1947 Daimler DB18 KKJ 333 - Royal history

[marchesmark]

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1253904

Looks very interesting. I happened to open a 2010 copy of Driving Member and there was a full article on it by Jim Bain, who rescued it. And in the same magazine a photo spread on my own car, 2 years before I owned it. I call this Providence, and say I should buy the car (it isn't far from me either) but my wife says it is senility and I should desist. Views on a postcard please!!

[Brian-H]

Here is my postcard
Columns A and B are "inputs", column C is the "output answer"

[grahamemmett]

Interesting history but that sort of money would buy you the best in the country.
A £12,000 premium for a connection to a dubious Royal?

[marchesmark]

Graham, I agree, as does my wife. I don't think Queen Marie was all that dubious though. It is a huge price for a car in less than top condition. At £8-10K I might be persuaded. It sold at auction in 2017, but I can't find out the selling price.

Mark

[Norfolk Lad]

Gentlemen history is available be SWIFT you may miss out on History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swifts_Park

[Brian-H]

If you've got the money spare and the space, then get it. Even at £7k to £10k, if you had to sell it later, you're likely to make a loss (though not as much of a loss as £17k obviously). These cars are not investments, they don't go up in value, they go down, albeit more slowly than a new car of the same price. As has been said elsewhere on this forum, most pre-60s cars are in a diminishing market.

[marchesmark]

I hope the current owner is reading this thread, he may see fit to revise his price.

[Stan Thomas]

I'm with Graham on this one.

Confucious he say, all that glitters is not gold.