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Classic Cars in
Rhodesia
Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1912 |
Remains of a chassis, axles,
wheels and most mechanical stuff were recovered by
the late Dave Forbes around 1965/7. Sold in the
90's to a guy in South Africa who had a tourer
body. Believed to have ended up at Sandstone
Estates in South Africa and made into a period
railcar.
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Colours |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Owned by Tim George in the 1960s.
Found dismantled in the Burma Road Barracks
(Lusaka?). Chassis original with a body belived to
have been built in Salisbury in the 1950s.
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Model |
Seven |
Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
EU-555/NRH |
References |
NRH Magazine, title
unknown |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
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Raced by Chris North in the
Mashonaland 500 in 1964 and 65. Fuel and services
sponsered by Lochinvar Service Station. Both races
won by someone driving a Morris Minor with FJ 100
engine.
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Model |
105 |
Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
RS-93/SRH |
References |
C North |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1925 |
Imported from the UK to Rhodesia,
owned by Barney Enslin. Later acquired by a Mr.
Jansen who took the car to South Africa. Photo
taken at the car park, Kingsway, Salisbury
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Model |
Seven |
Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
X-54808 (temporary number valid for
one trip) |
References |
Nick Wood |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1926
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Owned by R. Byng in 1965 and later
by G. Acutt. Later believed to have been acquired
by Roy Collins.
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Model |
12 Safari
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Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
24093
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
Blue / grey
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Registration
Numbers |
S-59892/SRH
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1927 |
Owned by Ken Goosen in 1980
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Model |
12/4 |
Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Tourer |
Colours |
Dark blue
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Registration
Numbers |
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References |
7th Annual VCC Zim Rally |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1927 |
Car no. 4TT20508. Owned by Geoff
Meadows of Salisbury in 1965. Car later owned by
someone in Bulawayo.
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Model |
12 |
Chassis No. |
35347 |
Engine No. |
354901
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Tourer
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Colours |
Black
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Registration
Numbers |
S-5706/SRH
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1927 or 28
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Called Poppet when owned by Julius
Rudolph of Harare. Later passed onto his daughter,
Della, who had the car resprayed. Taken to the UK
around 2000.
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Model |
Seven
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Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Tourer
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Colours |
Maroon and black, later green and
black
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Registration
Numbers |
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1928
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Car found in Tete without a body,
though some pieces of timber body frame were
acquired. The Tete owner had owned the car since
1949. Car rebuilt by Tony Izon of Mashaba around
1969. Body rebuilt based on the remaining pieces
and the original owner's description of what was
believed to have been an Arrow Works design. The
body was covered in hessian and aircraft dope, up
to the bulkhead, which was sprayed black. The boot
is in the curve of the body, accessed from behind
the seats. A spare wheel was to be mounted to the
body but it is unknown if this was done. Unusually
the engine and chassis numbers are stamped on the
chassis frame and the pistons bore the engine
number. Possibly later acquired by a Mr. Bromley
(could this be the Jeremy Bromley car above?)
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Model |
Seven
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Chassis No. |
72593 |
Engine No. |
72840
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
2-seater tourer
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Colours |
midnight blue, red upholstery
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Registration
Numbers |
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1928 |
Owned by Ian Hesketh of Bulawayo?
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Model |
Chummy |
Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
RBC-859/RHO |
References |
Colour photo John Gasston
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1928 |
Belonged
to Derick Friend who owned a company called
Humpty Dumpty Walls about thirty years ago and
swapped it for an E Type jag with Eddie
Hindmarsh, who also owned an old chevrolet
landau. Acquired by Bobby Van der Merwe in May
2016. Rebuild started in July 2016.
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Model |
Chummy |
Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
EX-1928/NRH
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References |
Bobby Van der Merwe
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1928 |
Car no. A7-805. Owned by Eugene
Wyngaard in 1965. Owned by Ian Hesketh in 1969/70,
Competed in the 1969 National Rally from
Johannesburg to Lorenco Marques. Later noted with
a Mr. Taylor in Durban, South Africa.
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Model |
Seven
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Chassis No. |
68430
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Engine No. |
M68575
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Tourer |
Colours |
Yellow / black
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Registration
Numbers |
A-1928
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References |
2nd Rhodesian
International Rally |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1928 |
Car no. STT29709. Owned by Paul
Walker in 1968.
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Model |
12
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Chassis No. |
59468
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Tourer
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Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1929 |
Owned by Eric Greig of Bulawayo
around 1969/70, car discovered in Zambia. Took
part in the Flame Lily run to Victoria Falls and
the 1969 South African National.
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Model |
Clifton |
Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Tourer |
Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
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References |
2nd Rhodesian
International Rally |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1929 |
Ex Harry Boyer, who had built a
rough Gordon England replica body. Owned
c1965-1969 by Harold Barnes of Salisbury, no body
fitted at that stage.
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Model |
Seven
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Chassis No. |
C 84129
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Engine No. |
M 84377
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Sports
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Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
RSD-1199/SRH |
References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1930
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Built up from a collection of
parts by Michele Alfero in the 1960s, self built
2-seater body fitted.Used on the 1968 Beira run.
Photo c1970. Later taken to South Africa by
Michele.
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Model |
Seven
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Chassis No. |
C95716
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Engine No. |
M112282
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Sports
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Colours |
Red
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Registration
Numbers |
RSG-8934/SRH |
References |
Nick Wood |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1929 |
Owned by Bob Southon in 1980,
acquired as a rolling chassis in Salisbury, engine
and gearbox located after a ten month search in
1975. Body built by owner from drawings. Competed
in 1976 Rhodesia Rally. Later in Port Elizabeth,
South Africa.
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Model |
Seven chummy
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Chassis No. |
C86429 |
Engine No. |
68575M
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Sports tourer |
Colours |
Red
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Registration
Numbers |
CB-*320/SAF |
References |
11th Milligan Rally |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1929 |
Imported into Zimbabwe in the
1990s by Keith Dobinson. Later returned to the UK
with Keith.
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Model |
Seven
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Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
Gordon England
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Body Style |
sports
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Colours |
Green
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Registration
Numbers |
559-118-L/ZIM
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1930 |
Rebuilt by Bob Southon in 1975
with a self built body, later sold and believed to
still be in Harare with Mike Bardell. Noted in
2017 with Dr. R. Glieman.
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Model |
Ulster
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Chassis No. |
112324
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Engine No. |
111931
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
Red
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Registration
Numbers |
CB-4320/SAF
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1929
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1929 was the last year of the
short wheelbase Austin 7. Noted in the Umtali
(Mutare) Museum - Acquired by Peter Locke from a
car lot in Harare in 1984, previously owned by
Neill Snatt. Peter was Director of the Mutare
museum. Car later transported to Bulawayo and was
damaged in transit. Photo shows Peter's A-H Sprite
to left and BSA Bantam m/c to the right.
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Model |
Seven
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Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Box saloon
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Colours |
Blue and black
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Registration
Numbers |
A-1929/SRH
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References |
Brian Goodall; Peter
Locke
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1930 |
Car was at
some stage in the Montague Motor Museum? Registered
in the UK on 05/06/1930. Driven by a group of
students from Bristol to Cape Town and by University
of Cape Town students back to Bristol in 1963/64.
Car nicknamed MUGWUMP (Montagu's University Group
With Unlimited Means of Propulsion). Vehicle ended
up back in Rhodesia, where it was owned by Albert
Oswald Craxford of Salisbury in 1974. Later bought
back by one of the students, Roger D.B. Freshman of
Cape Town (certainly by 1978), and believed to have
been taken back to the UK.
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Model |
Sixteen light six |
Chassis No. |
17669/6 |
Engine No. |
17899/6
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Sedan
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Colours |
Maroon / black
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Registration
Numbers |
GJ 5936
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1930/31 |
Car no. 21981. Owned by Charles
Griffith Hampton of Salisbury who restored or
rebuilt the car. Later owned by Colin Black who
again restored the car around 1965/66. Believed to
have gone to South Africa. Possibly the car that
was owned by Alex Atkinson, painted Green and
Black, that was sold to Charles Griffith Hampton.
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Model |
Seven |
Chassis No. |
119007
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Engine No. |
M119508
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Tourer |
Colours |
Black
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Registration
Numbers |
RSA-29/SRH
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References |
Nick Wood |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1931 |
Acquired by George Rickards of
Harare from John Jackson around 2003. John had
bought it in pieces in the late 70s / early 80s
from Dennis Charlesworth when he left the country.
John had rebuilt most of the mechanicals, but it
still needed a lot of work to finish it, was still
being rebuilt about 2009.
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Model |
Seven |
Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Sports body
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Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1932 |
Owned in Northern Rhodesia by Don
Christie, a Clerk of Works. Given to Reg Futcher,
a supervisor at the Mufulira mine apprentice
training school, in a dreadful state. Apprentice
at the school completely rebuilt the car . The
dented body was rebuilt and Mr. Futcher found five
tyres and four tubes in Bulawayo. Registered in
Broken Hill after the restorarion.
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Model |
Seven |
Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Saloon |
Colours |
murky custard before rebuild |
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Registration
Numbers |
BH-648/NRH |
References |
NRH Magazine, title
unknown |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1930 |
Car no. 6TC/3715/6. Delivered in
England and imported to Rhodesia in 1930, where it
was used regularly until 1957. Restoration was
begun by Geoff Meadows and the car was given to
Mrs. Yvonne Symmonds by her husband as a birthday
present, around 1960. The Symmonds family were
very well known in Vintage Motoring circles in
Rhodesia. Entered in the 1965 and 1969 National
rallies as well as numerous other events. For sale
in South Africa in December 2006 for R70 000.
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Model |
16 Light 6 |
Chassis No. |
15522/6
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Burnham saloon |
Colours |
Black |
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Registration
Numbers |
S-5059/SRH |
References |
2nd Rhodesian
International Rally |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1933 |
Car no. GC18697. Found in a tribal
trust land between Fort Victoria and Umvuma by
James Mason. Restored around 1975, later taken to
South Africa, said to be in Johannesburg.
Also owned a second Austin 10 saloon, blue /
black, sold in Salisbury in 1981 as well as a 1937
Chev coupe, maroon / cream, taken to South Africa
and sold in Johannesburg in 1983.
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Model |
10
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Chassis No. |
G22883 |
Engine No. |
G9027
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Saloon |
Colours |
Maroon / black
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Registration
Numbers |
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1934 |
Owned by G.T. Kirk of Salisbury in
1970. Imported into Rhodesia by a Hartley
resident, from Cape Town and from whom Mr. Kirk
acquired the car.
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Model |
Nippy |
Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
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References |
2nd Rhodesian
International Rally; 1972 AVRR |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1934 |
Acquired by Peter Brewer of
Borrowdale. Sold to Mike Frudd around 1990. Later
owned by Paul Domoney before being acquired by
Rinus Grau in Noveber 2016.
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Model |
10 |
Chassis No. |
G49244
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Engine No. |
IG51997
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Coachbuilder |
Litchfield
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Body Style |
Sedan |
Colours |
White with maroon fenders and roof,
resprayed royal blue with black fenders in 2009.
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Registration
Numbers |
230-511-E/RHO, ABP-9654/ZIM
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References |
VCCZ Newsletter July
1990. |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1936 |
Owned by A. Whitehead in 1980,
later by Roy Waterworth of Harare.
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Model |
10 Sherbourne |
Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
250-886-B/RHO |
References |
7th Annual VCC Zim Rally |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1936
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Built as a military vehicle for
submission to the British Military Tender Board in
1936. They assumed they would be awarded the
tender as before but did not with this car.
Shipped out to the colonies where it ended up in
Zambia. Belonged to a Mr. Koviac in Livingstone,
car was later in Kitwe, Bwane Mkubwa then Ndola.
Owned by a Mrs. Acton who latyer moved to Bathurst
in the Eastern Cape (South Africa), where it stood
unused till 1985. Purchased by Eric McQuillian,
who restored the car.
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Model |
Seven
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Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
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Registration
Numbers |
LPZ-073-GP/SAF |
References |
Photo VVC of South Africa
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1946
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Owned and restored by Alistair
Squires around 2000. Taken to Australia or New
Zealand by Mr. Squires.
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Model |
8
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Chassis No. |
ASI 090533
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Engine No. |
IA 118622
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Sedan
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Colours |
Blue with black fenders
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Registration
Numbers |
451-058-E/ZIM
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1947 |
Rebuilt by David Duff around 1983.
Later sold to Ranier Krueger then to a Mr.
Masvikeni.
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Model |
16
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Chassis No. |
BS23458
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Engine No. |
B28625
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Saloon |
Colours |
Black
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Registration
Numbers |
S-17048/SRH
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1951
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Owned by Mr. Stamps, belonged to
the Mother of the late Thora Schoeman.
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Model |
A40
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Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Pickup
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Colours |
Blue
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Registration
Numbers |
AUS-1951/ZIM
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
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Owned by a Mr. Coates in Bulawayo
in 1962.
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Model |
A70 Hereford
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Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
Black
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Registration
Numbers |
B-23005/SRH
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References |
Lorraine Coates
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1953
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Owned by Glynn Morris in 1993.
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Model |
A40 Somerset
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Chassis No. |
776456
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Engine No. |
14-880492
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
White
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Registration
Numbers |
35-693-W/RHO
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1960
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Owned by Keith Murrell in 1987,
later inherited by his sons who still own the car
in Harare.
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Model |
A40
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Chassis No. |
A-A256-33098
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Engine No. |
9A-U-U 34585
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Grey & blue
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Colours |
Sedan
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Registration
Numbers |
294-450-D/ZIM
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
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Noted for sale in Bulawayo 2015
owned by a Mr. Fitzpatrick. Bought as a spares
car.
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Model |
A70 Hereford
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Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
Sedan
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Registration
Numbers |
B-22408/RHO
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
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First registered on 25/02/1953.
Noted for sale in Bulawayo 2015 owned by a Mr.
Fitzpatrick. Was running when parked in the lean
to.
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Model |
A70 Hereford
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Chassis No. |
B53-100280
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Engine No. |
IBI68848
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
Sedan
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Registration
Numbers |
11-297-J/RHO, ABA-3762/ZIM
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
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Noted at Ruwa in 2014
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Model |
Cambridge
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Chassis No. |
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Engine No. |
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
Station wagon
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Colours |
White
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Registration
Numbers |
482-756-J/RHO
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References |
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Make |
Austin |
History |
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Year |
1964
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Acquired by Fred van Coller from
the original owner and owned by him for many
years, until he passed away. Now owned by Austin
Whitehead in Harare.
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Model |
Princess 1100 Vanden Plas
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Chassis No. |
448
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Engine No. |
33041
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Coachbuilder |
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Body Style |
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Colours |
Grey green
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Registration
Numbers |
6-761-Y/RHO
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References |
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