A 1963 Daimler V8

Video Title :	A 1963 Daimler V8
Description :	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)
Views :	4986
Rating :	5.00
Keywords, Tags :	1963 Daimler 2.5 V8 saloon Jaguar Mark II Browns Lane british classic car retro Massive Attack Teardrop
Video Length :	2 : 54

Comments :

mechanical masterpiece! 5 stars

Thankyou!

Who will kiss this sleeping beauty awake ?

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!!

id love to have that car

wow, that looks so good!

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.

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...

look at mine on w w w dot classic-cars-australia dot zoomshare dot com

Your car is EXACTLY what I hope this one turns out looking like after it gets restored!