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- High Tea Blue Mountains - Sunday April 12
- National Motoring Heritage Day - Sunday May 17
- Weekday Run Dural to Settler's Arms - Thursday May 21
- Mountain High Pies - Sunday June 14
- Brass Monkey Run - Sunday July 12
- (Rover/Alvis/Armstrong Siddley/Daimler) Combined Club Mid- Winter/Soup Run - Sunday July 19
- Hunter Region All British Display Day - Saturday July 25
- Shannon’s Sydney Classic Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek - Sunday August 16
- All British Day and our Display Day - Sunday August 30
- Campbelltown Steam & Machinery Museum - Saturday/Sunday October 17/18
- 2015 SP250 National Rally - Friday October 30 - 1st November
- Linwood House - Sunday November 8th
- Combined Run with Humber Car Club - Saturday November 14th
- Christmas Lunch - Sunday December 13th
- 27th Annual Cocktail Cruise - Tuesday January 5th
- Sydney CARnivale - Tuesday January 26th
- Gnoo Blas Classic Car Show - Sat/Sun February 13th/14th
- Breakfast Run Valentines Day - Sun February 14th
- Goulburn Steam Pumping Station and Rose Festival - Sun March 13th
- National Rally - Orange NSW - Thursday 14th April 2016
- National Motoring Heritage Day- Sun May 15th
- High Tea in the Blue Mountains- Sun June 12th
- Invitation Run Humber Car Club - Sun June 19th
- (Rover/Alvis/Armstrong Siddley/Daimler) Combined Club Mid-Winter/Soup Run - Sun July 24th
- Hunter Region All British Display Day - Sat July 30th
- Visit the Victor Chang Institute Darlinghurst - Tues August 23rd
- All British Day and our Display Day - Sunday August 28
- President's Event - Sat/Sun September 10/11
- Rolls Royce Owners Club (NSW) - Sunday September 25
- Annual Picnic - Sunday October 9
- Sunday on the Hawkesbury - Sunday November 6
- Christmas Lunch - Sunday December 11th
- 28th Annual Cocktail Cruise - Tuesday January 10th
- Parramatta CARnivale - Thursday January 26th
- Breakfast Run Geranium Cottage Dural - Sun February 12th
- Cootamundra Weekend Together - March 24 to 26
- Picnic in the Southern Highlands - Sunday April 9th
- National Motoring Heritage Day- Sun May 21st
- Gosford Classic Car Museum - Sun June 11th
- (Rover/Alvis/Armstrong Siddley/Daimler) Combined Club Mid-Winter/Soup Run - Sun July 9th
- All British Day and our Display Day - August
- President's Event - 9 - 10 September 2017
- Annual Picnic - Sunday October 8
- Daimler Club Technical Day - Saturday November 4
- Macquarie Light Rail - Sunday November 12
- Christmas Lunch - Sunday December 10th
- 29th Annual Cocktail Cruise - Tuesday January 9th 2018
- Two-Fold Event - Sun February 11th
- Viewing the Club Lanchester- Sun March 11th
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- Peter Grant's DE 36

Peter Grant's DE 36
MARQUE MODEL YEAR CHASSIS BODY REGISTRATION OWNER CONTACT |
Daimler DE 36 1948 517177 Hooper 33038H Peter Grant peter(at)schwartz.com.au |
1948 Royal Stock DE 36 All Weather Tourer
The car was one of a pair. It was ordered by Hoopers for Royal Stock use in 1948 but due to the Royal Tour Cars having to be finished, the cars were not ready before early 1949. During this time "the Palace" asked that the cars have shaped front seats in case the King wished to drive them and also His Majesty requested a clock, as slim as possible, be fitted to the rear division.This was done and the cars were completed in silver grey with blue leather interior and black hoods, solid walnut timber trim and the usual interior fittings, including a thick pile rug in the back and occasional seats.
The car was regularly used by King George VI and much liked by him. After his death, in 1952, the car I have bought was returned to Hoopers where it was repainted in the Royal Colours, claret body, black wings with a black molding and red picking out lines. A new Melloloid Hood in claret was also fitted at that time. It was intended to have this car available for the Coronation Tours for the new Queen. The other All Weather Tourer was sent for use by the Governor General in Nigeria. I do not now if that car still exists. It remained silver grey.
The car remained in Royal Service, used by the present Queen, until 1957, when it was announced that it had been sold to the Queensland Government for the forthcoming Royal Tour by Her Majesty the Queen Mother. After it arrived here the car was used for the Queen Mother's Tour, for the tour by the Queen of Thailand and eventually disposed of at auction in the late 1960's being bought by Ken and Pamela Mathers of Kenmore in Brisbane. Ken died during the 1990s but had put the car up on blocks prior to his final illness.
When they bought the car it had around 12000 miles on the clock and now has some 28000 miles recorded. During their time of ownership the car was requested back by Government House in Brisbane for use by Prince Charles when he was in Queensland, each time the flag staff being replaced and then removed before the car was returned!