2023-09-16 18:43:49 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 9/23

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-393---1968-daimler-v8-250/

Auction description:

20th Sep, 2023, 30th Anniversary Sale at The Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Lot 393

1968 Daimler V8-250

Estimate £15,000 - £17,000

Registration No: CVG 480F

Chassis No: 1K1849BW

MOT: Exempt

Recently fitted with EZ power steering

A late V8-250 fitted with automatic transmission

Originally UK supplied however resided in France for most of its life

Offered with Jaguar Heritage Trust Certificate and a collection of invoices

Finished in Green with this model’s pretty single-blade bumpers, this elegant right-hand drive V8 250 is fitted with a 3-speed automatic transmission. It possesses a wonderfully complementing sumptuous Red leather interior with a split front bench seat configuration and a wooden dash. It all feels very exclusive. For sunnier days of luxury, there is even a sliding full-length fabric sunroof. Supplied new to distributors Jaguar Daimler House of Merseyside in 1968 ‘CVG 480F’ soon found its way to France where it resided before being repatriated back to the UK in 2022.

A late example of the 250 V8 with the odometer displaying 96,700 recorded miles in current ownership the Daimler has benefited from the fitment of EZ power steering, overhaul of the odometer and has received a new set of plugs. The Daimler is accompanied by extensive French invoices and receipts, original owner's manual, Heritage certificate, maintenance chart, parts catalogue and current V5c document. These Daimler’s offer a smooth delivery of power from the V8 mated to the Borg-Warner automatic gearbox, burbling along in comfort.