Daimler supplying the DE 36, as well as the DE27 six-cylinder shorter-wheelbase variant, only in chassis form, at basic prices of £2025 and £1700 respectively; the bodywork is produced and fitted by specialist coachbuilders such as Freestone & Webb, Hooper and Windover. The 4.1- and 5½ -litre engines have identical bore and stroke, namely 85.09 x 120.015 mm.
Two all-weather four-seat convertibles were built on the DE 27 chassis by Vanden Plas for the Maharajah Jam Sahib of Nawanagar. Those cars were fitted with Lanchester radiators.
Daimler also offers a complete 2½-Litre Saloon, Model DB 18, as well as a Barker-bodied Drophead Coupé, both on a 9 ft 6 in wheelbase chassis.
Straight-Eight DE36 chassis with eight-passenger Landaulette coachwork by Hooper.
The King and Queen in the Royal Straight-Eight All-weather on their tour of South Africa. The car was built at the end of 1946.