Classic Cars in Rhodesia

Make	Vauxhall	History
Year	1924	1924-34, first owner is unknown. The car may have been first sold by Shaw & Kilburn, the London agents. 1934 the car was purchased by Anthony Heal from a garage close to the family business in Tottenham Court Road, London. After a hectic life, the car was sold to J.C. Morland in 1948, who took the car to Kenya in 1951. It was later owned by P. Hoosan and then from 1955 to 1973 by Nick March (Kenya & South Africa), 1973-76 by Ian Thompson and since 1976 by Mike Rourke. The car arrived at Durban harbour in October 1970, with Nick March who had emigrated to South Africa with his family. They settled in Greytown, Natal, where they had purchased a farm. During 1973 the car was sold to Ian Thompson of  Pietermaritzburg, who sold it to Mike Rourke in 1976. The car was not running and was in a poor state mechanically, but still retained the body that had been built by Cassini & Tonolo in Nairobi. Ian Thompson had covered the steel body with fabric and fitted Bentley Vanden Plas style mudguards, which were removed during Mike's restoration. Mike also had a replica Velox ash body with mudguards built in the UK, by a London based company called Peals (or Peales?). A number of other parts were also made, including a new engine block and a new radiator by Peter Stevenson of Rugby. From around 1980 work on the car took a back seat anf after a move to George, Southern Cape in Sept 1987 to a  dairy farm, work was halted till 2003. Mike managed to complete most of the work himself, except for applying the aluninium skin to the wooden frame and the leather uphostery. Nic Portway wrote an excellent book titled "Vauxhall 30/98, the Finest of Sporting Cars", there are photos of this car on paged 158, 173, 176 and 179, all of which were taken pre war. See also the article by John Morland in MotorSport Magazine of Februarry 1957, pages 65-68.
Model	30/98 OE
Chassis No.	OE168
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Registration Numbers	XW 4212, C-4027/KEN	References	Mike Rourke; John Wroe (Photograph)

Make	Vauxhall	History
Year		Auctioned by Lambert and Foster in 1995. ex Kenya, raced by Marguerita Ferrar.
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Registration Numbers	A-4036/KEN, SL 9848	References	Photo 2 Mandy Newton

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