Daimler Other Charlesworth Sports Saloon 1938
General description :
1939 Daimler EL24Charlesworth Sports Saloon
Registration Numnber: 861HYK
Produced in 1939 & first registered in 1950 due to war time interruption. One of four cars commissioned for Embassy staff in India, the first three were destroyed when the boat they were carried in was torpedoed en route to India. This one remained in the UK for finishing and was never exported. First registration was delayed until 1950 due to World War II factory bomb damage.
This Daimler EL14 Light Limousine is in really fine driving order. The Straight Esix 3.3 litre engine starts instantley & is a paragon of smoothness allowing the car to cruise at modern traffic speeds between 55 & 60 MPH.
A complete rebuild, inside and out was done in 1998/1999 carried out by Classic Refinishes at a cost of close to £30,000. Photographic history shows the work undertaken. A good file of other history also accompanies this cherished car. The car is thus in really fine order. Drive is via a Wilson Pre select box which is a pleasure to use making for effortless gear changes.
The maroon paint is in generally good order with some light patination of use, but polishes up quite well. The interior is lovely deep brown leather thoughout extending to the door cards. Walnut Picnic tables are fitted to the rear seats. This is a spacious comfortable car with a surprising turn of speed fora pre war machine. I have to say it compares very farourably to equivalent Rolls Royces of the period.
1938 Daimler Other Charlesworth Sports Saloon is listed for sale on ClassicDigest in Essex by Prestige House for Not priced.
Car Facts
Car type : Car Make : Daimler Model : Other Model Version : Charlesworth Sports Saloon Engine size : 0.0 Model Year : 1938 Sub type : Sedan Location : Essex Vehicle Registration : Undefined
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Prestige House
+44(0)1375 379719, +44(0)7967 260673
Prestige House
+44(0)1375 379719, +44(0)7967 260673
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About Daimler
Daimler was an independent British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H. J. Lawson in 1896. To secure the name they bought the right to the use of the Daimler name simultaneously from Gottlieb Daimler and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft. Britain's oldest car manufacturer was purchased by Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) in 1910 after numerous ownership arrangements.
Under BSA era they produced some of the most outrageous luxury cars such as low-chassis Daimler double-six 50hp, commercial vehicles, and military vehicles including tanks and a four-wheel-drive armoured scout car, nicknamed Dingo (WWII).
Postwar Daimler's most significant achievement came in the form of so called Turner engines, when Ed Turner, head of the automotive division, designed a series lightweight hemi head Daimler 2.5 & 4.5 Litre V8 Engines.
In May 1960, the Daimler business was purchased from BSA by Jaguar that was looking for the manufacturing facilities. This eventually led to Daimler becoming just a badge engineered jaguar.
The real tragedy is that Jaguar complitely failed to use the potential of Turner's hemi engines, that in all ernest were superior to Jaguar's XK design. Just imagine, if E-type had been introduced with the 4.5 light alloy v8 in 1961, what a rocket ship that would have made!