Classic Cars in Rhodesia

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by Roger V.G. Link around 1963. Acquired by J.M. Johnston around 1965. Photo taken on a Shell Umtali Run c1963. Owned by Mrs. Gamuroulis in 1986
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAP 1183
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster pick-up
Colours	Green / black
Registration Numbers	S-5349/SRH, RSE-49?	References	Nick Wood, 1st Rhodesian National Rally

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by Mike Geldard in 1967, later sold to Dr. John Davy who still owned the car in Harare around 2014. Fitted with a 1931 radiator shell after the original was damaged in an accident. Later acquired by M. Bremner. Resprayed in Maroon and Black by 2022
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAP1905
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Phaeton
Colours	Chocolate brown / black 1967 later all black
Registration Numbers	S-5454/SRH, 62-5449-Q/RHO	References	Photo via Rob Davison

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by Alex Atkinson, painted Black, acquired from a Dentist by the name of Hudson around 1962, sold in 1964 to George Fardell, who sold the car to Garth MacLoed-Selkirk around 1967. Later owned by Chris Regeris, then Keith Murrell. Keith restored the car, repainting it Yellow / Black. Owned jointly today by Keith's sons Alan & Kevin in Harare.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAT8462
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Phaeton
Colours	Black, then Blue / Black mudguards; then Yellow / Black
Registration Numbers	S-4729/SRH, 61-806-E/RHO	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Believed to have been a Dulys company car in Bulawayo, then used as a taxi by an African man in Gatooma (now Kadoma). At some stage owned by someone at Alaska Mine. Owned by Alec Henderson and used in the 1st Vintage Car Reliabilty Run in 1959. Later owned by someone in Umvukwes (possibly J. Chesney-Martin who owned the car in 1961) from whom the car was acquired by Hilton Goodall and later A. Napier. Both photos were taken at Donnybrook Circuit but some 30 odd years apart. Still in Zimbabwe owned by Howard Butler.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAO 6142
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Town sedan
Colours	Cream with brown wings
Registration Numbers	B-5018/SRH, 123-890-M/RHO	References	Nick Wood; 7th Annual VCC Zimbabwe Rally; Eddie Flawn; Brian Goodall

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Rebuilt from scrap by Neil Snatt, rebuild completed around 1980. Later taken to Durban, South Africa.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CA38968
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Sedan
Colours	Green / black
Registration Numbers	382-056-C/RHO	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	157" WB with double rear wheels, wooden stakebed. Body no. 12F974. May be an English AAF and not American or Canadian as some parts are marked AAF. Found on a farm in Penhalonga. Possibly the only lwb in Rhodesia, owned by Alan W.B. Napier. Later sold to Jon Atkinson who fitted the wooden stakes on the flatbed, sold to Richard Paxton, may now be in South Africa or Australia. Also owned at some stage by Bhadella Wholesalers of Mutare, who fitted steel dropdown sides on which their company was advertised.
Model	Model AA
Chassis No.	CAA07625
Engine No.	CAA07625
Coachbuilder
Body Style	2 1/4 Ton truck
Colours	Green / black
Registration Numbers	381-997-N/RHO	References	Automobilist Vol. 2/3

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by Mike Smith of Harare in the 1970s and 80s. Later sold to Dave Riley, then in 2006 to Viv Westbury and in 2007 to Martin Sherfield of Bulawayo.
Model	Model AA
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours	Truck
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by Albert Victor Lowe of Bulawayo in 1965. Later acquired by L. Fay.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CA140073
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Coupe
Colours	Green / black
Registration Numbers	G-3462/SRH	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by Johnny Oosthuysen in Gwelo. Stored on his property till recovered by his Grandson Felix Swanepoel, who completely restored the car.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Saloon
Colours	Light green and black with yellow wheels
Registration Numbers		References	Felix Swanepoel

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	3rd owner was a Mr. Robinson of Bindura who sold the car to John Rae (Ian) and Anne Findlay, (who changed colours to green /black then yellow / black),  car rebuilt and used in many runs since the 1960s. Later acquired by Dawie Erasmus (changed to current colours) who still owns the car.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.	161-484
Engine No.	CAE3328
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Cabriolet
Colours	Chocolate brown / black fenders in 1966, then green / black, then golden yellow / black, now manellas orange  black
Registration Numbers	H-795/SRH, 299-259-F/RHO	References	Photo Viv Westbury

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Acquired as a pile of scrap by Clive Thompson of Harare, parts collected for many years. Sold to Andrew Johnson of Bulawayo who started to restore the car. Acquired by Martin Sherfield who completed the restoration.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Pickup
Colours	Red with black wings
Registration Numbers		References	Dino Androuliakos

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Built up from several parts cars by John Rae (Ian) Findlay around 1972. Owned in 2013 by Murray Alexander. Noted in 2017 with Mr. Bichard.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAE7426
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Coupe
Colours	Charcoal grey / black
Registration Numbers	*38-296-*/RHO	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Rebuilt by Bob and Clive Southon, sold to Attwell and later Hankey. Still in Harare in 2014.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Coupe
Colours	Green with yellow wheels
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Car taken to Bulawayo from Salisbury by Mike Issacson. Later sold to Henry Bester, then Tony Wright who rebuilt the car around 1968. Owned by Tony till he passed away in 2005, passed onto his son. Now owned by Dave Potter of Bulawayo.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAR8228
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Phaeton
Colours	Green / Black, later Blue / Black??
Registration Numbers	67-701-M/RHO	References	7th Annual VCC Zimbabwe Rally

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by William Robinson in 1966 and still in 2011.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAD5022
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster pickup
Colours	Black / green
Registration Numbers	B-6135/SRH	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by D.R. Forbes in 1966, still owned by his widow Rosanne. Car now in Germany
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CA74150 (1928 engine)
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Phaeton
Colours	Green / black then blue / black
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Found in Nyasaland (Malawi) in the late 1950s by George Bennett. Nicknamed Henrietta. Restored by George in green / black livery. Later acquired by John Apps of Bulawayo, car now in Cape Town, South Africa. George also rebuilt a 1931 Victoria Sedan, given to his daughter, taken to the UK.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAO3862
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster
Colours	Yellow / black then green / black
Registration Numbers	BT-9124 (Blantyre?), H-17/NYA	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Rebuilt from parts by Jimmy Drummond in 1977. Owned by Jimmy till 2006 when it was sold to John Pike, Wally Hankey then Andrew Brown in Harare.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CA110093
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster
Colours	Blue / black
Registration Numbers	293-601-F/RHO	References	7th Annual VCC Zimbabwe Rally

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Bought new from Livingstone Motors, Northern Rhodesia by a Mr. Wood, who lived in Luanshya. Car taken to Southern Rhodesia by his widow in 1959 and put up on blocks in Essexvale, near Bulawayo. Car acquired in 1964 by C. Higgs, who handed the car to Dells Motors in Bulawayo who replaced the brake linings, kingpins and valves. Owned by R. Baden-Powell in 1974.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Tourer
Colours	Dark brown then Maroon / black (1968)
Registration Numbers	B-8579/NRH?	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Acquired in Que-Que in 1971 by Alex Atkinson. Alex had answered an advert in a newspaper and recovered the car from a backyard within sight of the Cam and Motor Mine dumps, driven back to Salisbury. Sold to Chris Gael around 1974, who restored the car. Owned by Mike Frudd (painted red / black), following several other owners possibly including lan Napier, Howard Butler and Dawie Erasmus. Noted in Bulawayo in 2005 and again in 2011. Original engine from this car fitted to the 1930 Ford A 'Mary' that Alex Atkinson owned. An invoice from 1972 in the Atkinson archive, shows the damaged engine from 'Mary' was repaired by Amalgamated Motors, which was then fitted to this car. Owned by Barry Knight in 2011.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAY8825
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Pick-up
Colours	Grass Green with Black wings in 1972, later Red with Black wings
Registration Numbers	Q-2/SRH, 8-007-C/RHO, ABT-4565/ZIM	References	Photo George Stanley, Dino Androuliakos, Viv Westbury

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Originally registered in Northern Rhodesia, the vehicle having been supplied new to Livingstone Motors, Livingstone. Acquired around 1972 by Mr. H. Muller of Morester farm, Rusape. Chris Gael acquired the remains in August 1977 at which stage the car had no rear body, floorpans or seats. A roadster rear body section was found on the Donnington Estates near Norton, and the car was restored by Chris together with parts from other cars. Restoration completed around 1979. Car later sold and shipped to Australia.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.	IF4075
Engine No.	CAO1017
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Coupe
Colours	Thorn brown / black
Registration Numbers	318-952-L/RHO	References	7th Annual VCC Zimbabwe Rally

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by C.F. Van Rooyen in 1966, then by W. Clarke of Salisbury in 1970. Restoration commenced in 1965 and the car was used regularly in local events.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	30A61606
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Fordor sedan, body no. ISF528
Colours	Grey
Registration Numbers	G-1752/SRH	References	2nd Rhodesian International Rally

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by the Late Roley Wright - Possibly the car above?
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Fordor sedan,
Colours	Grey
Registration Numbers	354-***-*/ZIM	References	Dino Androuliakos

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by Hilton Goodall, then Gerry Morgan. Possibly owned by a Mr. Dickenson. Acquired by Alex Atkinson around 1971 from John Goodall,  who later took the car to Cape Town, South Africa, where the car was sold around 1984. Known as 'Mary'. Engine in this car originally came from the Ford A pick-up that Alex owned.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.	8F147
Engine No.	CAP1095
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster
Colours	Green / black
Registration Numbers	RH-2004/SRH, 101-424-S/RHO	References	Henry Atkinson

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by Sid Moorcroft, a farmer in Umvurwi, car was pretty derelict. Restored by Lat Fuller for Sid in the 1980s. Offered for sale on the www by Peter O. Marchussen of Harare in 2006. Appears to have been inmported into Rhodesia in 1947 by a farmer in the Umvukwes area. Believed to have been sold through Wally Hankey to South Africa.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	OF 507
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/ nov2_2006.html

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by Clive W. 'Spike' Morgan in 1964. Sold to Fred Hickman in the 1990s. Possibly now in South Africa. Photo taken in Salisbury
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAT 264
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster
Colours	Blue with black wings
Registration Numbers	S-47622/SRH	References	Nick Wood

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Bought by V.L. Jenkinson in 1956 from a scrapyard in Que Que, used as a bush vehicle. Then bought by Mr. Richie of Highlands, Salisbury. Acquired by Hilton Goodall around 1963, who restored the car. Photo taken on a Shell Umtali Run. Owned by R.S. Zlattner of Bulwayo in 1969, later owned by Trevor Thomas then a Mr. Pesken of Bulawayo.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CA79847
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Standard roadster, body No IF391
Colours	Blue/black body & blue wheels
Registration Numbers	RSE-2309/SRH	References	Nick Wood, Brian Goodall

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	'The Flying Naartjie' owned by Fred Hickman, who had found the car in use as a chicken coop. Owned by  George Fardell in 1965. Photo taken on a Shell Umtali Run. Possibly now in the UK.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAE6931
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Coupe with runble seat
Colours	Orange with black wings
Registration Numbers	S-4624/SRH	References	Nick Wood

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Rebuilt by John R. Jackson in 1969, still owned by John in 1990, Used by his sons David and Ian. Taken to the UK by John in 2005.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAO3432
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster
Colours	Maroon / black
Registration Numbers	U-1655/SRH	References	VCCZ Newsletter Aug-Sept 1990; 7th Annual VCC Zimbabwe Rally

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Canadian built. Ex Fort Victoria, rebuilt by Edward Henry Rowan. Later sold to Matt H. Stevenson of Salisbury, certainly by 1970. Restoration recently completed in 1970, taken part in a few club events. Later passed onto Matt's wife and taken to Bulawayo. Later acquired by Grahame Johnson who took the car to Cape Town.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAP9888 (later CA67379)
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster
Colours	Chocolate then dark blue / black
Registration Numbers	S-5678/SRH, CA-7980/SAF	References	2nd Rhodesian International Rally

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by Christopher Bennett of Concession in 1990. Possibly the car shown below? If not this car it may be the car that Alan Napier restored, Eng. No. CA66592. Photo thanks to James Hewitt Jnr
Model	Model A
Chassis No.	9F1114
Engine No.	CAO1616
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster pickup
Colours	Green / black
Registration Numbers	S-8186/SRH	References	VCCZ Newsletter Aug-Sept 1990

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Owned by Dave Liddell of Bulawayo in 2011. Used in the films 'The Lost World' and 'The Return of the Lost World', both of which were filmed in the Matopos area.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Pick-up
Colours	Cream with black mudguards and red wheels
Registration Numbers	ABX-3184/ZIM	References	Bruce Beckley, Dino Androuliakos

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Found by Mike Smith under a tree at the back of Helensvale Service Station in 1959, acquired by his father George for Mike. Fitted at that stage with a closed cab pickup body which was in poor condition. Later replaced with a Model B closed cab body as per photo on left below. Used on the 6th and 7th Shell Reliability Runs in 1963 and 1964 as well as various other classic car runs. Also used in a solo trip around Rhodesia in the early 1970s. In three weeks of travelling the car gave no hassles at all. Appeared in an article in the Herald on 19/02/1984. Owned by Mike into the 1990s. Sold to Dave Riley around 2003 together with a pile of spares including about six engines and three Ford Tractors. Purchased from Dave in 2006 by Viv Westbury. After acquiring the truck Viv realised the cab was from a 1932 model and therefore incorrect for the chassis. The cab was removed and sold to someone in Botswana. Viv has fitted a roadster body, no. 6F6255 which had been owned by Bob Southon who had started restoring it before selling it to Robin Hurst, from whom Viv acquired it.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CA09985
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Closed cab pickup, then Model B closed cab fitted, now roadster
Colours	Maroon then Beige then Green
Registration Numbers	301-405-N/RHO	References	Viv Westbury, Mike Smith

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Believed to have been driven from Zambia to Rhodesia in the early 1970s. Later acquired by Alan Napier, then sold to Mike Le Patourel. Collected in 2008 by Viv Westbury after Mike passed away. Acquired by Viv Westbury and later sold to Buster Bichard.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAA06508
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Open cab truck, body no. 6F1177
Colours
Registration Numbers	NR-7661?/NRH, EG-3882/NRH	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Acquired as a runner in the early 1970s by Lionel Lindsay, who strippped the vehicle planning on building a hot rod. Bodywork sold in the mid 1980s to Alan Murrell. Adrian and his father Keith started the restoration, which was never completed. Viv Westbury acquired the remains from Adrian in 2007. The photo below shows the vehicle put together with parts from his spares. Sold to Alan Howard of Bulawayo.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CA5354 (not original)
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster pickup, body no OF1138
Colours
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Obtained by Bev Barnes of Marondera from Theo Crnkovic in Rusape, restoration started. Viv Westbury acquired the vehicle from Bev in 2006/07. Viv is currently completing the restoration. Note the carport in the second photo, it is built from Ford Model A chassis frames! Restored by 2022.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAA124178
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster pickup, body no 6F885
Colours	Green / black
Registration Numbers	S-6357/SRH	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Sold by Tim Stopworth to John Levenderis in 1959. Rebuilt by John, then sold to John Voysey around 1965. Acquired in 1976 by Carl Mouton who took the car to Durban, South Africa.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CA18572
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Tudor sedan
Colours	Dark green / black
Registration Numbers	S-8673/SRH, NPN1928?/SAF	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Acquired by Mr. Kennedy from a farmer in Northern Rhodesia in 1961. Taken to South Africa when he moved there in 1966. Photo shows car on the way to South Africa. Restored in 1974. In 1994 the car was taken by Mr. Kennedy to Brisbane, Australia. Now owned by his son Grant.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours	Black
Registration Numbers		References	Grant Kennedy

Make	Ford	History
Year	1930	Body found by Scott Orchard inMtoko in 2016. Viv Westbury added most of the missing mechanical items. For sale in early 2017 as a project.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster pickup
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Viv Westbury

Make	Ford	History
Year	1931	Owned in 1965 by B.Theodore Crynkovic of Rusape. Later seen in the showroom of Smith & Bennett in the late 1980s. Sold by Lat Fuller on behalf of a farming client, believed to have gone to South Africa 1961 Annual Vintage Reliability Run shows Crynkovic with a 1930 Coupe, probably the same car
Model	Model A
Chassis No.	CAD4370
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Deluxe roadster
Colours	Grey / black
Registration Numbers	S-5927/SRH	References	1st Rhodesian National Rally; 1961 Annual Vintage Reliability Run

Make	Ford	History
Year	1931	Found in very poor shape in a State Customs warehouse in Beira by Dave Seaman. Car taken to ZImbabwe and restored by Mike van Breda in the early 1990s.Dave later took the car to America
Model	Model A
Chassis No.	11F87
Engine No.	CAO5994
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Deluxe roadster
Colours	Washington & riviera blue with black fenders
Registration Numbers	B-391/MOZ?	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1931	Owned by Jack Reeve of Trelawney for many years. Car rebuiilt for Jack by Mike van Breda around 1989. Jack was so pleased with the restoration that he later gave the car to Mike, who took the car to Perth, Australia. Later sold to someone on the East Coast of Australia.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.	6F 7423
Engine No.	CAI 4649
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Tourer
Colours	Washington blue / black
Registration Numbers	S-5535/SRH, 451-855-W/ZIM	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	1931	Body no. 16F397. Only 1100 sedans, both slant and vertical windscreen, were built in 1931. Acquired by Ray Stitt in 1978, restoration started. Later passed through Howard Butler, J. Davy and various others before being acquired by Robin Hurst. In 2007 the remains were acquired by Viv Westbury together with a whole lot of parts. Now for sale as shown below. Sold to someone in South Africa, body converted to a pick-up / Ute.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAE65 (not original to this car)
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Sedan with slanted windscreen
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Viv Westbury

Make	Ford	History
Year	1931/32	Recovered from the Bulawayo Car Club spares by Viv Westbury in 2007. Assembled to its present state from spares in Viv's collection, car is currently for sale. Sold to someone in Cape Town who has hot-rodded the car - Featured in SA Hot Rod magazine being built up for SA Speed Week.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAP1164
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Roadster, body no. 11F706
Colours	Brewster green / black
Registration Numbers		References	Viv Westbury

Make	Ford	History
Year	193*	Firewall changed to try make the car look like a 1930 model, but the victoria sedan only came out in 1931. Thought to have been imported from Canada to Rhodesia in 1947. Owned by Stuart John Clarke in 1969, Ralf Cohen in 1970 and later by A. Lindner.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.	CAD9608
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Victoria sedan (Tudor sedan?)
Colours	Blue / black
Registration Numbers	B-5799/SRH	References

Make	Ford	History
Year	193*	Ex Gwelo owned by a Mr Sullivan - later in Kimberley, South Africa.
Model	Model A
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Sedan
Colours	Green and Black
Registration Numbers		References

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