Sold | Offered from an important overseas collection 1952 Daimler DB18 2½-Litre Special Sports Drophead Coupé

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£17,250 (Est: £15,000 - £20,000)

Offered from an important overseas collection 1952 Daimler DB18 2½-Litre Special Sports Drophead Coupé

United Kingdom • 6 Sept 2025

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1952 Daimler DB18 is a rare, coachbuilt Special Sports Drophead Coupé, one of only 500 made. It was recently recommissioned after a long static display, with some mechanical work done, but could benefit from further inspection and maintenance before regular use.

Condition

6

The car has been in static display for a long period, requiring a rebuild of the carburettors and a new battery. The collection staff have carried out light recommissioning. The listing advises close inspection before returning to the road for regular use. Accompanying documentation includes parts invoices from the 1980s; old MoTs and tax discs; an invoice for trim materials dated 2015; a copy of an old-style buff logbook; and an old V5 registration document.

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Transmission:

Automatic

Chassis No:

D59097

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

NTT 400

RHD/LHD:

RHD

• One of only 500-or-so manufactured • Coachbuilt exclusivity • Very few survivors • Large history file available "Strikingly good looking, and with a talent for rapid and exceedingly smooth long-distance travel, the Daimler is a car which anyone can appreciate.

Responding also to intelligent handling of the controls by giving the ultimate in smoothly quick progress, is is a simple-to-drive car which, nevertheless, has a very special appeal for the keen driver." - The Motor , 14th June 1950, testing the 2½-litre Special Sports Coupé.

Daimler is one of the few manufacturers that can rightfully claim to have been established from the birth of the motor industry, and the marque existed in association with Jaguar until 2010 when the brand was terminated.

The company's traditions of sound engineering, design and good workmanship were maintained throughout, hardly surprising therefore that Daimler enjoyed a lengthy association with Royalty as suppliers of the finest motor cars.

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