Daimler DS420 web site links

This page links to web sites of companies, organisations and individuals that provide interesting information about the model.
Most illustrations on this page can be enlarged by clicking.

https://www.royal.uk This link puts you through to a page on the official web site of the British Monarchy. where (a single phrase of) information is given on the three Daimler limousines currently in use at the Royal Mews. That web page dates from the wedding of Prince William and Ms. Middleton, on April 29, 2011.

The video (left) shows the British Royal Daimlers at the wedding of Prince Harry and Ms. Markle, on May 19, 2018, when the bridesmaids and pageboys arrive, among them Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Courtesy: BBC.

Another video showing two of the three Royal limos (K326EHV and KLL1), provided from the website of the Daily Mail newspaper. Again the limos are used for the bridesmaids and page boys, but now at the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Mr. Brooksbank on October 12, 2018: click here.

When visiting the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace make sure to ask whether any cars will be on display. When I last visited no cars at all were shown because of refurbishment work on the building. No indication was shown at the ticket office, so this only became clear at the end of the tour. Disappointing!

The 'howmanyleft.co.uk' website is a hobby project of a British car lover, and extracts data from the 'Vehicle licensing statistics' from the Department of Transport. These data, based on the DVLA vehicle database, are made available in computer readable form by the British Government. This recognizes the fact that the taxpayer has already paid for this information, and thus it should be public after all. More and more modern governments take this step for ever more of their data.

The above link zooms in on the Daimler Limousine and shows four different entries: the DK400 limousine (Daimler's predecessor to the DS420), the Eagle limousine (Jaguar saloons stretched by Wilcox Limousines), Daimler Limousine and Daimler Limousine Auto. The latter two should basically be combined into one single entry, but this division exhibits a problem that many large databases have: not 100% accurate classifications.

Interesting details show up if you click on each of these 'Daimler Limousine' and 'Daimler Limousine Auto' model name labels. They show both licensed DS420 cars and cars on SORN. Especially the volume of cars on SORN is surprising. Hover your mouse above one of the dots in the graph to show exact numbers. I was pleased to see that the sum of 'licensed' and 'SORN" seems to stabilize, after so many years of steady decline.

The website author, Olly Smith, refreshes the data roughly every three month to get coverage to the end of the previous quarter. Please bear in mind that cars outside GB are not counted in these statistics.

http://www.daimler.co.uk
A site (unmaintained) by Daimler enthusiasts, with several DS420 cars covered in the "Enthusiasts" and in the "Models" sections.

Jaguar Landrover Classic Parts is the branch of Jaguar Cars Ltd. that caters for owners for classic Jaguar vehicles, including the Daimler Limousine. The search menus don't have a Daimler entry. Use 'Jaguar' instead.

David Manners is the best source for (new) parts of the DS420, as far as they are still available. You might be surprised how much that is... David Manners has a mail order by credit card service. Their specialised DS420 website pages are here.

SNG Barratt is another large supplier of new parts for classic Daimlers. Their web site provides PDF-format catalogues to download.

Many DS420 photos also on these Instagram account viewers (with lots of overlaps): DS420 or DaimlerDS420Limousine or DaimlerDS420Limo or DaimlerDS or DaimlerDS420. A big disadvantage of Instagram is that people make up a bundle of one or two dozen hashtags, and post their photo to all these topics simultaneously. Looking at a specific hashtag shows that it often is inundated with photos unrelated to that topic. Especially the last one in this list (DaimlerDS420) has frequent posters exhibiting this habit. Unfortunately.
It is also unfortunate that Instagram obviously does not approve of these account viewer websites, and regularly takes action to block their access. Until now, the viewer referred to by the above links always has managed to overcome this within a few weeks. While this problem lasts, you may want to go to www.gramhir.com and type one of the above hashtag names in the searchbox found on that page.


Daimler DS420 Web site links