Lot Ended
Description
AMENDMENT; Super old Conquest driven 100 miles to the sale; four
owners from new; only 36,800 miles indicated and likely to be correct; runs
sweetly
Launched in 1953
to replace the Consort, the upmarket Daimler Conquest was a modified version of
the Lanchester 14 fitted with a six-cylinder 75bhp 2,433cc engine mated to
Daimler’s super-smooth four-speed pre-selector gearbox. It came in three body
styles, saloon, roadster or drophead coupe. All had well-appointed traditional
wood and leather interiors. Around 4,568 were sold before production came to an
end in 1957.
First registered in Doncaster in May
1954, this Conquest has had just four owners from new, the first of them being a
local aircraft pilot, so we are told. It then had two further keepers in
Mansfield.
An old service invoice shows that it
had covered 26,188 miles by 1967 and the odometer currently shows 36,835 miles
which may even be correct – who knows? The interior looks original and nicely
mellowed, so we imagine the mileage is relatively low.
Old tax discs
show that it was taxed every year from 1999 – 2012 and the MOT history online
implies that it has only covered some 2,000 miles since 2006.
Our vendor
acquired the car in 2020 from a friend who had owned it for several
years and he has continued to look after it well, keeping it tucked up in a
nice dry barn when not in use. Supplied with some useful technical literature,
we are told that there is more paperwork for the car which should be with us in
time for the sale and we will update the website as necessary.
As
you can see in the photos, this charming old Daimler looks nicely preserved and
hides its 70 years remarkably well. Driven 100 miles to the sale, it has been
starting promptly and running very sweetly and quietly as we have moved it
around on site.
For more information contact James on 07970 309907
or email james.dennison@brightwells.com
AMENDMENT: The
additional paperwork for this car has now arrived. The original buff logbook and
an old V5 and V5C give the names of all four owners, the first in Doncaster, the
rest in Mansfield. There are 37 old MOTs from 1961 – 2005 which show that it has
always been in light, regular use. Early MOTs did not record mileages but we can
see that it rises very slowly from 27,282 in 1969 to 34,781 in 2005 so the
current mileage of 36,835 is more than likely genuine. There is also a copy of
an original Daimler maintenance manual for the fluid flywheel gearbox, Lucas
wiring diagrams, other technical literature relating to the Conquest, plus
historic magazine features/road tests on the model.
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