Daimler Sportsman 4 12 litre

The Daimler Sortsman is a large 4 door 6 seater saloon with bodies built by Mulliner on a separate cruciformed braced box section chassis 2 specification engines were offered 3 12 litre 140 bhp or 4 12 litre 167 bhp The chassis incorporated an automatic lubrication system and a mechanical built in jacking system The enginewas a straight 6 cylinder engine with push rod operated overhead valves an aluminium head 76 to 1 compression ratio and twin SU carburettors This was connected to a four speed preselector gearbox a Daimler fluid flywheel with a hypoid bevel drive rear axle Independent front suspension by coil springs and Newton telescopic dampers with a torsional stabilising bar and at the rear semielliptic leaf springs with Newton telescopic dampers The steering is by cam and roller with adjustable steering column The brakes are Hydromechanical on the 35 litre and hydraulic on the 45 litre model with vacuum assistanceThis very rare Daimler 4 12 litre Sportsman is in very sound condition It has been owned by the vendor for 33 years The cylinder head has been fitted with unleaded valve seats and there is a substantial history in RepairParts invoices that come with the car There are some spare parts that come with the car Its not often that these very high quality cars come up for sale its thought by the vendor that less than 10 were built and as they were 3200 new in 1955 more than a lot of houses its not surprising