1949 Daimler DE36 Straight Eight Hooper Limousine [51727]

1949 Daimler DE36 Straight Eight [51727] in La passe du diable (The Devil's Pass), Movie, 1958

Class: Cars, Limousine — Model origin: — Made for: AFG

1949 Daimler DE36 Straight Eight Hooper Limousine [51727]

01:11:00 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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s13a ◊ 2022-02-14 01:43	The arrival of Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan.
dsl ◊ 2022-02-14 03:51	The King of Afghanistan had an early Hooper bodied D36 - body number 9225 - but date and chassis number not given. Another source says chassis 51727 was bought by the Afghan king and still exists in the Afghan Kabul National museum. Chassis 51724 was a Hooper Green Goddess DHC, ordered late 48 and delivered May 49, so 51727 likely to be same year.
daimlere20 ◊ 2022-02-15 20:11	Royal Daimlers (B.E.Smith) states that 51727 - having first been used in GB - became the property of the King of Afghanistan in 1949.

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s13a

◊ 2022-02-14 01:43

The arrival of Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan.

dsl

◊ 2022-02-14 03:51

The King of Afghanistan had an early Hooper bodied D36 - body number 9225 - but date and chassis number not given. Another source says chassis 51727 was bought by the Afghan king and still exists in the Afghan Kabul National museum. Chassis 51724 was a Hooper Green Goddess DHC, ordered late 48 and delivered May 49, so 51727 likely to be same year.

daimlere20

◊ 2022-02-15 20:11

Royal Daimlers (B.E.Smith) states that 51727 - having first been used in GB - became the property of the King of Afghanistan in 1949.

1949 Daimler DE36 Straight Eight Hooper Limousine [51727]

1949 Daimler DE36 Straight Eight [51727] in La passe du diable (The Devil's Pass), Movie, 1958

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