Daimler Sp250 Sports Car

At the beginning of daimler sp250 production bumpers were considered optional equipment.
Daimler sp250 sports car. When the car first appeared in the us. The daimler sp250 is a sports car built by the daimler company a british manufacturer in coventry from 1959 to 1964. This beautiful sp250 is one of 26 purchased by the metropolitan police and details of its acquisition and service record are on file together with a charming photograph showing the daimler on parade. Or best offer.
But dodge was already using that name so daimler quickly swapped in the much snappier sp250. At a time when most english sports cars had drafty side curtains the sp250 had roll up windows. I dont know the height of it but the dude standing beside it in the above image is 510 tall. The sp 250 was originally named the daimler dart but dodge who owns the copyright to the dart name objected and this was rebadged to the name it currently possesses.
This compact perspex windscreen is a charming period modification. In 1959 at the new york auto show it was called the daimler dart. Road impressions of the daimler sp250 an interesting v8 engined 2 12 litre sports car possessing extremely good acceleration a maximum speed of 120 mph and an extremely quiet and flexible engine when edward turner famous. We are pleased to present this very rare 1959 daimler sp250.
The queens sports car. The daimler sp250 was one of the first british street cars to come with an all fiberglass body. It was the last car to be launched by daimler before its parent company the birmingham small arms company bsa sold it to jaguar cars in 1960. Daimler v8 sp 250 sports convertible sales brochure 1960 r27010344 56160.
This 2218 pound ragtop is 13 feet 4 12 inches long and 5 feet 12 inch wide. 1 product rating daimler sp250 sports car spare parts catalogue by brooklands books ltd.