1963 Daimler SP250 9669BH 1963 Daimler SP250 2.5L V8 roads… Flickr
The engine is the hemispherical head V8 designed by Edward Turner and first used in the Daimler SP250 sports car. Background and development Daimler had entered the medium-sized saloon market in 1932 with the Daimler Fifteen but left the market with the end of production of the Conquest in 1957.
1963 Daimler SP250 V8 Convertible
Specification The SP250 had a fibreglass body, four-wheel Girling disc brakes, and a 2.5-litre hemi-head V8 engine designed by Edward Turner. The car was described as a 2+2, but the bench-like rear seat offered very limited legroom unless the front seats were pushed fully forward.
Daimler SP250 V8 1962 green vl stkone Flickr
The most cost-effective solution was to take the Jaguar Mk2 and fit Daimler's 2.5 litre V8 as fitted to the SP250 sports car - along with an automatic gearbox. A Daimler grille and rear plinth were fitted along with some minor interior changes, and the Daimler 2.5V8 was launched on October 8, 1962.
Very nice Daimler SP250 V8 from 1962 (LHD) For Sale Car and Classic
In terms of sober figures, the SP250 will reach 0-60 m.p.h. in 9 sec., 80 m.p.h. from a standstill in 15.4 sec., and will dispose of a standing-start quarter-mile in 17 sec. It will also go from 40 to 60 m.p.h. in the 3.58-to-1 top gear in 7.8 sec. Thus one can feel no dissatisfaction with the very high performance offered by this inexpensive.
DAIMLER DART SP 250 LHD 1959 Modest test drive SP250 V8 Engine sound SCC TV YouTube
The Daimler SP250 has been called the "British Corvette" due to the fact it likely took the inspiration for its fiberglass body and V8 engine from the American sports car. The quirky design of the SP250 has won it both fans and detractors in the decades since its introduction.
Classic 1963 Daimler SP250 Dart V8 For Sale. Price 70 000 GBP Dyler
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1963 Daimler SP250 V8 Convertible
The model featured a fiberglass body and a V8 engine that was designed by famed motorcycle designer Ed Turner. Al Warner of Bloomfield and his 1960 Daimler SP250 British car collector Al Warner of Bloomfield, CT owns a 1960 Daimler SP250. He bought it via the online auction site Bring A Trailer a year or two ago.
Daimler Dart SP250 V8 London Police Car 1962 YouTube
SPECIFICATION Engine V8: of 90 degrees with OHV operated by push rods from a single camshaft set high within the block. Bore: 3.000" (76.200mm) Stroke: 2.750" (69.850mm) giving a cubic capacity of 152.56cu in. and 2.548 litres. BHP: 140. (gross) at 5,800rpm. HP - RAC rating 28.8. Maximum Torque: 155lb.ft at 3600rpm. Two S.U.HD6 Carburettors.
Curbside Classic 1962 Daimler SP250 “Dart” The First V8 But The Last True Daimler
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Curbside Classic 1962 Daimler SP250 “Dart” The First V8 But The Last True Daimler
Check. We can safely say that this 1963 C-spec Daimler SP250 is what most people would consider the archetypical classic, but back in the '70s it was nothing more than engineer Nick James' daily driver. "I was in my 20s when the model came out," he recalls. "I remember thinking 'wow, a convertible with a V8 engine', but I couldn.
Daimler SP250 Dart Driven
This bright-red SP250 became most people's first impression of the Dart, featuring not only in The Autocar 's road test and The Motor 's new model description, but also on the front cover of V ogue.
Very nice Daimler SP250 V8 from 1962 (LHD) For Sale Car and Classic
Just a year before the company's takeover by Jaguar, Daimler caused a stir at the 1959 New York Motor Show when it unveiled the SP250 - a brand new V8-engined, glassfibre-bodied sports car. It was an unusual move for a manufacturer best known for its upmarket saloons and limousines, but Daimler seemed confident of success.
1959 Daimler SP250 V8 Sports A rare 1959 Daimler SP250 V8 … Flickr
The improved SP250 was designated "B Series". All Daimler SP250's were built with 2.5L V8 engines which produced about 140 BHP and featured aluminum cylinder heads, hemispherical combustion chambers, two valves per cylinder, and a single camshaft. By many accounts this was an excellent engine, but it had no hope of being popular in the power.
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The Daimler SP250 is a V8-powered British sports car famous for a number of things in classic car circles, the three most common of which are that the car is powered by an excellent 2.5 liter V8 engine, it was used by some British metropolitan police departments as a high speed pursuit vehicle, and that it's widely considered to be as ugly as a.
My 1962 Daimler Dart SP250 V8
The styling of the Daimler SP250 was aimed at the sports car jet set with it's continental influenced droop snout and it's American rear fins. The engine was a hemi-head 2547cc V8 producing 140bhp at 5800rpm and 155lb/ft torque at 3600rpm, with a single camshaft operating the valves of both banks of cylinders and a five bearing crankshaft.
Classic 1963 Daimler SP250 V8 Hardtop/Convertible Star Cars Agency
Daimler V-8 engines were designed for the Daimler Company by Edward Turner and produced from 1959 to 1969. Initially used in the SP250 sports car and the Majestic Major saloon, the engine was mostly used in the Daimler 2.5 V8 (later named V8-250) saloon made with Jaguar Mark 2 unit bodies from 1962 to 1969.