Beschreibung
“Time Warp” 1979 Daimler Sovereign 4. 2 AUTO (Series III)
Not to be confused with your average Sovereign XJ6, the whole car is similar to factory new and hard to believe a better example exists. Ideal for showing with every possibility of winning.
Genuine 31, 240 miles with full evidential paperwork and sequential MOT’s from 1983, plus all the expired road tax discs.
This is an unrestored car with all original panels with perfect gaps, no welding or filler anywhere. just kept in mint condition. In original ownership until recently, clearly been used very carefully on fine, dry days.
Finished in flawless Greensand bodywork with plush Olive leather interior with all usual Daimler refinements.
Drives as smooth as silk, with no wear apparent and unfazed by modern road conditions.
Service and handbook all in their original wallet, with quantity of additional workshop manuals, parts catalogue and Daimler books included.
Daimler toolkit is present plus all hand tools.
Will not disappoint the most pedantic of buyers.
Historic Taxation Class, so free road tax, MOT and ULEZ exemption.
For more information on this unique car, call John on number above.
Car located in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. Transport arranged at £1. 70 pr/ mile (one way only charged)
Marque Info
Daimler Sovereign was a name applied by British manufacturer Jaguar Cars to a sequence of luxury automobiles built by it but carrying the Daimler badge between 1966 and 1983.
The Daimler Sovereigns were based on contemporary Jaguar bodyshells, chassis and engines in an example of badge engineering. Jaguar Cars took over The Daimler Company in 1960 and the 1966 Sovereign was the second Daimler to be based on a Jaguar model. The first was the 2½ litre V8 with an engine designed by Edward Turner. Unlike the Daimler 2½ litre, the Sovereign had a Jaguar engine, marking the end for the Turner designed engines.
The first Daimler Sovereign was based on the 1966 Jaguar 420 and is sometimes referred to as the "Sovereign 420". Subsequent Sovereigns were derived from the Series I, II and III Jaguar XJ6. In 1983 the model name "Sovereign" was switched to the high specification version of the Series III Jaguar XJ6, the 6-cylinder Daimler based on it simply continuing without a model name.
The V12 versions of the Daimler, available from 1972 to 1997, were named Daimler Double-Six after the original Daimler V12s.
Series III (1979-1983)
The Series III XJ6 range, which was released in 1979, was visually distinguished from the Series II by its new thicker bumpers, the removal of separate "quarter-light" windows from the front doors, and a revised rear roofline featuring a slightly more angular c-pillar. The Series III range initially continued to include a Daimler Sovereign, but in 1983, during the run of the Series III, the range was renamed with the base model named the Jaguar XJ6, the more luxurious version named the Jaguar Sovereign, and the top-of-the-range simply known as the Daimler, without a model name. Some top-of-the-range versions were given the Vanden Plas designation; in some markets where there were licensing problems in the use of the Daimler name, cars with the Daimler fluted grille were sold as Jaguar Vanden Plas.
