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piece. There are electric lights in the quarters with two switches, louvres over the four-door windows, twin wind-tone horns, a lockable cupboard, two wipers, winding screen, and sliding roof. The Times' Motoring
Correspondent continued "the boot is not very large and the door does not fold down to the same level. Entrance and leg room behind are but fair, and the back seat is rather upright. On the other hand, the wheelbase of the Fifteen is not long and this body is of the sports type. There is enough head clearance and the floors are flat and unobstructed. The spare easy-clean wheel is in its own compartment. The seating is luxurious."
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located with radius arms and using coil springs. Damping was provided by Luvax hydraulic shock absorbers linked by a torsion-bar stabilizer. The manufacturer's advertising made much of the secure roadholding that resulted. Otherwise the chassis was essentially the same as that used on the previous
Fifteen but with wider track. The final drive used an underhung worm reduction gear slung below the differential leaving little ground clearance (described by road testers as "
647:, strict application of the RAC formula used to compute fiscal horsepower gives a higher fiscal horsepower category of 16.2 hp even for the smaller engine with which the car was launched: by this time, like other mainstream UK manufacturers, Daimler were using a notional fiscal horsepower rating to define the class in which the car competed rather than to identify its actual tax classification.
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Two bodies were offered, a spacious “six-light” saloon, following the pattern adopted by many
British middle-weight cars of the period, and a more stylish four-door "four-light" sports saloon. In addition a 4-door cabriolet, fixed-head coupé (1937 only) and two-door drophead coupé were also available
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of
Coventry and a high-compression (increased from 5.5:1 to 7:1) 90 b.h.p engine (a 36% increase on standard output) with twin carburettors, redesigned porting and light-alloy cylinder head. A higher final drive ratio was provided for 'exceptionally easy fast running'. Novelties for Daimler included
635:
The
Fifteen was announced with the 2,166 cc ohv straight-six engine introduced by Daimler in August 1936 for the previous body shape following reduction of the rate of annual tax. The press suggested the New Fifteen was under-powered. New management at Daimler wished to drop the "staid" image.
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flasks in front of the rear arm-rests, a cigarette-box in the folding centre arm-rest, a fire extinguisher, fog and pass lights, a boot and door lined with rubber, a master switch by the driver's seat, a lamp under the bonnet, and a provision for a heater and demister. Engine finished like a show
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The major feature of the New
Fifteen was the much further forward placement of the engine and more comfortable between axles placement for passengers allowed by the fitting of “independent front wheel springing” developed from an André-Girling design in the form of unequal-length parallel arms
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for ÂŁ375 (Daimler ÂŁ485) in a lower standard of trim with a 6-cylinder 1.8-litre engine and
Lanchester grille. They alone could be supplied with a conventional manual gearbox for a further saving of ÂŁ10, later ÂŁ25. Choose a Lanchester and "you can knit in the back at fifty".
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replaced the initial unit. It had a displacement of 2,522cc and was tuned to produce 66 bhp, and in this form would power
Daimler civilian and military vehicles until well into the 1950s.
599:'s range produced between 1937 and 1940. It had a tax rating of 16.2 hp. In September 1938 it was given a larger engine with the tax rating of 17.9 hp though it retained the name
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opened on 14 October. For
Daimler, the star of the first “Earls Court Motor Show” was the new Daimler Fifteen, described in their advertisements as “the most interesting car of the year”.
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six inches") but permitting a flat floor to the rear passenger compartment. Road testers commented that the new suspension provided good stability and "avoided tiresome pitch and toss".
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and buyers prepared to pay for a body from a specialist body builder would have faced a reassuringly wide range of possibilities including a smart "razor edge" style.
603:. When production resumed in 1946 it was given a revised cylinder head, given chrome channel frames for the side windows, stripped of its running-boards, and renamed
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had introduced in all its vehicles at the beginning of the decade. The epicyclic preselector gearbox allowed a clear flat floor for driver and front seat passenger.
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This was another step in his policy for re-positioning the brand instituted by new managing director, E. H. W. Cooke. This car formed the basis of the postwar
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Wireless set, four ashtrays, zip pockets below the slip pockets on the forward doors, tables and footrests in the backs of the big adjustable front seats,
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on the western edge of central London. The inaugural exhibition involved chocolate and confectionery: six weeks later the
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4-speed preselective self-changing gearbox and Fluid
Flywheel an open propeller shaft and underhung worm-driven axle
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A 'Special Sports' version was announced in April 1939 with 4-door cabriolet bodywork (all-weather tourer) by
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1176:(video) Four-door 4-light sports saloon by Mulliner of Birmingham 1937 example
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1937 saw the opening, in September, of what was intended to be the world's
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a tachometer, and a fishtail exhaust with matching resonance.
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1075:. Sparkford, Nr Yeovil, Somerset, UK: Patrick Stephens.
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Daimler Advertisement in Autocar Magazine, November 1937
957:. No. 48109. London. 26 September 1938. p. 7.
942:. No. 48105. London. 21 September 1938. p. 6.
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Daimler 1896 to 1946: 50 Years of the Daimler Company
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The following September the engine developed for the
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995:. No. 48265. London. 28 March 1939. p. 20.
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1145:"Display advertisement "Punch" October 26, 1938"
562:66 bhp (49 kW; 67 PS) @ 4000 rpm.
387:56 bhp (42 kW; 57 PS) @ 3600 rpm.
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101:four-door “four-light" sports saloon also £485
968:Display advertisement "Punch" October 26, 1938
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1133:"Daimler Advertisement in Autocar Magazine".
1065:Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Edward John Barrington
1018:Douglas-Scott-Montagu & Burgess-Wise 1995
979:Douglas-Scott-Montagu & Burgess-Wise 1995
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1513:*1939 models were carried over to 1940.
1147:. Thenostalgiashop.co.uk. Archived from
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1118:. Isleworth, UK: Transport Bookman.
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1049:. London: Macmillan. p. 115.
1047:Complete Catalogue of British Cars
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99:four-door “six-light” saloon £485
1221:road car timeline, 1920–1940* —
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237:Daimler Fifteen 2.2-litre engine
1171:Dolphin cabriolet, 1939 example
800:1939 Dolphin 4-door open tourer
675:Photos of exterior and interior
422:Daimler Fifteen 2½-litre engine
24:Daimler Fifteen DB /17 DB /18
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67:1937 - 1940. Approx 2850 made.
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1400:25/85 or 25 or 24.7 or 20/25
1139:(68): 768–769. November 1937.
1097:. Devon, UK: Bay View Books.
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662:Independent front suspension
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260:August 1936 - September 1938
169:114 in (2,900 mm)
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938:"The Daimler Company Ltd".
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410:Daimler Fifteen 2½-litre
328:OHV pushrod cam-in-block
297:66 mm (2.6 in)
1566:Cars introduced in 1937
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1516:Models in pink had
1069:Burgess-Wise, David
981:, pp. 234–235.
806:Charlesworth Bodies
593:Daimler New Fifteen
564:Tax rating 18.02 hp
437:The Daimler Company
252:The Daimler Company
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991:"Cars Of To-Day".
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46:Manufacturer
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1470:45 or more
1404:25 (8-cyl.)
1155:1 September
828:Lanchesters
621:Earls Court
574:Predecessor
529:carburettor
399:Predecessor
354:carburettor
210:Predecessor
135:(at launch)
1571:1930s cars
1555:Categories
1491:Double-Six
1039:References
1030:Smith 1972
1006:Smith 1972
927:RAC Rating
915:Smith 1972
854:, p.
625:Motor Show
569:Chronology
518:Combustion
509:Valvetrain
442:Production
394:Chronology
343:Combustion
324:Valvetrain
257:Production
205:Chronology
159:Dimensions
118:Powertrain
64:Production
993:The Times
955:The Times
940:The Times
582:Successor
534:Fuel type
503:cast iron
407:Successor
359:Fuel type
318:cast iron
220:Successor
165:Wheelbase
1414:4 L
1214:previous
1093:(1989).
1071:(1995).
816:series.
737:Features
500:material
427:Overview
315:material
242:Overview
200:30.5 cwt
41:Overview
1528:Source:
1226: »
1219:Daimler
1212:«
1136:Autocar
792:Dolphin
743:Thermos
656:Daimler
601:Fifteen
597:Daimler
108:Related
1454:40–44
1442:35–39
1420:30–34
1395:25–29
1362:20–24
1356:New 15
1351:New 15
1327:15–19
1246:1930s
1243:1920s
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611:Launch
552:Output
537:petrol
526:system
450:Layout
377:Output
362:petrol
351:system
265:Layout
179:Length
124:Engine
1520:with
835:Notes
638:Dingo
338:6.5:1
187:Width
172:Track
78:Class
1308:9/0
1224:next
1157:2012
1120:ISBN
1099:ISBN
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728:Body
591:The
524:Fuel
349:Fuel
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