£28,175
1939 Daimler 4-Litre Sports Saloon
Bonhams • UK • 5 Mar 2011
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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£28,175
1939 Daimler 4-Litre Sports Saloon
UK • 5 Mar 2011
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1939 Daimler 4-Litre Sports Saloon, with coachwork by Vanden Plas, is one of only five believed to be surviving. Originally owned by The Lord Mayor of London, it boasts a rebuilt engine, mostly original interior, and a recent re-spray, making it a rare and historically significant vehicle.
Condition
7
The car has been well-maintained with a rebuilt engine and other mechanical components. The body is in good condition with some restoration work done, and the interior is mostly original. While there are some signs of age, the car appears to be in overall solid condition.
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28,222 miles (via 2010 MOT)
47820
RHD
United Kingdom
Manual
FYM 555
1939
Auction
£28,175
1939 Daimler 4-Litre Sports Saloon
Bonhams • UK • 5 Mar 2011
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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Description
Daimler's large, sleeve valve-engined products had long been the mainstay of the carriage trade but for the owner-driver yearning for something a cut above the average the Coventry firm offered the smaller, lighter and cheaper overhead-valve range, commencing with the 15hp model of 1933.
By the decade's end overhead-valve engines had been adopted for all models from the 'entry level' DB18 right up to the magnificent V12-engined 'Double Six'.
Aimed squarely at the rival Derby Bentley and endowed with similar performance, the Light Straight Eight was a new introduction for 1936 and carried its 3.4-litre engine in a 123"-wheelbase chassis.
The Light Straight Eight attracted some of the finest coachwork of the day as did its replacement, the broadly similar 4-Litre model of 1939, approximately 180 of which had been made when the outbreak of war halted civilian production.
Believed one of only five surviving, this very rare Vanden Plas-bodied Daimler 4-Litre was first registered in July...
Price Analysis vs Other 4 Litres
£28,175
Lowest Price (All Time)
£31,711
Median Price (All Time)
£359,900
Highest Price (All Time)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 30th Jun 2011
Latest MOT mileage:
28,222 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 28th Jun 2010, 28,222 miles
Passed
On 1st Jul 2009, 28,120 miles
Passed
On 19th Jul 2007, 28,103 miles
MOT Mileage Trend
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