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October~November 2014 October~November 2014 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE President: David Patten 156–160 New York Street, Martinborough 5711 Ph: 06 306 9006 E-mail: [email protected] Vice President: Position Vacant Secretary: Mike King 21 Millar St, Palmerston North 4410 Ph: 06 357 1237 Fax: 06 356 8480 E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer: Peter Mackie P.O. Box 8446, Havelock North 4157 Ph: 06 877 4766 E-mail: [email protected] Club Captain: Winston Wingfield 7 Pioneer Crescent, Helensburgh, Dunedin 9010 Ph: 03 476 2323 E-mail: [email protected] Patron: Pauline Goodliffe Editor: Mike King Printer: Aorangi Print (Penny May) 125 Campbell Rd, RD 5, Feilding 4775 Ph: 06 323 4698 (home) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.daimlerclub.org.nz All membership enquiries to the Secretary. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MAGAZINE Please send all contributions for inclusion in the magazine directly to the Secretary via fax email or mail by the TENTH day of the month prior to publication. DISCLAIMER The views and opinions expressed in this magazine are purely those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Daimler and Lanchester Owners’ Club. October~November 2014 CONTENTS Page From the Driver’s Seat – National President’s Report ............................................ 2 Getting Up to Speed – National Secretary’s Report ............................................... 3 Round the Bazaars – Daimlers on the Run ............................................................. 4 Timelines ................................................................................................................. 7 1984: An Interview with David Manners ......................................................... 7 2004 – October: Royal Tour Daimler Heading To New Home .......................... 8 Articles of Interest: Churchill’s Daimler ........................................................................................... 9 Photo Gallery ............................................................................................ 14–15 1908 20-h.p. Lanchester .................................................................................. 16 Daimler One-O-Four Ladies’ Model ................................................................. 17 The Daimler Petrol-Motor Carriage ................................................................. 22 Hitting the Road – Daimler Events Diary ................................................................. 24 Members’ Market ................................................................................................... 26 Charles’ A–Z of Car Names Quiz .............................................................................. 28 KEN STOUT MOTORS LTD EST 1977 Independent Jaguar® Specialists – Buy, sell, service Ph/fax: +64 (0)9 444 9290 125 Diana Dr, Wairau Valley, A/hrs: +64 (0)21 543 884 Auckland, 0627 www.ksmjag.co.nz New Zealand www.ksmjag.co.nz October~November 2014 1 From the Driver’s Seat ... A Message from your National President Hello members, What a mild winter we have had, the odd storm at various parts of the country but overall I don’t think we have much to complain about all things being considered. By the time this newsletter goes to print the country would have had elections and a new term for whoever is the Government. Hopefully a Government that will sympathise with the many old car lovers in the country and enable an affordable continuation of the enjoyment for driving restoring or just maintaining our special vehicles. As a matter of interest I have become aware of a number of very nice old Daimlers advertised for sale recently. Various models including Conquest, Regency, Major, DB17 and Special Sports It’s really pleasing to see that there are still a few of the older (pre 1960) cars still around and in very good condition. I was looking at the car line up photo from the Palmerston North Rally & AGM earlier this year and noted the gradual model change in the line up from a few years ago. I can see why there has been a move towards the newer X300 series XJ Daimlers they are a beautiful car and have become quite popular. I decided to do a little research on the X300 and then came across the 1996 Daimler Century. Jaguar was owned by the Ford Motor Company at this point and it is said that Ford made a difference in the manufacturing and improved the build quality of the Daimler and Jaguar cars. In October 1995 Jaguar announces that it has decided to produce special commemorative series of Daimler Century saloons to celebrate the centenary of the Daimler Motor Company of Coventry, Britain’s oldest surviving car marque. The special commemorative series of just two hundred Daimler Century vehicles will be available with a choice of powerful and refined all-aluminium powertrains. Jaguar would manufacture 100 cars fitted with the 4.0 litre 24 valve AJ16 engine developing 245 bhp and 100 fitted with the 6.0 litre V12 developing 313 bhp. These cars are equipped with unique features both exterior and interior; the Century body was longer than the standard saloon by 125mm but based on the Daimler Double Six model specification. It was built as a luxury and prestige vehicle with all the available trim options for the time. (Continued p3) 1996 Daimler Century V12 Saloon 1896 Daimler’ first car had a tiller not a steering wheel 2 IN NEW ZEALAND INC Getting up to Speed ... A Word from your National Secretary The days are getting longer, Spring is in the air, time to get your Daimler out from under its winter cover! Welcome to this month’s new members, • John Rayner is from TeAroha to swell our Waikato numbers, John has a 1967 Sovereign. • Marius Handcock and his partner Joanna are from Gisborne. They have a Daimler Conquest and have purchased my Series 2 Double Six which they intend to use as their wedding car. • Kevin Digby is from Titirangi in Auckland, has a 1963 Daimler V8. • James Walker lives in Blenheim, the sunshine capital, and must appreciate quality as he has a 1988 Sovereign. Please note a couple of email address corrections/changes, Dave Patten has a “dot” after “dave” and Joe Price has a new address. See front and back covers for updates. President Dave’s Daimler collection continues to swell, a 6 litre Double Six being the latest addition! How many now Dave? Our best wishes go to the Wingfield’s, both Winston and Kaye are having some medical issues sorted and improvements made! They have plans in hand for next year’s Mini Rally and AGM being held in Dunedin. The date has been set for 11–12th April so you can start making plans if you wish to attend. I’ve been having some issues with fuel pumps lately, mechanical pumps that don’t want to suck and SU’s that leak! I have found a good replacement from Fuel Flow Solutions in Waihi. $90 gets an effective electronic inline pump which will operate +ve or -ve earth. Graeme Wilkinson was most helpful, you can contact him on (07)873-8101 or get full details at www.fuelflow.co.nz. A word for those submitting reports and information for the magazine, you would make my job so much easier if you can send as “word” attachment rather than in the script of the email. Also, any letters or articles, stories relating to your Daimler or whatever is always most welcome. Mike King ________________________________________________________________________ (From p2) The V12 engine model was designated the X305 and this was the run out model for the V12 engines being replaced by the new 32 valve V8 engines designated X308 series in 1998. Performance – Daimler Century V12 maximum speed is limited at 250 kph, the 4.0 litre 6 at 230 kph. Very impressive I thought and you could buy the Daimler Century V12 in the UK in 1996 for only 71,000 GB pounds. Who could have imagined the change over the period of 100 years? Happy motoring and take care. Dave Patten October~November 2014 3 Round the Bazaars ... Daimlers on the Run Auckland Amblings An indoor car show in the Crowne Plaza Hotel parking building. Mostly hot rods but Austin, Mini and Daimler were well represented. Wayne Marmont, Richard Prebble,Wayne Duncan/Paul Edginton and Martin Walker’s cars were all present. There was a swap meet, Octane Books had a stand and motor accessories were available for purchase. The car park is part of the Atrium Complex directly above a food court in Elliot Street just off Queen Street, so that refreshments were conveniently available. Bryan Davis Dyno Day Saturday 9th August saw an early start. Joseph had organised the day at MCR Automotive with a cost of $75.00 per car to test for power output at the wheels and had invited the Alvis Car Club to join them. Martin organised the time slots for each car and kept a watch on numbers as we had to get a least 15 cars to achieve the discounted price, this was achieved by bringing in several other car clubs. The day had begun with several Daimler 2.5 V8’s lining up to be tested. The test bed has a set of rollers for each wheel with an adjustment for wheel base. The cars were reversed onto the test bed and firmly tied down with straps to ensure the car doesn’t take off. Being a safety first person I was still not prepared to stand in front of the car as it was being revved to 6000rpm (Maximum rev’s for the Daimler). It was explained to us that the usual loss of power through the transmission to the wheels is a drop of 20 to 30% for a manual and 25 to 45% for an automatic. We were able to see the computer screen while the car was bought up to maximum rev’s. The Daimler Automatics and the manuals were all giving a consistent reading of 55kw(72bhp). This seemed rather low as they were rated at 140bhp when new so were only producing 52% of the original power. One car reached about 3500 rev’s and the graph started to waver rapidly up and down. This was explained as typical of an engine that has an electrical fault in the ignition. Taking the worst expected transmission losses ,the manuals should have produced 84 bhp and the autos: 77 bhp ,some work to do for the Daimler owners.