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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.
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The Daimler and Lanchester Owners' Club
The website of the DLOC, the Daimler and Lanchester Owners' Club. The club is definitely good value for money, especially to people who know that the spirit of a club is what its members invest in it. Investments turn out to be very rewarding.
The official discussion forum of the DLOC,
accessible for everybody with a genuine interest in the cars:
https://www.dloc.co.uk
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The Wikimedia Commons photo collection shows a photo of the cortege of the funeral of Prince Henrik (Danmark) on 15 February 2018 and a photo with Crown Prince Frederik (Danmark) on October 5, 2021. More information is on this webpage.
A Wikimedia Commons photo of King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia (Sweden) on January 17, 2011, and another photo of a Swedish Royal limousine in 2011.
The Grand Duc of Luxembourg receives an important guest (May 2023).
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 that were 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, provided from the website of the Daily Mail newspaper, shows two of the three Royal limos (K326EHV and KLL1). 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!
Photo: the former JHDT museum and archive building (and my DS420) at Browns Lane in Allesley, Coventry. |
the Jaguar Heritage Trust
https://www.jaguarheritage.com The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust (JDHT) archive is based in Gaydon. In February 2016 a new building opened as an annex to the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, displaying the majority of the JDHT vehicle collection. Other cars from the JDHT collection are on display in the main building of the Heritage Motor Centre, and at the Transport Museum in the centre of Coventry. A few more cars are on loan to other museums, e.g. to the Royal palace at Sandringham. One of the most interesting facilities the JDHT offers is to provide
a Heritage Certificate
(formerly called a Production Record Trace Certificate)
of your car.
A guide on obtaining such a certificate is
here.
Also of interest to DS420 owners is
this publication,
that lists chassis/VIN numbers by year.
Until 2012 the JDHT was located at the former Jaguar Assembly Plant site on Browns Lane in the Allesley suburb of Coventry (see photo). |
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'Howmanyleft' website based on the DVLA (GB) database
https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk |
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 (a Daimler limousine from the late 50s), the Eagle limousine (Jaguar saloons stretched by Wilcox Limousines), Daimler Limousine and Daimler Limousine Auto. I am not sure what the latter division means; is 'Daimler Limousine" possibly the DR450?
Interesting details show up if you click on each of these 'Daimler Limousine' and 'Daimler Limousine Auto' model name labels. They show both licensed 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.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1735262173386846/
DS420 Owners Club: an active Facebook group of DS420 enthusiasts.
Posting is restricted to people admitted by the moderators.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/341992522664395/
DS420 Owners: another active Facebook group of DS420 enthusiasts.
Posting is restricted to people admitted by the moderators.
https://www.eurocarguy.com/daimler-ds-420-limousines2/
Website of Bob and Judy Boston in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Car trader, collector and friend,
and owner of a large collection of DS420 cars.
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-european/curbside-classic-daimler-ds420-limousine-forgotten-lesser-royalty/
Another nicely written web-article (Dec.2017) featuring the DS420.
Author: Robert King.
https://bridgeclassiccars.co.uk/tag/daimler-ds420/
An an interesting blog about the restoration of a 1986 limousine.
http://www.vandenplas.com/daimler/ds420.htm
The DS420-part of the (unmaintained) site of Craig Tiano, fellow DS420 enthusiast.
http://www.daimler.co.uk
A site (unmaintained) by Daimler enthusiasts, with several DS420 cars
covered in the "Enthusiasts" and in the "Models" sections.
http://www.deconihout.fr
The (unmaintained) site -in French language- of Franck Deconihout.
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Jag-lovers.org
A Jaguar enthusiasts gathering place on the Web. This site hosts many sub-sites which are under the custody of various individual webmasters. A few of those are lively, but most have a severe anaemia. The total body of information is nevertheless impressive, although the specific DS420 coverage is very limited. Forum link: https://forums.jag-lovers.com/
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Austin-Rover On Line
An extremely rich and well-designed web site, full of information on the British (Leyland) Motor Corporation, of which Jaguar/Daimler and Vanden Plas once were part. Direct links to DS420-related pages are here: The Daimler DS420 Limousine, another DS420 page and Vanden Plas. |
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The Vanden Plas Owners Club
The Vanden Plas Owners Club caters for vehicles with coachwork by Vanden Plas, and thus includes the DS420 from its introduction in 1968 until the transfer of the production to Coventry in 1979. In numbers this is 2979 out of a total of 5044: almost 60% of all cars. Here is a direct link to the DS420 photo gallery on the VPOC site. |
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https://parts.jaguarlandroverclassic.com/
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.
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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... Their specialised DS420 website pages are here.
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SNG Barratt is another large supplier of new parts for classic Daimlers. Their web site provides PDF-format catalogues to download.
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https://www.claytondaimler.com Clayton Daimler in Newport has an emphasis on DS420 cars, for parts and for restoration. |
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R+J Group / Scott Harrington
e-mail: scott.harrington@BTInternet.com
The R+J Group of Wickford, Essex is a car dismantler
specialised in DS420 hearses and limousines.
Scott has a good relationship with the maintainers of the royal DS420 cars. See e.g. this series of photos on my web page of the Queen Mother's car. |
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John Gordon
John Gordon of Hapton, Burnley, Lancashire is a parts trader and car dismantler with many DS420 limousine parts available. Note the Limousine category entry in their on-line Catalogue. |
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Martin Robey, based in Nuneaton, is a body panel manufacturer. Besides the body panels, the company has a classic car parts department concentrating on Jaguar and Jensen cars. |
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Car and Classic
Car and Classic lists DS420 cars for sale (use the menu on the left of that page) |
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Honest John Classics
Cars for sale are also shown on the website of Honest John Classics. |
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The XK Engine
https://www.jagweb.com/aj6eng/xk-engine/index.php In 1997, the Jaguar World magazine published a series of 6 articles on the XK engine, and its design evolution from 1948 to 1986. The author was Roger Bywater, former power engineer at Jaguar, and intimately familiar with the XK. Very interesting! |
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Hum3D digital models
In these modern times a fully digital DS420 shouldn't be a surprise anymore:
Hum3D created both a limousine and a hearse.
https://hum3d.com
limousine
Get your 3D printer out and print your own scale models! |
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Internet Movie Cars Database
The Internet Movie Cars Database identifies cars as used in movies, and classifies them according to their use: from background vehicle to the main character's car or even "used in a car chase". The link points to a Daimler-index-page where DS420 limousine or hearse can be selected from the list of Daimler model names. Specifically for the DS420 in James Bond movies: https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Daimler_Limousine |
Photo-hosting sites collect many interesting images as can be seen here: flickr.com |
My own limousines in this Flickr-selection (not submitted by myself):
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DS420 page in Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_DS420 Wikipedia has a load of information on "Daimler", including a page specific to the DS420. Clicking on the link will bring you to that page. Somebody (not me) has added a link to my DS420 site on the Wikipedia page. The log of my web server shows that that link is used regularly to come from there to here. Various wiki-derivatives exist, e.g. the Ford Wiki and the Hand Wiki. They usually contain information copied from "the real" Wikipedia, and lag behind in accuracy and updates. Also of interest is the photo collection at Wikimedia Commons. Several photos (not submitted by me) show my limo DR-06-17. |
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