Another luxury saloon at the SSAFA Car Show at Ewen Fields on 19 Oct 2014.
It's a 1956 Daimler Conquest Century 4-door saloon with a 2,433cc straight-6 engine. The Daimler business was purchased by Jaguar Cars in 1960 and carried on making what were largely Daimler-badged Jaguars through the BMC, British Leyland and Ford owned years. The Jaguar/Daimler name is now owned by the Tata Group of India.
One interesting fact I've picked up whilst researching this car is that the first recorded motor accident in the United Kingdom which resulted in the death of the driver involved a Daimler 6hp in 1899. It was in Harrow on the Hill in north west London where a rear wheel of the Daimler collapsed and the car hit a brick wall. The driver, Edwin Sewell, was killed instantly and one of the passengers, a Major Richer, was thrown from the vehicle and died three days later in hospital.
One interesting fact I've picked up whilst researching this car is that the first recorded motor accident in the United Kingdom which resulted in the death of the driver involved a Daimler 6hp in 1899. It was in Harrow on the Hill in north west London where a rear wheel of the Daimler collapsed and the car hit a brick wall. The driver, Edwin Sewell, was killed instantly and one of the passengers, a Major Richer, was thrown from the vehicle and died three days later in hospital.
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