Hello,

Thought the attached may raise a smile - it is notice of an auction as posted within a 1988 Driving Member.

Oh to be a time traveller and bring some of those goodies back to 2020 !!

Regards.

Richard.

Having attended the auction i have a good idea who bought a lot of spares and the vast amount of money spent.
So will this man step forward and tell us how much he spent

AUCTION
On instructions from Mr. David Farrar,
the entire Collection of
DAIMLER & LANCHESTER VEHICLES
AND
SPARES ETC.
Briefly to Include:-
1950 DaimlerDCZT Ambulance (1918 Body); 1936 Daimler
'Straight Eight' Limousine ; 1949 Daimler'D836' Limousine
Estate; 1929 Datmler Double Six Limousine; 1957 Daimler
Sportsman; 1952 Daimler Barker Special Sports; 1959
Daimler 4.6 Limousine; 1966 Daimler V8 Limousine; 1956
Daimler Conquest; 1937 Lanchester Road Rider; 1952
Lanchester 'Leda'; 1951, Armstrong Siddeley Limousine;
7962Triumph Herald (Low Mileage) etc.
and
800 Lots of Daimler, Lanchester and Universal Spares
(mostly new) to include-New Tyres; Batteries, Lanchester
LD10 Engine; Headlights; Spot Lights; Trim and Carpets;
Pistons; Valves; Fan Belts; Distributors; Cylinders and
Pumps; Seals; Body Trim; Gaskets; Body Panels; Springs;
Cylinder Heads; Major V8 Heads; Conquest Doors; Shock
Absorbers; Water Pumps; Exhausts; Steering Parts; Road
Springs; Carburettors; DE and DK Axles; DF and Conquest
Gear Boxes; Bumpers and many other DCzl , DF, DK, D36,
Y41/2, DJ, Lanchester, Lucas and other Spares etc.
to be held for Convenience of Sale at
KENSINGTON FARM, MATTISHALL,
NR. DEREHAM, NORFOLK.
On
SATURDAY, 19th MARCH, 1988
Commencing at 11.00 a.m.
(Viewing
-
Friday, 18th March)
Catalogues available from Early February onwards (
by Post from the Auctioneers.
NOEL D. ABEL
32 Norwich Road, Watton, Norfolk.
Tel: (0953) 881204 Telex: 975326
(Also at St. Albans, Colchester & Huntingdon)
f2.00)
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I imagine the amount of items seen on the auction day was quite bewildering, to say the least !!

The printed auctioneers sale guide, must also have made very interesting reading.

Doubt you will ever see the like of that again, covering our vehicles.

Regards.

Richard.

David Farrar was a long time member and great supporter of the club, indeed there is a David Farrar Trophy.
If I said he was a little eccentric I don’t think too many would disagree. That said we’re all a little eccentric having these old cars as hobbies, may as well set fire to bundles of £20 notes!

£50 notes if its a sleeve valve.

I wonder how many of those cars are still around today.

Especially the 1929 Datmler Double Six Limousine.
Not many Datmlers made.

Now if it was 1929 Daimler Double Six Limousine they are as rare as hen's teeth found in some rocking horse poo. I read somewhere (and can't find where) that there were only 9 of these made.
Stan Thomas may know.

Hi Graham,

'Fraid I don't actually know the whereabouts of any "double-Sixes" in captivity, although there was a saloon on a trailer at the Rally some years back at Gaydon. If ever you get the chance, look at a parts catalogue for a double-six engine - they were truly awesome, and unbelievably complex - and yet they made so comparatively few.

Things are very quiet here with little traffic - in fact, so quiet, my daughter actually reached 70mph on the M6 going to work in Walsall this morning!!

I read in my A-Z of Cars of the 1920s that there was under 500 Double-Six made in 2 sizes. The "50" at 7136cc and the "30" at 3744cc, both sleeve valve.
Europe's first production V12, each bank of cylinders had its own cooling, carburettor and dual ignition system. A "50" chassis was £1,950 and the "30" chassis £1,000

The car on a trailer at Gaydon was a member from the Czech Republic, I’ll look out the photos.