's first choice, which is something I can't understand why.
It can be said that their cars were just as luxury and capable as even the most top range machines Rolls Royce and Bentley could produce, and for Daimler, nothing topped their crowning achievement, the DS420.
The Daimler DS420 first entered production in 1968, being based on the chassis of the Jaguar Mk.X and being powered by a 4.2L Jaguar Straight-6 engine. The car was built largely to replace the earlier Daimler DR450, but also had a hand in seeing off the Vanden Plas Princess, and luxury version of the Austin Princess.
At the time of production Jaguar had just been nationalised into British Leyland, and by extension Daimler, which had been under ownership of the company since 1960. The DS420 was styled internally by the folks at Vanden Plas, who created probably the highest luxury car British Leyland had to offer, indeed locking horns with the Rollers of the day.
So beautiful and sleek was this machine that it made its way into the State Households of many European governments, including the British, Danish and Swedish Royal Houses.
But even though this car was truly magnificent, it never truly took off in the numbers that Rolls Royces were. Although bought off by aristocratic families and certain wealthy business executives, most of these cars found their way into the trade of Wedding Limousines, Hotel Transfer cars and, most prominently, Hearses.
Even so, the car did soldier on through the dark days of British Leyland, escaping the shoddy workmanship and striking unions that surrounded it, and managed to finish production in 1992 with 4,100 members built.
This one however is a truly fantastic example of one of these few remaining cars in motion. Although you may see a few still in the care of European Royal Families, private ones are very rare indeed. But the ones that continue to exist in private car will usually look as immaculate as this.
Or, if you're really desperate, invite yourself to someone's wedding, chances are one will show up there!
1953 Daimler Conquest, I think - OOC 154 - seen at the "Scottish Drive It Day" Classic Car Show at Summerlee Heritage Park, Coatbridge, Scotland, April 2015. Any extra information on the cars, their history or any work done on them will be gratefully received.
The event supported the Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS). More about this charity can be found at the following link:
Daimler Fleetline SRG6LX / East Lancs in Eccles June 1973
Vehicle inherited from Bury Corporation Transport on formation of the PTE in 1969
Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard vor der G-Klasse am Set von Jurassic World. // Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in front of the G-Class on the set of Jurassic World.
Dundee City Transport were loyal customers to Daimler, and operated various marks of Daimler buses over the years. No 272, a Metro Cammell bodied Daimler CVG6 of 1958 vintage is seen passing the end of Seagate in the City on the run up to Christmas in December 1974.
1989 Daimler 4.0 auto.
Last SORN declaration expired in April 2014 and last MoT test expired in March 2009.
On a damp and dark summer day Peter photographed Derby 170 HRC 170C. The bus was a Daimler CVG6 with RoeH37/28R body, new in January 1966, it was delivered as FRC 170C. Peter did not date the shot and the Perutz film mount is also undated but he photographed RCH 282R on the next slide, that was new in 1975 so I guess 1977 for this?
Peter Shoesmith
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Scanners Note;
Perutz was East German Agfa film, same mounts only green instead of blue. The film was cheaper than CT18 and generally available from the small ads pages of Amateur Photographer.
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
Historic Vehicle Gathering, Crash Box and Classic Car Club of Devon, Powderham Castle, Devon. July 11 2009.
Not sure of model or year. Anyone know?
At the end of a long day WMPTE ex-Coventry Metro-Cammell bodied Daimler CVG6 VWK 223 is heading for Acocks Green Depot. The bus is about to cross the A34 Stratford Road into School Rd in the early evening. 1223 has probably spent the day working on the 11 Outer Circle route. Today the junction has been re-modelled and there are pedestrian protection barriers on the pavements but the scene remains much as here, over 30 years ago.
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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.
Basking in the afternoon sun at Beamish Museum is this 1910 Daimler 22hp tourer registered, AO 1064. Note the familiar Daimler fluted radiator top tank.
This car has had a complete repaint within the last ten years, because it used to be cream with red wheels and the radiator was unpainted alloy rather than black.
The car was at Beamish as part of the Great North Steam Fair of 2019.
Copyright © 2019 Terry Pinnegar Photography. All Rights Reserved. THIS IMAGE IS NOT TO BE USED WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION!
An old warhorse with a story to tell.
Sold at auction with a winning bid of £28,000, exceeding estimate by £8,000.
Iden Grange, Staplefield Kent, 14/6/14.
Neil F.
Badged a Daimler, registered a Jag... Possibly my car of the show and a shame they never produced it - I reckon this would have sold very well.
A classic English sports car from the 1960s. This is a Daimler Dart SP250 with a 2.5 litre V8 Jaguar engine. One of my favourites as a boy with its aggressive styling and distinctive "trout pout" grill.