Daimler DS420 Magazine articles (English) 2000-2019

 

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This web page shows various magazine articles in the English language, that appeared about the DS420 from 2000 to 2012. They are shown in chronological order. Note that there are parallel web pages with articles from 1968-1999 and articles from 2020-present. Also, there are three other pages with non-English language articles 1968-1999, 2000-2019 and 2020-present.

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Doing a Stretch
Side by Side - Classic Limos
Martin Buckley
Practical Classics
September 2002

The vinyl roof on car BMC856H,
a 1970 car, is not factory original.

In July 2003 the Driving Member magazine
(Vol40 No. 2)
reprinted the two Daimler parts.

   Doing a Stretch p1. (21kB) Doing a Stretch p5. (19kB)
Doing a Stretch p3. (15kB) Doing a Stretch p4. (17kB)    Driving Member July 2003 Driving Member July 2003
 
Jag_Enth-2004 p1. (17kB) Jag_Enth-2004 p2. (18.7kB)
Jag_Enth-2004 p3. (18kB) Jag_Enth-2004 p4. (15kB)

Prestige for Peanuts
Nigel Thorley
Jaguar Enthusiast, January 2004

Nigel Thorley (Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club) on the production and on the current market position of DS420 cars.

 

DS420 An Appreciation
George Zdanko
Driving Member, January 2004

George Zdanko published this article in his semi-regular "appreciation" column
for the Driving member magazine of the Daimler and Lanchester Owners' Club.

Note that the previous article on this web page contains a photo of George's car VKM209H, in colour.

   Driving Member Jan 2004 Driving Member Jan 2004
 
RestoredCars July2004 p1. RestoredCars July2004 p2. RestoredCars July2004 p3. RestoredCars July2004 p4. RestoredCars July2004 p5.
RestoredCars Sept2004 p1. RestoredCars Sept2004 p2.
RestoredCars Sept2004 p3. RestoredCars March2005 p1.

The Daimler DS420 Limousine 1968 to 1992
Robert Penn Bradly
Restored Cars #165, Australia, July-August 2004
Restored Cars #166, Australia, Sept.-Oct. 2004
Restored Cars #169, Australia, March.-April. 2005

This started as a series of two articles. Greg Lewis from Perth, who helped me to obtain these copies, wrote a letter to the editor with additional information, and this was published in the subsequent March-April 2005 issue (#169). It is shown here as the last page.

The caption of the very first photo states that the picture is taken in Australia, of an Australian car. But it is Jaguar's press photo No. 189656, issued in 1968, for the introduction of the model.

 

A Lucky Survivor
George Zdanko
The Driving Member, Vol. 44 no. 1, June 2007

George Zdanko describes how car BYK330H came into his possession,
barely escaping the crusher when the previous owner desperately had to get rid of it.

  

Lucky Survivor

 

Room at the top
Paul Skilleter
Jaguar Enthusiast, Vol.24 No.9, Sept. 2008

This article is well written and very informative.
The two pages with the author's own photos of the
DS420 production line at Browns Lane are exceptional,
but the captions of the main illustrations on page 1
and page 5 are incorrect.

  Room at the Top p1. Room at the Top p1.
Room at the Top p3. Room at the Top p4.   Room at the Top p5. Room at the Top p6.
 

magazine issue 49 The British publisher GE Fabbri devoted issue No. 49 of its popular fortnightly "James Bond Car Collection" magazine to the Daimler DS420 as a James Bond movie car. The magazine came with a diecast 1:43 scale model made by Universal Hobbies in China. The UK edition of this issue appeared in November 2008 although the magazine itself has no date. The French edition appeared a few weeks after the English one. The German edition was published in November 2009, and the Dutch version in February 2010. photo DA1321a - 1991

The magazine has 16 pages of which 8 have DS420 coverage, mainly photographic. Several parts of the text seem to have been taken from an older version of the Wikipedia entry on the DS420, including several inaccuracies that were present there (and have been corrected since). Jaguar press photo No. DA1321, in full colour is used as the centerfold image. See also: here

 
Jag.Enthusiast April 2009      The Vanden Plas Story
C. Blackaby
Jaguar Enthusiast, April 2009

An ex-chairman of the Vanden Plas Owners' Club describes how the DS420 got its place in the Vanden Plas portfolio.

 
A Daimler Excursion
George Zdanko
Jaguar Enthusiast, May 2011

Author George Zdanko describes a trip to the continent
that he made in one of his two DS420 limousines (BYK330H).

     Jag.Enthusiast 2011, p1. Jag.Enthusiast 2011, p2.
 
Practical Classics, spring 2011, p1. Practical Classics, spring 2011, p2. Practical Classics, spring 2011, p3. Practical Classics, spring 2011, p4.      PC's Big Fat Royal Wedding
Practical Classics, spring 2011

The Practical Classics team makes a practical wedding car choice for the forthcoming royal wedding. No, not the DS420...
Featuring limo WIB1401.

Practical Classics, spring 2011, p5. Practical Classics, spring 2011, p6. Practical Classics, spring 2011, p7. Practical Classics, spring 2011, p8.
 
Scrapbook. This month: Royal Barge
Paul Skilleter
Jaguar World Monthly, August 2012
     Jaguar World 2012, p1. Jaguar World 2012, p2.
 

Royal Daimler In The Heart of Europe
Christian Vanik
DLOC Magazine "The Driving Member"
Volume 49 Number 9, March 2013

DLOC Magazine March 2013, cover. DLOC Magazine March 2013, p1. DLOC Magazine March 2013, p2. DLOC Magazine March 2013, p3. DLOC Magazine March 2013, p4.     
 
DLOC Magazine February 2015 p1. DLOC Magazine February 2015 p2. DLOC Magazine February 2015 p3.     

Royal Daimler in Sweden
Christian Vanik
DLOC Magazine "The Driving Member"
Volume 51 Number 8, February 2015

DLOC Magazine February 2015 p4. DLOC Magazine February 2015 p5. DLOC Magazine February 2015 p6.
 
DLOC Magazine July 2015 cover. DLOC Magazine July 2015 p1. DLOC Magazine July 2015 p2. DLOC Magazine July 2015 p3. DLOC Magazine July 2015 p4.
DLOC Magazine July 2015 p5. DLOC Magazine July 2015 p6. DLOC Magazine July 2015 p7. DLOC Magazine July 2015 p8.

45 Years of Royal Daimler in Denmark
Christian Vanik
DLOC Magazine "The Driving Member"
Volume 52 Number 2, July 2015

 
Jaguar Driver June/July 2016 Jaguar Driver June/July 2016 Jaguar Driver June/July 2016 Jaguar Driver June/July 2016
Jaguar Driver June/July 2016 Jaguar Driver June/July 2016 Jaguar Driver June/July 2016

The last limousine
François Prins
Jaguar Driver, June and July 2016
Issues 671 and 672

 
An extremely well researched article! Very interesting.

 
Daimler DS420 (1968-1992)
Buying Guide
Richard Dredge
Classic Car Weekly, Sept. 7, 2016

Richard Dredge contacted Scott Harrington and myself
to contribute to a Buying Guide for the DS420 car.
 
featuring car C20ECH

     Classic Car Weekly, Sept.7, 2016
 

Lyons' Long-lived Limo
Jeremy Satherley
Classic Jaguar, issue 1, (Sept?) 2016

 
featuring cars C20ECH and ADD573S

 
Lyons' long-lived limo p1. Lyons' long-lived limo p2. Lyons' long-lived limo p3. Lyons' long-lived limo p4.
 

A right royal Daimler!
Paul Skilleter
Jaguar Enthusiast, Vol.33 No.3, March. 2017

  A right royal Daimler p1. A right royal Daimler p1.
 
A right royal Daimler p3. A right royal Daimler p4.   A right royal Daimler p5. A right royal Daimler p6.
 

DS420 an Appreciation
George Zdanko
The Driving Member, July 2018 Vol 55 #2

 
featuring car BYK330H

  DS420 an Appreciation p1. DS420 an Appreciation p2.
 

DS420s at Newby Hall
Bill Eltringham
The Driving Member, July 2018 Vol 55 #2
and September 2018 Vol 55 #4

 
Celebrating 50 years of the DS420.
featuring cars GIL9365, K123EYL, BYK330H, WPO362T, E101DEO
 
Bill Eltringham's limousine GIL9365 is featured
in a separate photo gallery on this website.
More photos of George Zdanko's limousine BYK330H
are in the Cars&Owners section on this website.

  50 Years DS420 p1. 50 Years DS420 p2. 50 Years DS420 p3.
 

Stately Progress - Celebrating 50 years of the Daimler Limousine DS420
Jim Patten
Jaguar World, November 2018

 
featuring car C107DYX

Jaguar World, Nov. 2018, p1. Jaguar World, Nov. 2018, p2. Jaguar World, Nov. 2018, p3. Jaguar World, Nov. 2018, p4. Jaguar World, Nov. 2018, p5.     
 
DS420 an appreciation Kevin Bennett    

DS420 An Appreciation
Kevin Bennett
The Driving Member
Vol.55 No.6, November 2018

 

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