The Docker Daimlers were cars built for display at the British International Motor Show at Earls Court Exhibition Centre from 1951 to 1955. The cars were...
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commissioned to provide official state cars and as Daimlers retired they were not replaced by Daimlers. The current official state car is either one of...
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third marriage, to Sir Bernard Docker, the chairman of Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) and its subsidiary, Daimler, was notable for the couple's extravagant...
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green-piped beige leather. Sir Bernard Docker commissioned a series of Daimlers that were built to Lady Docker's specifications for the show circuit. In...
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Hooper (coachbuilder) (section Lady Docker's cars)
outrageously bodied large Daimlers for Lady Docker, the wife of the BSA chairman. This season's extravagant new Docker Daimler was exhibited each October...
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the apparent stability of BSA. So in 1910, BSA purchased Daimler with BSA shares but Docker who negotiated the arrangements either ignored or failed in...
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became less expensive, the hand-built Daimlers escalated in price. Jaguars sold in large numbers, and Daimlers sold in small numbers with frequent model...
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was as much as 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) lighter than previous postwar Daimlers.[citation needed] Two with Hooper bodies, the limousine in royal livery...
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Model inspired by Lady Docker became optional extras the following year. The One-O-Four was eventually replaced by the Daimler Majestic. When it first...
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