Est: £6,000 - £8,000
1966 DAIMLER 2.5 V8
Anglia Car Auctions • UK • 7 Nov 2026
Market Position:
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Est: £6,000 - £8,000
1966 DAIMLER 2.5 V8
UK • 7 Nov 2026 • Lot 384
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1966 Daimler 2.5 V8 automatic is presented in Sand metallic with a cream leather interior. While it has been stored and run regularly, some cosmetic renovation is due and the brakes are described as 'tired'.
Condition
5
Cosmetic renovations due, brakes tired
/ 10
94,479 miles (via 2011 MOT)
GLJ 389D
1966
Auction
Automatic
RHD
United Kingdom
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
1966 DAIMLER 2.5 V8
Anglia Car Auctions • UK • 7 Nov 2026
Market Position:
Lowest 10% of Past Sales
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Description
2548cc petrol, automatic.
This Daimler 2.5 V8 is equipped with factory power steering, an original cream leather interior, Sand metallic paintwork and a stainless steel exhaust system.
Although some cosmetic renovations are due, the car is believed to be in straight and unrestored condition and the vendor tells us it's running well, even though the brakes feel “a little tired”.The car's Heritage Certificate records that it was built in April 1966 and dispatched to a dealer in Bournemouth in May 1966, finished in Sand with a Beige leather interior and automatic transmission, as we see it today.
According to a letter from a previous owner to its next keeper in 2022, it had been bought by him 10 years previously and driven only 50 miles, spending most of that time unused in dry storage, sprayed with rust protection fluid and regularly run for a few minutes to warm it up.
Papers also include a couple of old parts receipts, the last Mo
T certificate (passed with no advisories in 2011),...
Price Analysis vs Other 2.5 V8s
£3,922
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£17,510
Median Price (Since 2020)
£32,625
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 19th Sept 2012
Latest MOT mileage:
94,479 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 20th Sept 2011, 94,479 miles
Passed
On 17th Sept 2010, 94,452 miles
There were 5 defects noted.
Advisory:
- Steering system has slight free play detected at steering wheel (2.2.A.1a)
- Nearside Front suspension has slight play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
- Offside Front suspension has slight play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
- Offside Front Sub-frame rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
User Entered:
- Dampness around steering box
Failed
On 3rd Sept 2010, 94,452 miles
There were 12 defects noted, with 1 deemed dangerous.
Fail:
- Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
- Offside Front brake caliper leaking (3.6.A.1)
- Offside Front Brake pipe leaking (3.6.A.1)
- Nearside Rear Brake linkage locking device missing (3.5.1l)
- brake caliper locking device missing (3.5.1l)
- Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
- (Dangerous) Brakes imbalanced across an axle (3.7.B.5b)
Advisory:
- Steering system has slight free play detected at steering wheel (2.2.A.1a)
- Nearside Front suspension has slight play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
- Offside Front suspension has slight play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
- Offside Front Sub-frame rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
User Entered:
- Dampness around steering box
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