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Going back exactly six months to a time when the days were a lot longer and warmer (certainly not the case here at the moment).
This is the third Daimler version of the XJ that I've seen in this colour seen this year. DVLA call it yellow....
Car: Daimler 2.5 V8.
Year of manufacture: 1964.
Date of first registration in the UK: 1st May 1964.
Place of registration: Leeds.
Date of last MOT: 6th May 2021.
Mileage at last MOT: 60,344.
Date of last V5 issued: 30th May 2018.
Date taken: 12th June 2022.
Location: Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire, UK.
Album: Classics @ Scolton June 2022
This Daimler Cannstatt is a typical example of the ’Horseless Carriage’ and it shows how closely related some early cars were to horse-drawn vehicles. It is very easy to imagine this vehicle being pulled by horses. This is one of a range of cars introduced by Daimler from 1895.
This 1898 Daimler Cannstatt AR2 is on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.
The Daimler SP250 sports car was built in Coventry from 1959 to 1964. It was the last car to be launched by Daimler before its parent company, the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA), sold it to Jaguar Cars in 1960.
1960 Daimler SP250, 2140 FD, is seen on a car treasure hunt in the Cotswolds. This two-seat open car has a V8 engine.
This 1898 Daimler Phaeton, FRW 767, was made at the first car factory in Britain – The Motor Mills in Drapers Field, Coventry. It was set up by Harry Lawson in 1896. The example is on display at Coventry Transport Museum.
This magnificent Daimler 15 was originally registered in May 1935. Its numbering of ‘15’ comes from it being 15hp and cars in that era were taxed on their hp rating. It is 2003cc although the DVLA - the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, have it down as 2575cc in their records. It has a petrol 6 cylinder in line engine and is the 4-door Six Light model. The ‘light’ refers to its weight not the number of lights.
Compared to previous Daimlers it was rather a low-end model, with Daimler going downmarket somewhat to reflect the austere days of the 1930’s great depression. It cost £450 then which is worth £41000 today but it still marked the beginning of the end of Daimler of being one of the few at the very top of car design, luxury and performance, like Rolls-Royce.
Oh, if you want to buy a similar car to this, they are on offer in the region of £25000! If I had the spare cash, I might consider getting one myself.
Taken at a meeting organised by the East Midlands Classic Car Club at Muskham, Near Newark.
Daimler introduced one of its most controversial models in 1959, the Daimler Dart. Unfortunately due to legal reasons (U.S. firm Dodge already owned the model name!) the "Dart" was quickly renamed the Daimler SP250 and sold as this until its demise in 1964.
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Tokina 28-70mm f2.8 ATX PRO-SV
[1/2500 sec | f/2.8 | FLength 28 mm | ISO 400 ]
The Daimler Conquest was meant to be an affordable Daimler, priced at £1,066. The Daimler Conquest Century, released in 1954, was the best seller of the range with 4,818 of them produced. This 1954 Daimler Conquest Century, PPX 790, is seen arriving at Prescott for the Bugatti Owners Club garden party on 29th August 2021.
United Kingdom : 1953 - 1958
6 cylinder 2433cc engine
75 bhp @ 4000rpm
Preselector gearbox with fluid flywheel
Length : 4,49m
Weight : 1397 Kg
Speed : 130 km/h
I thought this picture of Bournemouth Corporation Transport's no. 12 coastal service bus, departing Alum Chine for Hengistbury Head, might be of interest to the many Flickr vintage bus enthusiasts like myself - hence my decision to include it here.
I have scanned from an enprint, which has the date 27/7/69 pencilled on the back: the original negative was probably binned in a clearout long ago? Unfortunately the old Dacora folder I used as a hard-up fourteen year old holidaying in Bournemouth wasn't renowned for its razor sharp lens quality or film flatness (camera shake might also be a contributing factor?), and try as I might; I can't quite make out the registration number or name on this Weymann bodied Fleetline convertible (the roof could be fitted for Winter use), although I now believe it could well be fleet no. 180 - Lancashire?
De Gustibus has a superb picture of sister vehicle 182 Warwickshire, standing brand-new at the other end of the route - Hengistbury Head in 1965 (last page). Do check out his photostream for some other really interesting historic bus pictures.
www.flickr.com/photos/31583977@N08/ )
This open topper looks to have a pretty full passenger loading as it begins its journey, passing the Studland Dene Hotel in those far-off days. Such a tragedy therefore that exactly forty years later; Transdev decided to withdraw the no. 12 service altogether after their 'use it or lose it' campaign apparently fell on deaf ears: the very charming hotel also disappeared round about the same time.
At Bournemouth Square bound for Ashley Road on route 35 is Bournemouth Yellow Buses 149 (AJT 149T), an Alexander bodied Daimler Fleetline.
Bus radiator grille at the Bridgetown Bus Garage. Apologies, I failed to take any identifying notes that day!