I have been toying with the idea of making some myself for a while . Maybe time to pull my finger out and get on with it .
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Nice job, I like the 3rd layer . May add them . On another point , the daimler dart , some love them but I always wondered , being the sixties whether the stylist should have laid off the Wild Woodbines a bit more.
Certainly a Marmite car - not to everyone's taste. Sir William Lyons didn't think much of it either and when Jaguar bought Daimler in the '60's he redesigned the body as the SP252. It was actually the last body shape he designed personally.On another point , the daimler dart , some love them but I always wondered , being the sixties whether the stylist should have laid off the Wild Woodbines a bit more.
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It looks like the love child of an illicit relationship between a Sunbeam Alpine ( rear wings ) and an MGB ( front end ) . As you said , the SP250 was definitely Marmite but I think like many things it mellowed with age .Certainly a Marmite car - not to everyone's taste. Sir William Lyons didn't think much of it either and when Jaguar bought Daimler in the '60's he redesigned the body as the SP252. It was actually the last body shape he designed personally.View attachment 20752
Underneath it was pretty much unchanged from the SP250 with the brilliant V8 engine retained but the interior was typical Jaguar of the period. The lines of the car are definitely better integrated but to my eyes it's a bit bland and reminiscent of many other sports cars of the era. It never got to production though as Jaguar had their hands full with the new E - type and didn't need any internal competiton - and the E - type was certainly the better car
had never seen one of those , a bit mgb meets alpine but definitely a big improvement. The 2.5 and4.5 daimler hemi engines were great as well .Certainly a Marmite car - not to everyone's taste. Sir William Lyons didn't think much of it either and when Jaguar bought Daimler in the '60's he redesigned the body as the SP252. It was actually the last body shape he designed personally.View attachment 20752
Underneath it was pretty much unchanged from the SP250 with the brilliant V8 engine retained but the interior was typical Jaguar of the period. The lines of the car are definitely better integrated but to my eyes it's a bit bland and reminiscent of many other sports cars of the era. It never got to production though as Jaguar had their hands full with the new E - type and didn't need any internal competiton - and the E - type was certainly the better car
ha ha chuffs , I hadnt seen yr reference to the alpine and mgb before I posted the same
not just me then
Great minds and all that old chap !!ha ha chuffs , I hadnt seen yr reference to the alpine and mgb before I posted the same
Photo was taken in April 2017 on 
a fun rally I organised through the Cotswolds . My C3 , my sadly now departed friend Tony`s immaculate SP250 and another mates stunning and lairy big block Cobra posing by Englands tallest May Pole at Welford on Avon in Warwickshire.
a thorn between two roses !Three V8 powered fibre glass fantasies in a row .
Here's a picture of my 'thorn' between my two 'roses' (although one is american heavy metal, not fibreglass.)a thorn between two roses !
Can`t argue with that statement .
ha ha , I was going to say an anglia ran into the back of a monkfish. .Can`t argue with that statement .
you are right, and I bet the dart was pretty good on fuel as well . I remember in1983 taking my chevy C10 ex us army pick up from cornwall to herts for a wedding £96 quid in fuel , cant remember how much per gal it was back then but it was a dear trip .Here's a picture of my 'thorn' between my two 'roses' (although one is american heavy metal, not fibreglass.)
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They're all convertibles and all have their pluses and minuses, but here's an interesting thing. In the Daimler I used to take long continental holidays with my wife, our two young daughters and a large boot full of luggage. In the UK we'd do the same but now with two large dogs on board as well (one in the passenger footwell - which is huge - and the other sitting on the transmission tunnel with his ears flapping in the wind. This was of course in pre health and safety conscious days). These trips would have been totally impossible in the C3 - a car practically twice the size. Makes me realise that while the C3 is great to look at and a pleasure to drive it must be one of the most space inefficient cars ever made.
