They didn't get a precise year and model though, the best guess is a 1949 Daimler. From the remains, it looks like the car used to be black and have dark red leather upholstery.
The house was built in the 1950s or 1960s, but this part of the garden was purchased later from a farmer. The previous owners had been in possession of the property since it was new, but it is not possible to ask them about the vehicle. Mrs Ward said she had contacted her estate agent to see if they can get in touch with the former owners’ daughter.
No one yet has mentioned if they've ever heard of the car being buried in the yard only 70 years ago... you'd think someone would recall such a thing, in the small town of St Peter's on the island of Guernsey
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/family-finds-mysterious-69-year-old-classic-car-buried-in-yard
https://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/barn-find-daimler-no-its-rockery-find
https://guernseypress.com/news/2018/04/05/rockery-turns-out-to-be-a-buried-daimler/
https://www.autoclassics.com/posts/news/daimler-buried-in-back-yard
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-43638944
Tip of the hat to https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/04/07/four-links-motorcycle-bicentennial-bessie-b-stringfield-helene-rother-buried-daimler/
I didn't know there was a British Daimler separate from the German Daimler.
ReplyDeleteyou may have started reading along after I posted about it https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/04/daimler-and-daimler-ag-and-daimler-benz.html in 2012. There's a lot in the archives!
DeleteThe tag says self changing gearbox......automatic? That might be a clue to year.
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