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Model of a Daimler staff car

Model of a Daimler motor ambulance

1914-1918
Model of 105h.p. tractor as made by William Foster Ltd of Lincoln, fitted with Daimler engine and transmission, built by the Daimler Co. for the War Office (Scale?)

Model of a Foster tractor

Model of caterpillar tractor or tank and transmission gear, built by the Daimler Co. for the War Office, model (scale 1:8). No mention of a case

Model of a caterpillar tractor

1917
Model of 30 h.p. two-ton lorry built by the Daimler Co. for the War Office. (Scale 1:8). No mention of a case.

Model of a Daimler lorry

Garner lorry type WDL 6 1929, chassis no. 831208, engine no. 4MPV 22661. The six-wheeled lorry was introduced in the 1920s, designed to increase the payload whilst improving the ride and traction available. Their success relied upon the rear bogie which allowed individual wheels to navigate rough ground without affecting the axles or chassis frame. This bogie was designed in 1925 by Lt Col H Niblett of RASC and patented by the War Office, it wasn’t until May 1927 that it was eventually made available to the public for free. This lorry was made by Garner Motor Ltd in 1929 and uses the War Department bogie. It is a good example of an early six-wheeler with no differential fitted in the drive between the axles, but with a differential in each axle.

WDL 6 lorry

1929
F.W.D. type B. lorry, 1917-19. The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company was formed in Clintonville, Wisconsin, USA in January 1909 after Otto Zachow and William Besserdich developed and built the first successful four wheel drive car, the ‘Battleship’. They soon switched to making trucks due to the four-wheel drive’s success in military tests, and in 1916 the American government made their first order of 38 trucks. More orders followed and by early 1917 400 FWD had been shipped to Britain, becoming essential equipment for artillery haulage and ammunition supply in the First World War. By end of 1918 over 5000 had been shipped to Europe, over 3000 to Britain. In 1921 Britain were able to manufacture FWDs calling them Quads. This particular one was supplied to the US Ordnance Department and was subsequently in use in France until the 1930s as a mobile optician’s surgery.

Lorry

1917-19