Description Super old Conquest driven 100 miles to the sale; four owners from new; only 36,800 miles indicated and likely to be correct; runs sweetly Launched in 1953 to replace the Consort, the upmarket Daimler Conquest was a modified version of the Lanchester 14 fitted with a six-cylinder 75bhp 2,433cc engine mated to Daimler’s super-smooth four-speed pre-selector gearbox.

It came in three body styles, saloon, roadster or drophead coupe.

All had well-appointed traditional wood and leather interiors.

Around 4,568 were sold before production came to an end in 1957.

First registered in Doncaster in May 1954, this Conquest comes with a buff logbook which shows that it has had just four owners from new, the first of them being a local aircraft pilot, so we are told by the vendor who knew most of them.

An old service invoice shows that it had covered 26,188 miles by 1967 and there are 37 old MOTs from 1961 – 2005 which show that it has always been in light, regular use.

Early MOTs di...