Winston Churchill Daimler to be auctioned
A Daimler DB18 Drophead Coupé previously used by Sir Winston Churchill will be auctioned in December.
An ex-Winston Churchill Daimler DB18 Drophead Coupé forms the highlight of the Historics at Brooklands auction on Saturday December 4, and is currently on display at the Brooklands Museum.
Built in 1939 and featuring coachwork by Carlton Carriage Co., the Daimler was used by the British Prime Minister during his election campaigns in 1944 and 1949.
One of eight of the 23 DB18 Drophead Coupés planned (the rest were abandoned due to Daimler's Coventry plant being bombed in the Blitz of 1940), this car, chassis 49531, is also the only one known to have survived - four were destroyed during the Blitz bombing, one scrapped and the whereabouts of the remaining two are unknown....
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An ex-Winston Churchill Daimler DB18 Drophead Coupé forms the highlight of the Historics at Brooklands auction on Saturday December 4, and is currently on display at the Brooklands Museum.
Built in 1939 and featuring coachwork by Carlton Carriage Co., the Daimler was used by the British Prime Minister during his election campaigns in 1944 and 1949.
One of eight of the 23 DB18 Drophead Coupés planned (the rest were abandoned due to Daimler's Coventry plant being bombed in the Blitz of 1940), this car, chassis 49531, is also the only one known to have survived - four were destroyed during the Blitz bombing, one scrapped and the whereabouts of the remaining two are unknown....