2015-09-13 18:51:49 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 9/15
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Auction description:
Lot number 149
Estimate £3,500 - £4,500
Description Daimler Sovereign S1 2.8 Automatic
Registration XHW 446H
Year 1970
Colour Green
Engine size 2,792 cc
Chassis No. 1T1681BW
Engine No. 7G1103685D
Documents V5; copy old style V5; MOT July 2016; five old MOTs; Original bill of sale; Invoices

Fitted with the smaller of the two engine options, this 45 year old example has had just three owners from new. The original bill of sale from Henlys of Bristol shows that it was delivered new to Col. Ward, a company director from Bristol. Ordered in Sable with Cinnamon trim, a series of bills indicate comprehensive maintenance until it was sold in 1987, by which time it had covered just over 31,000 miles.

Just before it was sold, it was given a top-end overhaul, the new owner then stripping the car for a repaint immediately after purchase but never getting round to completing the job.

The vendor purchased the car as a project in 2010 and put it back on the road earlier this year. He stripped the bodywork back to bare metal in most areas, including the majority of the underseal and painted the car in its original shade of Sable. Following its reassembly, the car has covered some 400 miles, showing excellent oil pressure and driving very smoothly indeed.

The arrival of yet another project and limited storage space has meant that it sadly must go. It is MOTd until July 2016 and drove very nicely on our short trip to take the catalogue photographs.

2020-08-13 10:25:07 | pauls writes:

Car to return to auction 8/20

angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/sat-22nd-sun-23rd-august/1970-daimler-28-soverei ...

Auction description:

1970 Daimler 2.8 Sovereign Series I Auto

Lot Number:

Estimate: £5,250 - 6,250

V5 Present

MoT Jul 2021

Chassis number: 1T1681BW

This is a low ownership, low mileage example that comes with the original bill of sale from Henlys of Bristol. It also has the original service policy made out to Lieutenant Colonel Ward, the first custodian who retained the car for eleven years. It has spent quite a number of years in storage and is being offered with 37,189 warranted miles. Registers five owners from new. The vendor describes it as an un‑welded example. Benefits from a heated rear screen and has been fitted with a new headlining. It's history file includes MoTs and tax discs from the 1980's, MoT history covering 2012, 2013 and 2015, copy older V5, a few receipts dated from the 1980's, Daimler pouch with operator's maintenance and service handbook and service chart.