A subsidiary of Daimler in Germany; Daimler was Britain’s oldest car builder.

The company’s traditions of sound engineering, design and good workmanship have been maintained throughout, hardly unexpected for that reason Daimler enjoyed a lengthy association with Royalty as suppliers of motorcars.

Jaguar purchased Daimler in the early 1960s and the top-line Vanden Plas models still carried the Daimler fluted grille.

Barker Coachbuilders forwarded this exceptionally attractive European design that exhibits beautifully balanced proportions and graceful, sweeping curves formed from aluminum.

Reportedly, 500 of these cars were built and those sold in period into the United States appears to be very limited in number.

This Daimler originally ran with a rather small 2.5-liter six-cylinder engine with a Wilson pre-selector gearbox.

This unit has been replaced with a larger, more powerful and dependable Ford 250-cid six-cylinder engine and a AODE modern overdrive automatic transmission.

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