Earliest Daimler heads for auction block
— This year’s Bonhams Golden Age of Motoring Sale Nov. 4 will include the oldest Daimler on the road. The 1897 Daimler Twin-Cylinder 4HP Tonneau was the second car manufactured at Daimler’s Coventry factory. Although it was demonstrated to the then-Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, the Daimler’s first owner was Col. Arthur Mulliner, of the eponymous coachbuilding family. His cousin, Henry (H.J.), was famous for creating bespoke bodies
