Classic Cars in Rhodesia

Make	Buick	History
Year	1928	Restored by Bert Smith of Selous in the mid 1980s. Taken to South Africa where it was sold by his daughter in the late 1980s. Seen in Randburg in 1997. Bert also had the remains of a 1929 Silver Anniversary sedan and a 1925 Master 6, which were passed onto Clive Southon.
Model
Chassis No.	1647838
Engine No.	1704809
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Sports tourer
Colours	Blue / Black fenders
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Buick	History
Year		Owner unknown.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Nick Wood

Make	Buick	History
Year	1931	Owned by Ken Jennings in Bulawayo in the 1970s, often used as a wedding car (photo shows the car in use at the wedding of my Dad and Step-Mother in 1973).
Model	Straight 8
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Saloon
Colours	Red over black
Registration Numbers	B-3111/SRH	References	Photo Richard Jennings, Randal Kennerley (Wedding)

Make	Buick	History
Year	1931	Noted in Harare in 2011.Noted for sale in 2017
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Sedan
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Pics Viv Westbury, James Hewitt Jnr

Make	Buick	History
Year	1938	Noted for sale at Arkie Kassim's yard in 2013.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Buick	History
Year	1946	Owned for many years by Rob Stirling. After Rob died the car was acquired from his son Brendan by Maurice Beckley of Bulawayo. The car was used in the film 'The Power of One', as a police car.
Model	Super
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Sedan
Colours
Registration Numbers	287-445-P/RHO	References	Bruce Beckley

Make	Buick	History
Year	1947	ex T O'Leary
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	2 door
Colours	Two tone blue
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Buick	History
Year	1955
Model	Roadmaster
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Sedan
Colours	Black
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Buick	History
Year	1968	Owned by Colin Bailes of Bulawayo in 2011.
Model	GS
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Coupe
Colours	Red with black stripe and roof
Registration Numbers	ABO-5336/ZIM	References	Bruce Beckley

Make	Buick	History
Year	1968	Earliest known owner was Rob Stirling of Bulawayo, the car was red at the time. He sold it to Reg Harverye who sprayed the car and rebuilt it mechanically. Rob reacquired the car when Reg passed away. Upon Rob passing away it was sold by his son Brendon to a Bulawayo man who kept the car for 15 years but hardly used it. It was subsequently found in Zvishavane in 2014 and sold to Colin Bailes who recommisioned the car and got it running again before reselling to a Harare collector. The car has a 430 motor and auto box.
Model	Riviera
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	140-392-Z/RHO	References	Colin Bailes

Make	Buick	History
Year		Owned by T. O'Leary
Model	Skylark
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	AAW-2884/ZIM	References	Viv Westbury

Make	Buick	History
Year	1978?	Noted for sale in Zimbabwe in 2016
Model	Skyhawk?
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Lloyd Manhopi Snr

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