2010-11-21 09:38:00 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 10/10
www.classic-auctions.co.uk/Auctions/22-10-2010-HaynesInternationalMotorMuseum-12 ...

Auction description:
Lot Number: 11
1976 Daimler Double Six Coupe
Sold For £5,500

Reg Number: SDM 50R
Chassis Number:2F1073BW
Engine Number: 7P28575SA
Cc: 5343
Body Colour: Silver Grey
Trim Colour: Black
MOT ExpiryDate: Aug 2011

The example on sale was manufactured in 1976. It has Silver Grey bodywork topped by a black vinyl roof. The interior is trimmed in ebony velour. The vendor purchased the car in 1991 after it had apparently enjoyed an extensive restoration. Having used the Daimler for two years, he then dry stored it before having it recommissioned by Bristol Classic & Sports Cars. The following year it received ignition and suspension upgrades and new tyres. The vendor now describes the coachwork as "rust free", the paintwork as "good" and the engine and transmission as "excellent". The car is MOT'd into August 2011.

2016-06-05 03:28:38 | pauls writes:

Car returned to auction 5/16
classiccars.brightwells.com/viewdetails.php

Auction description:
Lot number 83
Hammer value £9,500
Description Daimler Double Six Coupe
Registration SDM 50R
Year 1976
Colour Silver Grey
Engine size 5,343 cc
Chassis No. 2F1073BW
Engine No. 7P28575SA
Documents V5C; MOT April 2017; service invoices; stamped service book; handbook; Heritage Certificate

As the accompanying Heritage Certificate confirms, this Double Six Coupe was manufactured in January 1976 and was supplied via Henlys of Chester to its first owner in the sizzling hot August of that year. Silver Grey with a black vinyl roof and a rare Ebony velour interior, it has covered some 90,600 miles to date in the hands of just five owners with many old MOTs, service stamps and invoices to warrant this mileage.

Extensively restored about 25 years ago, the car has only covered around 2,000 fine weather miles since and has been kept garaged when not in use, hence the good state of preservation today. It has also just been fitted with new rear brake discs which is no small job! Said to drive as it should with an MOT until April 2017 with no advisories recorded, this rare and potent Daimler can still show a clean pair of heels to most other cars on the road and would sit well in any collection.