A 1963 Daimler V8

This is a 1963 Daimler 250 V8 Automatic, owned by a neighbour's son. Due to him being in Australia for many years, the car, complete with an incredibly compact 2.5 litre V8 engine, was laid up completely untouched - for 25 long years (yes - an entire quarter century) in the one place, at the back of a darkened basement - from 1982 to 2007.

This collection of shots were taken the day before it was shifted, purchased by a new owner to be restored, and placed back onto the road.

While the car's condition looked incredibly aged, I was just glad that it was parked in a dry lockup, rather than a boggy field. There are not many of these cars left, likely due to being driven incredibly hard when new, rust and being candidates (they were cheap in the 1970s) for the banger track! Appearances in TV shows like The Sweeney and The Professionals where they were often smashed up did not help much either!

Soundtrack used is Massive Attack - "Teardrop" (1998)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 1963
• Daimler
• 2.5
• V8
• saloon
• Jaguar
• Mark
• II
• Browns
• Lane
• british
• classic
• car
• retro
• Massive
• Attack
• Teardrop

[neatoauctions]

Really good! Which software program did you employ to produce this?

[joh2]

Ulead Video studio 10 (I think it might be version 12 now) - although since buying a laptop with Vista I now use Adobe Premiere Elements 4...

[artofwheels]

mechanical masterpiece! 5 stars

[joh2]

Thankyou!

[steffhasajag]

Got mine back on the road last year.All the boy racers think you are invisiable and pull out in front of you.They dont seem to appreciate the quality of these fantastic cars.On the other hand people stop you and try ad tell you its not a Jag its a Daimler!!! quite funny realy, concidering I brought it in 1988.

[joh2]

Ah Ok, Come to think about it, your car would likely outrun and perhaps out-handle many of the boy racer cars - I recall one car magazine retrospectively referring to the Jaguar Mk2/Daimler V8 as the "BMW M5" of its day...

[midsaint776]

in better condition than me and i'm the same age as the car !

[pluglather]

beautiful cars , beautiful motor. very thirsty, big oil users when worn , nothing like the performance of the 3.4 or 3.8 litre jaguars in the same body, tho a little better than the 2.4, but rather nicer to drive because the motor was so much lighter and they werent front heavy. ive always thught that with the mercedes coupe of the same period these were about the nicest looking cars of their time

[EccentricRichard]

How does the Daimler engine compare with the Rover 3528cc V8? My dad ran a P6 3500S as his daily for around ten years and loved it - it was pretty economical, too, returning 30mpg on a good motorway run.

[helmuthoorn]

Who will kiss this sleeping beauty awake ?

[bigkitten]

God!...my Dad had one of these in '72-'75, and I just used to go into it, turn on the ignition, and press the starter button, to hear that gorgeous Aluminium 2.5 litre engine revving! If you floored it for any time, I swear that you could see the fuel gauge dropping. It was a VERY heavy car!!