That looks pretty cool.
In reply to Driven5 :
Yup. Daimler Dart. Just about to post it.
Nailed it!
Must be the hemi V8 engine and "Dart" name that made them think Chrysler. Chrysler made Daimler stop using the name "Dart" on this car because they had already used it before this car came out and were still using it. The hemi V8 was only 2.5 liters but it did have the V8 sound. Kinda want one but out of my range, $$ and distance. Plus no room for another car.
It's typical vintage British, shouldn't be too difficult to fix the flood damage. Rebuilding the engine can be a bit expensive though. Body is fiberglass so rust isn't an issue there, other than frame of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8mFGlhR7SI
The motors make very nice sounds.
The engine shares many internal components with 650 BSA motorcycles. Hampered by non rotating lifters, and extreme mass but otherwise a wonderful engine in a mediocre chassis. No longer the worlds ugliest car either. Many have surpassed it that way.
I had to Google the answer because I couldn't remember the name, Then scrolled down to see all the posts where everyone else said it.
Powered by a small Hemi?
In reply to 914Driver :
Tiny one. 2.5 liters if I I remember right. Not actually a Chrysler Hemi though.
Somewhere I have a photo of a Daimler Dart following a Dodge Dart. I don't think it was planned, either--just two cars leaving a show at the same time.
In reply to 914Driver :
Entirely English and a hemi that looks very much like a Chrysler. The engine was designed by Edward Turner who did the BSA 650 bike engine shortly before, and at the time BSA and Daimler shared a parent company. Multiply 650 X 4 and you get a 2.5 liter eight. Pistons, valves and 1/2 of the rocker arms interchange. Block and head castings are very heavy, I could not carry the block when I had one apart in 1975. I can still carry a SBC. Very lubrication sensitive because the lifters are square and the valve train has much inertia. Also nearly 3 quarts stays in the engine on a change. It took 11 quarts to reach full on the rebuild I did
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