Classic Cars in Rhodesia

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Classic Cars in Rhodesia

Make	Armstrong Siddeley	History
Year	1935	A rare car imported into Rhodesia early in its life. Acquired by Rob Green in the 1970s, possibly from the person who imported the car, a relative of his. Later sold to David Stronge, then John Jeeves then Rainer Kruger. Sold around 2005 to someone in the Anglican Church in London. Apparently this car was later sold to someone in Europe who had the chassis shortened and the car rebodied as a sports car.
Model	Special Six
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Body Style	Sedan
Colours	Blue & white
Registration Numbers	648-479-S/ZIM	References	David MacKenzie

Make	Armstrong Siddeley	History
Year	c1929	Owned at some stage by John Gasston in Bulawayo. Purchased from an auction room in Grey Street, Bulawayo for around £25. After wheeling it out into the parking, the tyres were pumped up and with a fresh charge in the battery and some petrol, it was ready to go. The car was then driven out to the Acutt’s farm near Bulawayo Airport, where it was parked up for quite a few years. The car was painted black and had a Miller pre-selector gearbox and possibly Bulawayo number plates, however under the back seat were a set of Petermarizburg plates (NPN) from South Africa. The car was subsequently sold to Louis Van Rooyen of Van Rooyen Motorcycles, for £35.00. It is unknown what happened to it after that but John suspects that someone bought it and restored it as he recalls seeing such a car in Glenara Service Station in Salisbury, it was owned by the late Crackers Craxford and was light yellow or white with black fenders
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Body Style	Sedan
Colours	Black
Registration Numbers		References	John Gasston

Make	Armstrong Siddeley	History
Year	1953	Acquired by David Carser in 2015 from a collector in Meyerton who had stored the car for 15 years. He had acquired the car from a collector in Sasolburg. The collector had apparently rescued the car from a scrap heap in Henley on Klip. Originally delivered via the Rhodesian agents, Marston Motors, to Andy's Garage of Bulawayo on 20 August 1953. If anyone has any information on the history of this car, especially its time in Rhodesia please email me via the webmaster link at the bottom of this page.
Model	Sapphire 346 (MkI)
Chassis No.	340683
Engine No.	E340625
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Sedan, body no. 25-1-0625
Colours	Light metallic grey, originally black, dark red interior
Registration Numbers	OIL-10436/SAF	References	David Carser

Make	Armstrong Siddeley	History
Year	1957	Hydromatic automatic. Owned new by a Bulawayo doctor who then sold it to the Umgusa Water Baliff. Bought from him by Colin Bailes who stripped it down to rebuild it. It was loosely assembled by Colin when he went overseas in the 80's. It then sat in storage until Maurice Beckley swopped his 1970 Jaguar XJ6 (4.2 MOD) for it. Proved to be a very difficult car as everything had been apart so trying to finish it off proved impossible - lots of missing brackets, nuts, bolts and clips. He had to take the head off, flush the engine (rebuilt but assembled dirty...) and managed to get it running well - then the gearbox went so that was a couple of rebuilds later to get it right. Then the paint started falling off (assume age and then exposure to the sun) so Maurice then had to have it resprayed - which is how you see it below. Sold in about 2001/2002 to a British expat in Bulawayo - he then sold it on to Tendai Mlilo in Bulawayo who has it on the road and apparently going well.
Model	Sapphire
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Body Style	Sedan
Colours	Grey
Registration Numbers	416-241-K/ZIM	References

Make	Armstrong Siddeley	History
Year		Owned and restored by John Jackson in the 1980s. Later sold to Dave McIntosh.
Model	Sapphire
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Make	Armstrong Siddeley	History
Year		Noted at Sadie Motors in Harare.
Model	Sapphire
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Colours	Grey
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Make	Armstrong Siddeley	History
Year		Originally used by the Mayor of Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia. Owned by Garth Pullar in the 1970s in Rhodesia.
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Body Style	Sedan
Colours	Cream
Registration Numbers	99-280-M/RHO	References	Garth Pullar

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