Housed in a nondescript warehouse in Dayton, Ohio, the British Transportation Museum contains a large collection of British automobiles which are maintained and restored by a crew of volunteers.
1989 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur
The Rolls-Royce is the iconic luxury automobile and is a symbol of wealth and power. This car sold new for $142,600.
1967 Daimler Sovereign
Daimler is known as Britain’s oldest marque.
1960 Peerless GT
Peerless Cars Ltd. Made cars from 1957 until 1960. About 325 cars were produced. The car had good performance—it featured Triumph TR3 running gear in a tubular space frame--but it was expensive and the overall fit and finish was not particularly good.
1936 Packard Standard Eight Coupe-Roadster
What’s a Packard doing in a museum featuring British cars? In the 1930s, Packard was exporting more cars than any other American car maker. The Packard on display (which was on loan from the Packard Museum in Dayton) has right hand drive.
Humber
Humber first began manufacturing automobiles in 1896. The company also made bicycles (the cycle division and its trademarks were sold to Raleigh in 1932) and motorcycles which it stopped making during the Great Depression. The last traditional large Humbers were sold in 1968.
Sunbeam
Like many early car makers, Sunbeam began by manufacturing bicycles. The company started in 1888 and began making cars in 1901. In 1905, the Sunbeam Motor Car Company Limited was formed to separate it from the bicycle business. Sunbeam continued as a marque name on new cars until 1976.
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