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| MountieFan16 05-18-2013 |
I grew up in Southern West Virginia, but that didn't stop my Dad from buying some rather exotic (for West Virginia) automobiles. One being a Damiler SP250. Prior to my Dad's involvement with the car, it was tailended by a Pick Up truck; all the way to the rear seat. The car had been totaled by the insurance company and Dad bought it for a song. He did all repairs himself. The car had some interesting attributes (some good and some bad). The bad was, in my opinion, the body style, which looked like the designers worked in group with one doing the front end, another doing the rear end, and another worked on the interior - unfortunately, these groups never talked to each other. The resulting body reflected my theory. The ride was very ox-cart in quality. The transmission was fairly typical of British cars at the time - 4 speed, syncro on the upper 3 cogs. The interior was nicely done in leather and a high quality carpeting. The beauty of this car was the engine; powerful (140 HP), smooth, and very tractable. One could put the car in 4th, and throttle back to a walking pace, without downshifting, floor the throttle and the car would just gain speed until the throttle was released, no complaints were felt nor heard. The car was a mixed bag. Had it had a more attractive body, a full syncro transmission, and a little more compliant suspension, Daimler would have had a winner - otherwise it was a ill thought out automobile - another missed opportunity by a another British car company. |
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