Thank you
In 2012, we set out to raise $60,000 by July 2014 for the Royal Daimler Project. It might have looked like a blue-sky target back then, but I am happy to say that due to the overwhelming support we...
View ArticleFarewell to the Royal Daimler
The Royal Daimler has left the building! After a short sojourn in the Museum’s Hall, today the Royal Daimler returned to the offsite conservation lab for ongoing work. The 1948 Daimler landaulette has...
View ArticleMore love for the Royal Daimler
The Royal Daimler Project might be over but the work and interest in car continues. It was great to see so many members of the Daimler SP250 group at the Museum on Saturday. Travelling to Canberra from...
View ArticleA bit like Christmas
There was much excitement amongst the Daimler team when a large package arrived from Crankshaft Rebuilders – a bit like kids on Christmas morning. The greatly anticipated new crankshaft had arrived....
View ArticleTesting, testing
The much-awaited test fit of the crankshaft has happened. Ian Stewart has fitted it, checked and blueprinted the bearing oil clearances and the thrust clearance. All clearances have been set to...
View ArticleThe Queen is in town
It was 1954, post depression, post World War II and the visit of the young and beautiful Queen Elizabeth transfixed the nation. When the Queen Came to Town is now screening across the country. Catch a...
View ArticleNew Year, New Conservator, Forward Planning
Happy New Year. Work is continuing on the Royal Daimler and we are hoping to provide more updates in the coming weeks. We have made progress with the engine and more detailed planning for work on the...
View ArticleMixed Feelings and a Very Big Engine
It was with both a sense of regret and considerable excitement, that the Large Technology team completed the assembly of the motor for the Daimler. Regret – because our beautiful crankshaft, with rods...
View ArticleTesting Testing
Shortly after the installation of the engines crankshaft, the team here at the National Museum got busy bolting on the auxiliary engine components with the aim of reuniting the vehicle’s engine to the...
View ArticleStill here and wishing you all the best for the Christmas and New Year holidays
The Daimler project has been a bit silent recently. I would like to say we have been working on being mysterious but that would be only part of the story. As you know we work on a lot of different …...
View ArticleWorking on the Hooper body
In the last six months we have been working on the body and interior of the Daimler – involving a lot of dismantling, a lot of close inspection and a whole range of decision-making. The Royal Daimler...
View ArticleLook what we found!
This strange looking object is an adjustable air-bladder lumbar support which would have provided a comfortable ride for Queen Elizabeth II during her 1954 tour of Australia. Our conservators found two...
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