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£4,872 (Est: £5,000 - £8,000)

1968 Daimler V8 250

United Kingdom • 5 Aug 2026 • Lot 34

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AI Listing Summary

This Daimler V8, used as a wedding car for over a decade, boasts a fully rebuilt engine and gearbox in 2023 with minimal mileage since. Its attractive presentation with chrome wire wheels and Coombs wheel spats is complemented by a strong maintenance history, though it requires a proper running-in period.

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Condition 

7

The car is described as being in decent shape for its age with fighting fit mechanics and a recently rebuilt engine and gearbox. However, it has only covered 500 miles since the rebuild and requires another 500 miles of running-in, suggesting it's not yet at peak performance. While mechanically sound, the description doesn't explicitly state the external or internal condition is perfect, implying some wear consistent with its age and previous use as a wedding car.

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Transmission:

Automatic

Chassis No:

1K1919BW

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

PYM301F

RHD/LHD:

LHD

Description In the current ownership for 14 years and in regular use as a wedding car; engine and gearbox fully rebuilt in 2023 and only 500 miles since; chrome wire wheels; Coombs wheel spats; a well-maintained Daimler ready for new adventures First registered in London in February 1968, this Daimler V8 comes with a good file of invoices back to the early 1990s to show regular upkeep over the years, along with records of most of the previous six owners.

Our vendor acquired the car in 2012 from a Mr P Day of Devon who had owned it for the previous 15 years.

Owner of a wedding hire business, our vendor promptly had the car repainted from grey to white, treated it to a thorough mechanical check-over with all new brakes etc, and it served reliably as bridal transport over the next dozen years or more, always being kept in tip-top running order by the mechanic employed to look after the cars in the fleet.

Reliability is paramount in the wedding car world where you simply cannot risk fai...

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£410

Lowest Price (Since 2020)

£9,559

Median Price (Since 2020)

£31,624

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