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Daimler One-O-Four DF310 Overview Daimler One-O-Four DF310 Overview Origins of the name Daimler Confusingly, the name Daimler is used by two completely separate groups of car manufacturers. The history of both companies can be traced back to the German engineer Gottlieb Daimler who built the first cars in 1889. This was the origin of the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, which is translated as Daimler Motor Company, which has manufactured vehicles since the 1890s. Gottlieb Daimler died in 1900, having sold licences to use the Daimler name in a number of countries. The licence granted in 1891 to the British F. R. Simms & Co included the right to use the Daimler name in Great Britain and in 1896 the British Daimler Motor Company was founded. History of the Daimler Motor Company (GB) The Daimler Motor Company Limited, was an independent In the 1950s, Daimler stopped making Lanchesters, and tried British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H. to widen its appeal with a line of new developed sport cars J. Lawson in 1896, which set up its manufacturing base in and high-performance luxury limousines. Their chairman, Sir Coventry. The company bought the right to the use of the Bernard Docker and his newly married wife Norah Collins Daimler name simultaneously from Gottlieb Daimler and performed highly publicised extravagances. This led to the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft of Cannstatt, Germany. After fact that the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II, who had a early financial difficulty and a reorganization of the company preference for Rolls-Royce anyway, did not use Daimler for in 1904, the Daimler Motor Company was purchased by official events since 1955. Docker was succeeded by Jack Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) in 1910, which Sangster as chairman, following a 1956 boardroom coup. also made cars under its own name before World War II. In In 1960, BSA sold Daimler to Jaguar Cars, which continued 1933, BSA bought the Lanchester Motor Company and made Daimler's line. Jaguar was then merged into the British it a subsidiary of Daimler. Motor Corporation in 1966 and British Leyland in 1968. The company was awarded a Royal Warrant to provide cars Under these companies, Daimler became an upscale trim to the British Monarch in 1902; it lost this privilege in the level for Jaguar cars except for the 1968-1992 Daimler 1950s after being supplanted by Rolls-Royce. The company DS420, which had no Jaguar equivalent despite being fully occasionally used alternative technology; the Knight engine Jaguar-based. Jaguar was split off from British Leyland in which it partially developed in the early twentieth century 1984 and bought by the Ford Motor Company in 1989. Ford and used from 1909 to 1935, worm gear final drive used stopped using the Daimler name on Jaguars in 2007 and sold from 1909 until after World War II, and the Wilson prese- Jaguar to Tata Motors in 2008. Tata bought the Daimler and lector gearbox used from 1930 to the mid-1950s. Lanchester brands with Jaguar, but has not used them thus far; as of 2015, the brand appears to be dormant. Daimler One-O-Four DF310 Overview History of the Daimler Regency series Daimler One-O-Four DF310 The Daimler Regency DF300 series was a luxury car made in Coventry by The Technical specifications Daimler Company Limited between 1951 and 1956. Only 52 examples of the Manufacturer: first Regency were made because demand for new cars collapsed just weeks The Daimler Company Limited after its introduction. Almost two years later a lengthened more powerful Regency Mark II DF304 was announced but, in turn, it attracted few customers Production: and it was replaced by the very much faster up-rated One-O-Four DF310 1955 – 1957 (only 560 ex. were made) Class: Luxury announced in October 1955. Price (1955): Regency DF300 £ 2'671 equivalent CHF 32'670 Æ GBP / CHF currency rate 12.23 Displayed to press on 26 September and the following week at the Paris Motor Body style: Show it was first shown to the British public at the October 1951 Motor Show. Four-door saloon by Barker The chassis was from the 2½-litre Eighteen Consort. It was fitted with a new 3- litre engine design derived from the Lanchester Fourteen. Engine: Capacity 3'468 cc (3 ½ litre) The shape of the standard Barker saloon body closely resembled the much Inline 6 cylinder OHV (overhead valves) smaller Lanchester Fourteen. It was joined in 1952 by an Empress II saloon and Twin carburettors limousine and convertible all with razor-edge styling by Hooper. Compression ratio 7.6 : 1 Only a small number of Regency Barker Special Sports were made, perhaps Power 102 kW; 139 PS @ 4400 rpm Slow running 400 rpm (max.) three. They were externally distinguished by having front-hinged doors, not the Maximum speed 5000 rpm "suicide doors" of the smaller-engined version. The usual Daimler Fluid Æ 106 mph (170 km/h) road speed Flywheel coupled the engine and its Wilson pre-selector 4-speed gearbox. Transmission: All new car sales collapsed in 1952 while the nation waited for the removal of a Wilson 4-speed preselector gearbox "temporarily" increased purchase tax, finally eased in April 1953. Only 51 with fluid flyweel Regencys were made before production stopped. Dimensions: Wheelbase: 114 in (2.896 m) Regency Mark II DF304 Lenth: 195 in (4.953 m) The revised Regency DF304 labelled Mark II was announced in October 1954. Width: 70 in (1.778 m) The new more flowing body was slightly longer with a much longer boot and Height: 62.5 in (1.588 m) Kerb weight: 4'409 lb (2 t) mudguards and was lower-set. It could now be purchased with a 3½-litre or 4½- litre engine. Again there was a Hooper version, the Empress IIa and III but now Petrol Tank: also the Sportsman four-light saloon with coachwork by Mulliners 18 gallons (incl. 1 ¾ gal. reserve) (Birmingham). The (at first only) 4½-litre Sportsman with three-piece wrap- Æ 81.8 liters normal gasoline around rear window and extra interior luxury features was announced a few days later. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_Regency Daimler Owners Handbook Replacing the Mark II The Regency Mark II proved little more successful than the first Regency and was superseded in late 1955 by the 3½-litre One-O-Four (DF310) which was once again little more than a variant with a more powerful engine. The bigger 4½ litre engine went to the new Daimler Regina DF400 or DK400. Daimler One-O-Four DF310 Announced in October 1955 the 3½-litre inline six- cylinder engine was given a new cylinder head and compression ratio of 7.6:1 generating almost 30% more power (137 bhp; 102 kW; 139 PS @ 4,400 rpm) to push the same 2-tonne Mk II to 104 m.p.h. With upgraded brakes and interior, branded firmly at its tail with a bulky fluted boss bearing a large D in the centre of its back bumper it was advertised as the 100 m.p.h. Daimler One-O-Four. Named because a prototype reached 104 m.p.h. (One-O-Four) during testing when there were no open-road speed limits. During 1956 a Borg-Warner fully automatic gearbox became available. Seventeen chassis numbers were used by this model and another forty-nine for the corresponding Lady's Model. The special lady's items in the Lady's Model inspired by Lady Docker became optional extras the following year. Daimler One-O-Four DF310 (GB) - Overview v4.doc 2 / 2 .
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