Surviving Daimler Armoured Cars

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Surviving Daimler Armoured Cars
Surviving Daimler Armoured Cars
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Last update : 1 August 2014
Listed here are the Daimler Armoured Cars that still exist today.
”TMA_0”, June 2006 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/39568612@N08/3631953424/
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car (F117637) – Imperial War Museum, London (UK)
This car has mismatching chassis and turret numbers and was built using parts obtained from range wrecks in the late 1970s (S. Ager)
Massimo Foti, March 2011 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimofoti/sets/72157626270470716/?page=2
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car – Bovington Tank Museum (UK)
“Rlangham“ - http://forum.planetalk.net/viewtopic.php?t=2663&view=next&sid=3b9649937526c6c1b6e7ed852fadd89e
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car (F207303) – Muckleburgh Collection, Norfolk (UK)
This vehicle has featured in many films and TV programmes such as ‘Day of the Triffids’ (Singe Ager)
Nik Sibley, December 2010 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nik81/5258515498/
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car (F206478) – Coventry Transport Museum, Coventry (UK)
"devongirlie", January 2011 - http://northdevonyearbook.blogspot.com/2011/01/cobbaton-combat-collection.html
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car (F117462) – Cobbaton Combat Collection (UK)
Sean Williams, May 2008 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/33788833@N00/4276452335/
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car – East England Military Museum, Snetterton (UK)
The vehicle is complete including a functioning 19 set and just required a good service and cosmetic makeover, it is hoped to complete
the restoration work and get the vehicle road registered prior to it being driven to Arnhem for the 2009 anniversary of
Operation Market Garden (Singe Ager)
http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/surviving%20dac.html
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car – The Household Cavalry Regiment, Windsor (UK)
The car is badged up as F207829 which was a car used by the 2HCR in 1944. However the car’s identity is not proven (Singe Ager)
Pierre-Olivier Buan, June 2014
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car – Rex & Rod Cadman Collection (UK)
Singe Ager - http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car (F117485) – Private Collection (UK)
This is a vehicle made up of an a number of ex Sennybridge range wrecks by Clive Hughs and swapped with an existing Gate
Guardian that was in fairly good and complete condition, the original car now being restored on behalf of Bovington. This replacement
vehicle is reputedly missing engine and gearboxes and weighed down with concrete and scrap iron to compress the springs
satisfactorily. It was displayed for years at The Kings Royal Hussars Museum, Peninsula Barracks, Winchester (Singe Ager)
”Simon M”, June 2008 - http://simonmphotography.tripod.com/id65.html
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car (F20214)
43rd Reconnaissance Regiment Living History Group (UK)
The vehicle was previously named the DAME and owned in the 1980’s & 90’s by the Cobbaton Collection (Singe Ager)
“Dopey”, July 2009 - http://picasaweb.google.com/FreddysRevenge.Racing/WarPeaceShow2009#
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car (F20334) – Singe Ager Collection (UK)
This car was recovered in the 1980’s from Kirkcudbright county council by MR H Taylor and named Clemis. It was names then
purchased by Mr Geoff Minter and named HOWARD The car was then deposited at the -national army museum vehicle where sadly it
was robbed of its interior fittings Then sold into private hands and used as an advertising vehicle for a plant hire company as
sustained damage to the wings and drive train. In Jan 2009 it was purchased and is now restored to running condition buy its new
owner. It shall be renamed LUCKY BOY (Singe Ager)
Shaun Hindle, 2011 - http://www.milweb.net/webverts/60333/
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car (F20108) – Shaun Hindle Collection (UK)
This photo was taken at the War and Peace show in July 2009. The vehicle was purchased from a scrap yard and fully restored by
Roy Elvis (Singe Ager). Armoured car in the markings of the Guards Armoured Reg’, privately owned by Shaun Hindle, Great Britain
(http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/surviving%20dac.html). The vehicle was restored again by Shaun Hindle in 2011, and won
the "Best wheel armour" at the War and Peace show 2011. It is currently for sale on Milweb
http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/surviving%20dac.html
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car (F117427) – Private Collection (UK)
Massimo Foti, April 2009
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car (F117417)
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces, Brussels (Belgium)
http://milinme.wordpress.com/2012/12/
http://milinme.wordpress.com/2012/12/
Some Daimler Mk I Armoured Cars – Seen during Qatar National Day parade
Wenghoi Yaw, December 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/whyaw/4686274881/in/photostream/
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car – Malaysian Army Museum, Port Dickson (Malaysia)
Presumably this vehicle was sold to the Malian Federation Army in the 1950s when the country gained independence (Singe Ager)
Norman Barr, July 2008
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car “Brigand” (F19935) – Norman Barr Collection (USA)
The car was purchased from D. Matheson and was formally known as “Anne” (Singe Ager). This is the oldest surviving vehicle and
was a Gate Guardian in Winchester. It is complete in most respects and moves under its own power.It is currently undergoing
restoration (http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/surviving%20dac.html)
Massimo Foti, March 2011 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimofoti/sets/72157626270470716/?page=2
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car (F208330) – Bovington Tank Museum (UK)
http://www.mindspring.com/~rmgill/britkit/vehicles/
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car – Private collection (UK)
It was previously owned by Andrew Honeychuch. It is possibly F339258, owned by Rob S. in Great Britain
http://www.mindspring.com/~rmgill/britkit/vehicles/
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car with Mk I turret (F208170) – Private collection (UK)
This car has be built using mechanical gear taken from an engineers demonstration chassis, and so the mechanical condition is
expected to be excellent. The hull was obtained from the Kirkudbright firing range (Singe Ager)
Photo provided by Martyn Tasker
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car (F339281) – Private collection (UK)
This car was rescued in an appalling condition from Blackgang Chine on the Isle of White, where the vehicle was being used in a
Children's playground (Singe Ager). Martyn Tasker restored it back to running order, the restoration took 5 years. The vehicles had
complete strip down, its chassis number is 2487 and its WD number is either F339281 or F339285. The vehicle was supplied in
August 45 (Martyn Tasker)
Damian Sharples - http://www.flickr.com/photos/48950471@N02/5020497189/
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car “Anzac” – Private collection (UK) – running condition
http://www.asphm.com/vehicules/daimler_armoured_car_mkII/daimler_armoured_car_mkII.html
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car (F208312) – Association de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine
Historique et Militaire (ASPHM), La Wantzenau (France)
This car was restored by Mike Hoffman in the early 1980s (Singe Ager)
http://www.museum-tank.ru/IIwar/pages2a/daimler.html
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car – Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia)
Vladimir Yakubov - http://svsm.org/gallery/daimler/IMG_3484
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car (F207627) – Currently stored in California (USA)
This vehicle was part of Jacques Littlefield Collection in California. The entire Littlefield collection was donated to the Collings
Foundation, and only 80 of the 240 vehicles of the collection will be displayed in a new museum, which will be built in Massachussetts.
This vehicle will be sold in an auction in July 2014
http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/surviving%20dac.html
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car (F208388) – Private Collection (Canada)
This vehicle is ex Budge collection, it was purchased by a Canadian who's father served in these vehicles during WW2 (Singe Ager)
Norman Barr - http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/
Norman Barr - http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/
Norman Barr - http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/
Three Daimler Mk I Armoured Car wrecks – Cobbaton Combat Collection (UK)
http://www.asox18.dsl.pipex.com/43rlhg/main.htm
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car wreck – 43rd Recon. Reg. Living History Group (UK)
“The_Challenger”, November 2012 - http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.453885897980390.93729.433891793313134&type=3
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car wreck – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK)
http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/surviving%20dac.html
Daimler Mk I Armoured Car wreck – Private Collection (UK)
Photo provided by Singe Ager - http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/
Photo provided by Singe Ager - http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/
Photo provided by Singe Ager - http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/
Some Daimler Mk I Armoured Car wrecks – Somewhere in the desert (Lybia)
These three cars are sat somewhere in the desert in Libya. It is illegal to recover them unless they are cut into pieces the size of tea
crates! So they will probably never be saved. (Singe Ager)
“decafinata”, November 2006 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/decafinata/298912459/
First Daimler Mk I Armoured Car wreck – Elephant Pass, Jaffna Peninsula (Sri Lanka)
Unfortunately as the vehicle resides in an active war zone, the chances of recovery of this vehicle are very low (Singe Ager)
“Rajaratasurfer”, January 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/7473254@N08/3195368873/
Second Daimler Mk I Armoured Car wreck – Elephant Pass, Jaffna Peninsula (Sri Lanka)
Unfortunately as the vehicle resides in an active war zone, the chances of recovery of this vehicle are very low (Singe Ager).
The barrel mounted on the turret is obviously a fake, made for propaganda
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/details/963979/
Daimler Mk ? Armoured Car hull wreck – Kirkcudbright training area (UK)
http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/surviving%20dac.html
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car chassis – Private Collection (New Zealand)
A car converted for local agricultural use that will make an interesting project for its owner (Singe Ager)
http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/surviving%20dac.html
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car (F207627) – Unknown location
“poorna07”, October 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/redoctane/4848730062/
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car – Unknown location (Sri Lanka)
http://www.daimler-fighting-vehicles.co.uk/surviving%20dac.html
Daimler Mk II Armoured Car – Unknown location (France?)
This vehicle was quite literally dug out of a field in Normandy (France). It is odd that the car was found complete with a set of Panther
tank wheels (Singe Ager)
I'm looking for photos of those vehicles:
Dailmer Armoured Car – Private collection (Norway)
Any vehicle that I forgot...
This document is a compilation of photos published on the web. I would like to thank
especially Rafał Białęcki, who deserved the most job on this document, and
also the people who took these photos and put them on their websites, or sent them to
me, and those who helped me doing these lists (particularly people of the AFV News
Discussion Board). For any question, you can email me at [email protected]
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