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93PJ is showing as a 1967 Daimler untaxed since 1995 but i'm guessing it isn't this one?.
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!
This Dialer Fleetline with Willowbkook body started life in Nottingham and is seen here at the 2005 Derby
The Daimler Dart was a sports car built by British manufacturer Daimler in Coventry.
It was launched at the 1959 New York Motor Show, and its greatest success was in the North American market. It had a fibreglass body, four wheel Girling disc brakes, and a 2.5 litre Hemi-head V8 engine designed by Edward Turner. The car was described as a 2+2, however the bench-like rear seat offered very limited leg room unless the front seats were pushed fully forward.
Daimler were soon forced to drop the Dart name when threatened with legal action by Chrysler’s Dodge division, the car was then renamed the Daimler SP250
Versions
* A-spec
The original A-spec version could do 120 mph (193 km/h), but the chassis, a “14-gauge ladder frame with cruciform bracing” based on the Triumph TR3, flexed so much that doors came open, marring its reputation. Bumpers (fenders) were originally an optional extra.
* B-spec
Jaguar bought Daimler in 1960, and were immediately concerned about the chassis flex. They brought out the B-spec version with extra outriggers on the chassis and a strengthening hoop between the A posts. There were also other detail improvements, including an adjustable steering column.
* C-spec
There was a C-spec version introduced in 1963 with some additional luxuries as standard equipment.
2,645 were produced.
Specification
* ENGINE: V type, eight cylinder, water cooled, OHV, Bore 3 in (76 mm), Stroke 2.75 in (70 mm), Capacity 153 cubic inches (2547 cc) Single high camshaft operated valves through short alloy pushrods. Double heavy duty valve springs. Aluminium alloy hemispherical cylinder heads. Stiff 5 main bearing crankshaft, dynamically balanced. Compression ratio 8.2:1 Twin SU carburettors. bhp 140 @ 5800 rpm. Max Torque 155 lb·ft (210 N·m) at 3600 rpm. SU electric fuel pump.
* IGNITION: Coil and distributor with auto and vacuum control.
* LUBRICATION: Submerged gear type oil pump. Full flow filter. Sump capacity 1.75 US gallons.
* COOLING SYSTEM: Pressurised radiator with fan, pump and thermostat control.
* TRANSMISSION: 4 speeds with synchromesh on top three ratios. Provision for overdrive. Automatic optional.
* REAR AXLE: Hypoid bevel 3.58:1
* STEERING: Cam type.
* SUSPENSION: Independent front with coil springs. Half elliptics at rear. Oversize dampers.
* BRAKES: Discs on all four wheels, hydraulic operation.
Optional extras
The following items could be ordered to fit on the standard car:
* Wire wheels
* Adjustable steering column
* Hard top
* Front and rear bumpers
* Windscreen washers
* Heater
* Fog lights
* Seat belts
Performance
A car with hard top tested by The Motor magazine in 1960 had a top speed of 123.7 mph (199.1 km/h) and could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 8.9 seconds. A fuel consumption of 25 miles per imperial gallon (11 L/100 km; 21 mpg-US) was recorded. The test car cost £1489 including taxes.Die-cast models
* Spot-on produced a model of the SP250 in the 1960s, available in a number of colours including red and light blue.
* Crossway introduced a model in 2007, available in various colours and with or without the hood up.
For my video; youtu.be/FgL5LQqEZkk
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!
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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!
Daimler Fleetline DLJ111L at Boscombe with the summer park and ride service. 111 used to be owned by Yellow Buses before passing onto Christchurch Buses then onto Shamrock Buses.
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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!
Daimler Empress taken for Trevor Farringtons ltd.
This was taken for the Daimler & Lanchester Owners' Club for there monthly magazine along with more picture and ended up on the sencond page.
Daimler CVG6 with an AEC behind, probably a Reliance. Both vehicles have Tayside Region stickers so possibly in 1975.
Philadelphia Concours d'Elegance at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, Philadelphia, PA, June 25, 2022.
Mercedes-AMG GT S als offizielles Safety Car der DTM 2015
Mercedes-AMG GT S as the Official Safety Car of the DTM 2015
This Daimler CVD6 with Brush bodywork was one of a pair rescued in the mid 1980's from BAE Woodford where they had been in use as glider winches. Initially brought to the GMTS Museum in Manchester they were soon collected by new owners in the Midlands, I wonder how they're getting on?
This is one of the former Police vehicles that were exhibited at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018. The description of this car at the show read as follows:
'In the late 1950s, the Metropolitan Police had a major problem with what were called café racers. Groups of youths on motorbikes would gather together at a local café, put a record on the jukebox and then race their bikes along a set course getting back to the café before the record stopped playing. Accidents occurred and in an attempt to put a stop to the practice, the Met's proposal was to have a fast car that could actually catch the bikers. The existing fleet of Wolseley saloons was not up to the task so they looked instead at sports cars. The Daimler SP250 was the answer! This had a 2.5 litre lightweight V8 engine, capable of 123 mph and a 0-60 time of just over 10 seconds, which for 1959 was an excellent performance.
The Met bought 26 Darts between 1961 and 1964 and soon got them into service and used as high speed pursuit cars with a result that a number of speeding bikers were caught and the number of fatal road accidents dropped. Unlike today, the idea then was that you see a Police car and thereby slow down... no stealth tactics for these boys. Certainly visual and the start of the white sleeves and hats.
Each car was based at a separate Traffic garage situated over the London area. This particular car is fitted with the optional Borg Warner DG Automatic gearbox, and was originally purchased by the Metropolitan Police on the 1st June 1961. Automatic cars destined for Police use were modified by Daimler with a handle in the centre of the dashboard, which, when pulled locks the gearbox into second gear allowing a speed range from zero to 85 mph in the one gear. The gearbox normally runs in two gears only, with a 'low' ratio for manual selection if required. The top speed is higher than cars fitted with the manual gearbox. This car was fleet number 240T and fitted with the AT Head calibrated speedometer.
Quote: "Wheels were pressed steel not wire. Hubcaps used to fly off so were removed or nicked". It has excellent acceleration and a top speed in excess of 125 mph. The car is fitted with Dunlop disc brakes on all wheels, and was the first production car to be so fitted. The combination of high power and light weight enabled it to start from rest, attain 100 mph and come to rest all within 30 seconds.
This car is a multi award winner and thought to be one of the best examples of the seven or so remaining.'
Daimler Limousine Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society
B5CSC transferred to a 2010 Jaguar some time after 2014
n 303. 16 September 1972.
Hartlepool Corporation Daimler CVG/Roe, AEF 580, laying over in Hartlepool.
Another old photo scanned from the family archives! This is my son, Nick, taken when he was three years old in, 1977. The car is a 1956 Dailmler Conquest Century, photographed during the period of its resurrection!
Although rather ponderous by modern day standards, it was a delight to drive, & had the Daimler pre-selector gearbox & fluid flywheel, which all Daimlers had been fitted with since the 1920's, torsion bar suspension, & Girling hydro-mechanical brakes. The engine was a 2.5L OHV six, and returned a fuel consumption of around 22mpg, quite good for a car that weighed not far short of two tons! It was subsequently sold, for not a lot of money, I recall!
Nick, I am delighted to say, is still vey much around, and is now a design engineer with a specialist British engineering company!
I can't be absolutely certain what camera I took this with, almost certainly a Mamiya C22 with a 105mm lens, again, almost certainly, on Kodak Tri-X, but it could just have been a Zeiss Ikon Nettar, but looking at it, the perspective is a bit compressed for a 75mm lens. Scanned from an old 5"x 5" B&W print, @300dpi on an Epson V500, & tidied up in Gimp.
These hearses are based on the 1968-1992 Daimler DS420, also called Limousine.
Picture taken on the permanent exposition in the Uitvaart Museum 'Tot Zover' in Amsterdam.
'Tot Zover' is a museum that sheds us a light on traditions and rituals around saying farewell to our beloved ones.
The museum has permanent exposition rooms about rituals around burying in the many (religious) cultures that Holland houses. But it offers also room for temporary shows.
In one of those rooms there was this exhibition 'De Bedroefde Bolide-het grote lijkwagen retrospectief'.
At this moment you can visit a special exposition about scale model hearses.
See also: www.totzover.nl/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&...
Amsterdam-O., Watergraafsmeer, Kruislaan,
Jan. 7, 2015.
Daimler TB22 (1909)
Registration Number H 6779
DAIMLER SET
This Daimler TB22 is an open two seater with an additional dickie seat, it retains its original upholstery, fittings and equipment.
Built at Daimler, Coventry and bodied literally next door at Hewers Motor Bodies, Aldbourne Road, Coventry. It is the only known surviving Hewers bodied motor car. This model was the first Daimler model fitted with the Knight (no relation) sleeve valve engine. The Knight mascot on the engine mounted on the radiator is for the Knight engine. The present owner has had the car since 1995
Shot at the Enfield Pagaent 30,05,2010 Ref 55-97