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KDD 276E. Nice electric gear change. Must have been super to drive, if not to maintain. All the passenger seats were originally all black leather. Hmm.. as smooth as Emma Peel.
Old 1950's Daimler passing the Queens Hotel City square leeds ,Part of the Leeds City Transport Vintage Bus Running Day 2014.
KDD 276E - a Daimler Roadliner. One would like to think this would be a very interesting restoration project and I know several worthy people have contemplated the problem. Unfortunately the Plaxton bodywork is as rotten as a pear.
1969 Daimler Sovereign.
K466 VPC was a 1992 Vauxhall Frontera LWB 2.4i (last taxed in June 2008 and last MoT test expired in October 2008).
1891 Daimler Motor-Waggonett at the Mercedes Benz Museum, Stuttgart.
Gottlieb Daimler started operating a motorized narrow gauge streetcar on the occasion of the 1887 public festival in Cannstadt. Powered by the "Standuhr" (grandfather clock) it commuted between Wilhelmsplatz and Kursaal (Cannstadt's main square and health resort), attracting great public attention. From 1890, Daimler offered the larger and more powerful version with V2 engine shown here.
With the buses on strike today I was forced to walk back to my apartment, but while on the way I decided to pester the various London Hotels and Car Dealerships by grabbing a few shots of their classic motors.
So first on my list was that always classical Daimler DS420, with its distorted chrome grille rippling the lights of nearby buildings like a babbling brook.
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!
Thought it was a Jag when I took the picture, but when I checked out the number it came up as a Daimler. I'm guessing this is even rarer ?
Shot taken around birmingham somewhere - either A69 I think - with sat nav these days I hardly take any notice of where I am :-(
1967 Daimler V8 250 seen here on display at the Sunderland & District Classic Vehicle Society's Seaburn show on Sunday 9th June 2024.
D217 is the first 30ft-long bus bought by Glasgow Corporation Transport, and was exhibited at the Scottish Motor Show in the Kelvin Hall in November 1957 before entering service from Langside Garage in March 1958. Destined to be the only long rear-entrance Daimler, all others being the standard length of 27ft 6in. Its original Daimler CD650 engine was replaced with a Gardner 6LW unit in 1968 in the interests of standardisation.
After moving to Larkfield Garage in 1971, D217 transferred with the rest of the fleet from Glasgow Corporation to GGPTE in 1973. After withdrawal in 1975, it spent some years in storage until being sold to Greyhound of Arbroath in 1978. It was acquired for preservation in 1979 by a private owner. Returned to service on a Glasgow City Tour business in 2003. Sold with the tour business to First Glasgow in March 2004, on return to Larkfield this bus was returned to its original fleetnumber, D217, as well as being 39999 in the First national numbering scheme.
Sold to Glasgow City Council for a return to preservation in 2006.
Darwen Morris Dancers were using this Daimler Fleetline with strange ECW bodywork in 1995. It had been new to South Yorkshire PTE twenty years earlier and had reached the Lancashire based dance troupe via Ribble Motor Services who had obtained quite a number of these machines at deregulation for contracts won from Greater Manchester PTE.
The bus is seen at Fleetwood on the occassion of the annual 'Tram Sunday' event where classic vehicles took over the towns streets for the day, the dance troupe performing as part of the festivities.
An unidentified early (Possibly 4201 YOX201K) MCW bodied, Daimler Fleetline seen here minus fleetnames and numbers and awaits the scrapmans cutters torch.
This bus would have received its last repaint at Coventrys Sandly Lane garage. The continuous blue strip around the front and cream under the lower deck windows are the tell tale signs of SL's handywork.
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2.5 Litre, V8, automatic, saloon
For my video; youtu.be/Zkuqey9xONY
Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu, New Zealand
Daimler SP250 in Bonn, Germany
Daimler SP250 (1959-1964)
2.548 Litre V8-engine
142 PS at 5800 rpm
Vmax: 200 km/h
Wheelbase: 2337 mm
Length: 4077 mm
Width: 1537 mm
Height: 1276 mm
This 1977 Daimler Sovereign lay on the grass verge near Ravensden, Bedfordshire for a period in the early 2000s. Last taxed in 1991, it still could be around. April 2004.
Pentax MX/50mm
Kodachrome 64
SETRA – The Sign Of Excellence
Reflets S 515 HDH et S 531 DT
BUSWORLD EUROPE Kortrijk 2017
DAIMLER BUSES – SETRA
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Still carrying its prototype early T side advert. Sold to Ensign in '83, it then went to Barrow in Furness, then Chester, finlly biting the dust in 1990.
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!
A Daimler 4.5L Straight Eight Open Tourer at the Schuppen 1 in Bremen.
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Two 1961 Roe-bodied Daimler CVG6s of the "Thamesdown" (i.e. Swindon) fleet, parked for the weekend in the Corporation garage, Saturday 27th November 1976.
Hello again Daimler! :D
Sorry folks, I just had to get more pictures of this magnificent machine...
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!
Unusual conversion of the SP250 Dart, featuring a sliding hardtop which drops into recesses either side of the boot - spotted at the NEC Classic Show November 2012.
1968 Daimler V8 250 pictured arriving at the North East Bus Preservation Trust's Seaburn Historic Vehicle Display on the 29th August 2022.
PHT38 - No Data.
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!
On of several classic cars at a West Wales show...I believe this is a Daimler..
These classic car photos are a practice with my new Canon SLR camera....hope I improve soon lol..
MJH278 - No data.
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!
Former Cardiff Daimler Fleetline/Willowbrook PKG528H standing at Coventry Station on 13th August 1983. I recall this vehicle as being regularly used to carry visitors to Stratford Upon Avon, linking with train services from London. Possibly associated to the "Guide Friday" sightsseing operations in the town?
This is a Mk II variant of the Daimler Armoured Car, seen in the new hall at The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset. A development from the Dingo armoured car, the design dates from 1939. Armed mainly with a 2-pounder gun and a .303 machine-gun, 2,694 were built by Daimler in Coventry, in Mk I, Mk I CS (armed with a 76mm cannon) and Mk II variants. In WWII, they saw service in North Africa, Europe and the Far East. They served with the British Army from 1941 to 1964, and also with the Australians, Canadians, Indians, Israelis, Malaysians, New Zealanders and Sri Lankans.
Not only is there a bad proofing error in the copy but the shade of paint on the Coventry Transport Daimler CVG6/ Metro-Cammell Orion would probably cause the late Philip Groves to turn in his grave, except as anyone who has read my previous captions with reference to these Passenger Transport advertisements will know this is another use of spot-colour, in this case process magenta. Although the text references municipal operation, the South African-bodied 36ft Freeline toilet-coach is unlikely to be working a local service, even one exclusively for ‘Europeans’.
For those aware of Transport Vehicles (Daimler) advertising over the years the vagueness about transmission is notable, from 1932-56 they had sold on the ‘fluid-flywheel’ transmission, but since then had offered a David Brown synchromesh gearbox as an option on front-engined models. Also, unlike Dennis, they are not telegraphing what they have on show.
What they had on stand 67 at Earl’s Court in 1960 was of course 7000HP, the first Daimler Fleetline.
© 1960 Transport Vehicles Daimler Ltd reproduced for purposes of scholarship and research.