Registration No: LSD 335P
Chassis No: 2H.1107BW
MOT: May 2025

• 1 of just 1,677 examples manufactured
• Extensively re-commissioned June 2023 with some £3,500 worth of expenditure
• Desirable home market example and early in the production run (number 107)
• Pleasingly understood to boast the vast majority of its original Tan interior upholstery

The Daimler Sovereign was a name applied to a sequence of luxury cars built by Jaguar but carrying the Daimler badge between 1966 and 1983 and were based on contemporary Jaguar body shells, chassis and engines. The launch of the Jaguar XJ6 in 1968 and its Daimler sister in 1969 redefined expectations in the luxury car sector. The new model truly 'moved the goalposts', setting new standards in comfort, refinement and handling. A waiting list was quick to form and enthusiasm remained strong upon the introduction of the Series II cars in 1973. The standard or long wheelbase saloon models were joined later that year by a striking new variant; an elegant pillarless Coupé, all being built on the short-wheelbase chassis with a Black vinyl-covered roof and available with either the 4.2 litre straight-six XK unit or the 5.3 litre, V12. This handsome design retained the saloon's supple all-round independent coil and wishbone suspension, disc brakes and power steering. Performance was predictably strong with both variants reputedly able to exceed 120mph. Rarer than its Jaguar brother, just 1,677 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 Coupés are thought to have been produced by the time production ended in 1978 with 613 built in 1977 and only six in the final year.

Manufactured in 1975, 'LSD 335P' is a notably early example being number 107 off the production line and was supplied new to the United Kingdom being first registered on the 4^th of December that year. A 4.2-litre engine example with automatic transmission, the Daimler is still finished in its original colour scheme of Signal Red with Tan leather upholstery, with the interior upholstery pleasingly understood to be original and the paintwork benefitting from a full repaint (2015). Offered now with c.108,000 miles on the odometer, the vast majority were covered during the first thirty years of its life. In dry storage from 2008 for numerous years and covering very minimal mileage, last year ‘LSD 335P’ was lavished with a mechanical recommissioning costing some £3,500.

Further enhanced this year with a new coil and ignition leads, and a full service, the Daimler starting readily and both ran and drove very well during our photography session. In regular use with the vendor, it will be driven some 40 miles to the sale and is rated as having ‘very good’ bodywork, paintwork, electrical equipment, and interior trim, with the engine and gearbox both rated as ‘excellent’. Offered with a history file including previous MOTs and invoices, a no advisory MOT until May 2025, and V5C. These Daimler Coupes are scarce and this one benefits from significant recent mechanical recommissioning.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452