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Originally Posted by Farmer John
It is surprising what cars the Police have had, the Daimler Dart would never have sprung to mind, but apparently so.
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The Essex Police had some black Daimler SP250's on the force. They had a nice big shiny chrome plated bell on the front. (Daimler had to drop the name "Dart" because the American company Dodge complained and insisted that it clashed with their own model named Dart.)
When I worked for Ambersil Ltd, I was chatting with the MD, who was an Essex boy himself, about seeing them on the A127, Southend Arterial Road. He said his Dad used to drive one of them.
When William Lyons took the Daimler Company into the ownership of Jaguar Cars, he dropped the SP250 as it was competition for the E Type, but used the V8 2.5 Litre engine in a Daimler version of the Jaguar MKII saloon.