£4,110
1951 Daimler DB18 Consort
Brightwells • UK • 10 Dec 2025
Market Position:
Lower Mid-Market
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£4,110
1951 Daimler DB18 Consort
UK • 10 Dec 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1951 Daimler Consort, owned for over 40 years, underwent a 25-year restoration and has been lightly used since. While it presents well and includes extensive documentation, a slight misfire and the need to familiarize oneself with the pre-selector gearbox should be considered.
Condition
7
The car was sympathetically restored over 25 years and lightly used since. The car was stripped to the bones and rebuilt from the ground up while preserving as much originality as possible. The interior had a new set of carpets and a new cloth headlining, the woodowork and door cards were refurbished but the seats were left original. The engine was replaced with a good second-hand engine of the correct type. The car has a slight misfire and is running on five cylinders. The car drives nicely, but the pre-selector gearbox takes a bit of getting used to.
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58,917 miles
57637
RHD
United Kingdom
Automatic
OHT544
1951
Auction
£4,110
1951 Daimler DB18 Consort
Brightwells • UK • 10 Dec 2025
Market Position:
Lower Mid-Market
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Description
Description In the current ownership for over 40 years; sympathetically restored over a 25-year period and lightly used since; driven 20 miles to the sale; a super example of this rare and stately saloon Launched in 1948, the Consort was a development of the pre-war DB18 and was a quality four-door, six-light saloon with coachwork by Mulliners of Birmingham.
It was powered by Daimler’s uncannily smooth six-cylinder ohv 2,522cc engine, originally developed for the firm’s Scout armoured reconnaissance car which provided sterling service during WW2.
Allied to Daimler’s equally refined fluid flywheel pre-selector gearbox, independent front suspension, a worm-drive rear axle and beautifully light worm-and-roller steering, the Consort provided the unmatched smoothness of take-off and effortless forward progress that his Lordship would expect.
Upright, formal and stately as a galleon, it was quite sprightly for all that (70bhp and 75mph) and you couldn’t fault the quality.
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Price Analysis vs Other DB18s
£2,362
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£5,576
Median Price (Since 2020)
£172,703
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 1st Apr 2008
Latest MOT mileage:
57,771 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 2nd Apr 2007, 57,771 miles
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Brightwells
Easters Court, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0DE, England
Located in Leominster, Herefordshire, Brightwells is a physical and online auction house handling classic, vintage, and modern classic vehicles. They conduct regular auctions and offer vehicle consignment services.
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