1979 Daimler Double Six Classic Car Auctions


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RM Sotheby's is offering, without reserve, Queen Elizabeth II's unrestored '84 Daimler Double Six LWB at its London auction on October 24. The pre-auction estimate is £50,000-£70,000, which is roughly $61,600-$86,300. The 12-cylinder Daimler was delivered "new" to Buckingham Palace in October 1984 to serve as QE2's personal car.


1984 Daimler Double Six LongWheelbase Saloon London 2019 RM Sotheby's

Daimler Double-Six 40/50 In 1931 Daimler offered a 6.5-litre version of their Double Six 50 known as the Double-Six 40/50. Our feature car is the very best of these models featuring a Martin Walter Ltd. body designed by H.R. Owens. Commissioned for British film star Anna Neagle, the Martin Walter Daimler has a unique body and specification. It was largely out of the public's eye for almost.


1991 Daimler Double Six Classic Cars for sale Treasured Cars

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Ref 91 1991 Daimler Double Six Series III

That said, I love stories about the bad old days, and James Martin's review of a well-preserved Daimler Double Six revealed something I never knew about the development of the fourth-generation XJ. Apparently, while Jaguar was still under the umbrella of British Leyland, the brass at Coventry feared interference from above — and took.


Ref 111 1992 Daimler DoubleSix Series III SB

If you're a fan of The Great British Classics, The Daimler Double Six (Jaguar XJ12) is the car for you. The XJ series 1-3 models offer a supreme combination.


Daimler Double Six, 1992 to ClassiCarGarage

The Daimler Double-Six sleeve-valve V12 was a piston engine manufactured by The Daimler Company Limited of Coventry, England between 1926 and 1938. It was offered in four different sizes for their flagship cars.


1979 Daimler Double Six Classic Car Auctions

Each Daimler Double Six automobile was a bespoke item and so no two are identical. Weight of these cars tends to be around 5,800lb or more. The cars were made in a number of variants from 1926 until 1937-1938. The 1926 model was the 7.1 liter Double Six 50, which was followed in 1927 by the smaller capacity Double Six 30 3.7 liter version.


1991 DAIMLER DOUBLE SIX SOLD Bicester Sports & Classics

Daimler Double-Six may refer to either of two different series of Daimler V12 engines or to a car produced by Jaguar Cars under the Daimler nameplate.. Engines made 1926 to 1938 7.1-litre 50 drophead coupé by Corsica of Cricklewood 1931 example Daimler Double-Six Engine. 7.1-litre sleeve-valve 1926-1930; 3.7-litre sleeve-valve 1927-193?


1990 Daimler Double Six Series 3 saloon Classic Car Auctions

Model history Daimler Sovereign was a name applied by the British manufacturer Jaguar to a sequence of luxury automobiles between 1966 and 1983. The V12 versions of the Daimler were named 'Double-Six' after the pre-war Daimler V12's. The Daimler Double-Six was introduced in 1972 and used Jaguar's 5.3-Litre V12 engine. These cars were luxurious, serene and effortlessly


1931→1935 Daimler DoubleSix 40/50

The Daimler Double Six was a series of luxury cars that were introduced for the 1973 model year. Previously, the Double Six name had been used by Daimler for a range of V12 engined luxury cars, but this new iteration of the Double Six saw the name used for what were largely rebadged V12-engined Jaguar XJs.While the vast majority of modern Double Sixes were sold as four door sedans, a coupe.


1984 Daimler Double Six LongWheelbase Saloon London 2019 RM Sotheby's

Daimler's line-up of vehicles consisted of six-cylinder engines until the mid-1920s, when the Double Six came onto the scene. It was designed by their chief engineer, Laurence H. Pomeroy. It used a similar design to the six-cylinder engine, which consisted of two-sets of three cylinders.


1992 Daimler Double Six Auric Classic Cars

This glorious British Racing Green Daimler Double-Six was registered in February 1978, three months after production of the coupe ended, and is one of the final examples of the two-door XJ to have been made with either branding. Recently restored by Turner Classics, of Ramsgate, Kent, it perfectly illustrates what makes the model so special.


Daimler Double Six Series III (1988) picture 1 of 6

The Double Six referred to the V12 engine which Daimler added to their limousine vehicles. Daimler introduced several Double Six engined models, initially a 7.1-litre version and subsequently a Daimler Double Six 30 (3.75-litres), a Daimler Double Six 30/40 (5.25-litres) and a Daimler Double Six 50 later named the 40/50 (6.5- litres), until.


1985 Daimler Double Six Classic Car Auctions

The second generation Daimler Double-Six was based closely on the Daimler Sovereign, which itself was closely based on the Jaguar XJ6 and sold in parallel with it. The name "Double-Six" is a reference to the Jaguar V12 under the hood which was producing anywhere from 245 bhp to 295 bhp depending on the model.


Daimler Double Six Lex Classics

The Series 3 was basically treading water until the V12-engined XJ40 (codenamed XJ81) was ready. With the engine bay needing to be heavily re-engineered to accept the V12, the car wouldn't arrive until 1993. With its role as Jaguar's flagship at an end, in November 1992, the final Series 3 was a black Daimler Double Six which, preceded by.


1978 Daimler Double Six Series II Van den Plas Classic Driver Market

Daimler Double-Six 50 Despite offering numerous models and having royal support, Daimler wanted to take an extra step after Rolls-Royce released their feature-rich Phantom in 1925. To stay competitive, Chief engineer Laurence Pomeroy decided to make the most of Daimler's engineering and adopt sleeve valves in a new seven liter 'Double Six' V12. To do so, he mated two existing 6-cylinder.