Classic Cars in Rhodesia

Make	Cadillac	History
Year	1928	Double sidemounted spare wheels. Originally owned by General Motors, Port Elizabeth. Shown at the Port ELizabeth Agricultural show 09/08/1928. Bought in October 1929 by a frustrated Rhodesian batchelor, who was chief engineer of the Rhodesia Railways. He had been on leave in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, intent on speding his honeymoon there, but had been jilted at the last moment. This is apparently the first right hand drive Cadillac to reach Rhodesia. Used by the Mayor of Bulawayo sometime pre war at a School function, painted maroon and black. Discovered c 1955 in a Bulawayo basement garage by Denis Standish-White, who had been at the school when the mayor visited. After another 15 years of polite letter writing and discussion, the fourth owner (who also owned a 1914 Rolls-Royce and a 1926 Chevrolet) Paul Walker sold the car to Denis in South Africa. Repainted plushy pomegranate over royal brown with off white upholstery and top. Apparently the car was owned by Alex MacKay around 1973, registered B-3621. Later noted in Germany, painted white and baby blue.
Model	V8 341B
Chassis No.	7684
Engine No.	507339
Coachbuilder	Fleetwood
Body Style	All weather phaeton
Colours	Maroon / black
Registration Numbers	B-3621/SRH,  TSN-****	References	Automobilist 4/3 + 22/3; Recent photo thanks to George Schwalbach on Flickr; David MacKenzie

Make	Cadillac	History
Year	1954	Owned by Colin Bales of Bulawayo. Later acquired by B. Bichard
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Body Style	Sedan de Ville
Colours	White
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Make	Cadillac	History
Year	1956	Owned by Lloyd Clarke, driven out of the Congo when the uprisings occurred there. The car still has bullet holes in the bodywork
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Registration Numbers	ABO-7443/ZIM	References

Make	Cadillac	History
Year	1963	Ex S. Attwell, ex Benatar who imported the car from America. Noted in Harare in 2014. Sold to someone in South Africa.
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Body Style	Convertible
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Registration Numbers	621-515-J/RHO	References

Make	Cadillac	History
Year	1965	Owned by Rick Wilson in 1979, who displayed the car at the 1979 Motorama Car Show in Bulawayo. Owned by Keith Stewart of Bulawayo since 1985, having acquired it from Neil Varrie. This car was also owned by Herbert Ushewekunze.
Model	de Ville
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Body Style	Convertible
Colours	Dark Green (1960s), Metallic Red (1979), Light Pink (2020)
Registration Numbers	108-142-V/RHO	References	Keith Stewart

Make	Cadillac	History
Year	1970	Owned by Ralph Abdullah of Harare.
Model	Fleetwood
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Registration Numbers	60-391-R/RHO	References

Make	Cadillac	History
Year	c1984	Noted in Zimbabwe in 2015
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Colours	White
Registration Numbers	702-445-B/ZIM	References	Photo source unknown

Make	Cadillac	History
Year	1984	Owned by Lloyd Clarke in 2010.
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Registration Numbers	ABR-0364/ZIM	References

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