Daimler Conquest

Daimler Conquest DJ250 to DJ261
1955 DJ256 Conquest Century (Mark I)
Overview
Manufacturer	The Daimler Company Limited
Production	1953–1958
Body and chassis
Class	Executive car (E)
Body style	4-door saloon 2-door drophead coupe 2-door roadster
Powertrain
Engine	2,433 cc (2.433 L; 148.5 cu in) straight-6
Transmission	(1953–'58) preselector gearbox with fluid flywheel (1956–'58) optional B-W automatic cars DJ260 or DJ261
Dimensions
Wheelbase	104 in (2,642 mm)
Length	177 in (4,496 mm)
Width	65.5 in (1,664 mm)
Height	65 in (1,651 mm)
Kerb weight	1,397 kg (3,080 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor	Daimler Consort
Successor	Daimler 2.5 V8 1962

The Daimler Conquest is an automobile which was produced by The Daimler Company Limited in the United Kingdom from 1953 to 1958. Based on the Lanchester Fourteen, the Conquest replaced the Daimler Consort. Sales were affected by increasing prices and by the fuel shortage caused by the Suez Crisis, and production ended by 1958.

The standard 1953 Conquest used a straight-six engine developed from the inline-four engine used in Lanchester's Fourteen and Leda models. The engine was made from cast iron and had a single Zenith carburettor and a compression ratio of 6.6:1. With a bore of 76.2 mm (3.00 in) and a stroke of 88.9 mm (3.50 in), the engine displaced 2,433 cc (2.433 L; 148.5 cu in) and delivered 75 bhp (56 kW).

The 1954 Conquest Century model had an alloy head with larger valves, higher compression, high lift cams, and twin SU carburettors. These modifications raised the power to 100 bhp (75 kW) at 4400 rpm.

The body was a slightly modified version of that used on the earlier Lanchester Fourteen. Apart from the grille, The Conquest was identical in appearance to the Lanchester Leda. While the Fourteen had been coachbuilt of steel on a timber frame, the Leda had an all-steel body, on which the Conquest's was based. Lanchester was a subsidiary of Daimler. The whole car appeared to have been developed within four months of Bernard Docker, then managing director of BSA, taking on the additional responsibility of managing director of Daimler in January 1953.

Presented as a new car, the 75 hp (1953–1956) Daimler Conquest saloon chassis and running gear had originated in the 1950 Lanchester Fourteen or Leda.

The usual Daimler large cruciform chassis had a double wishbone front suspension, with laminated torsion bars, telescopic dampers, and an anti-roll bar, while the rear suspension used leaf springs with telescopic dampers.