Classic Cars in Rhodesia

Make	Nash	History
Year	1920	Acquired many years ago by Tony Wright, remains to Mike Marais after Tony passed away. Purchased by Viv Westbury in 2011. Front axle I beam and part of the differential housing had been stolen and sold for scrap. Later acquired by Uli Meiners. If anyone has any history on this car we would love to hear from you
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.	57298 (cast date 24/05/20)
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Tourer
Colours
Registration Numbers	B-1451/SRH	References	Viv Westbury

Make	Nash	History
Year	1926	Disc wheels, owned by Gerald Merrington Edwards in 1964, who believed the original owner first registered the car in 1926. Possibly later owned by Ian Grant-MacKenzie and then Martin Sanderson in Bulawayo. Car surfaced in Harare in the late 1970s with Keith Nicholson. Later sold to Eddie Lanca of Kariba then to Viv Westbury in 2006. Engine rebuilt by Precision Grinders in 1965, car believed to have done little mileage since.
Model	Model 261
Chassis No.	402000
Engine No.	285059
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Tourer
Colours	Originally Prussian blue.
Registration Numbers	RSC-1043/SRH	References	Viv Westbury

Make	Nash	History
Year	1930	Car no. 891-35. Owned by J. Malcolm Johnston of Salisbury in 1970. Found in 1965 at Dondo (P.E.A.). Mr. Johnson recognised the car as being the one sold by his father to the A.D.C. of the Governor of Beira in 1930. Picture taken near the Chalet Bar, Salisbury. Later acquired by Peter Brewer of Salisbury then Eric Exner in Johannesburg, from whom the car was acquired by Eric McQuillian. Later sold to a collector in Denmark.
Model	Ambassador
Chassis No.	510704
Engine No.	394004
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Cabriolet
Colours	Silver / black then maroon / black with cream mouldings
Registration Numbers	B-363 (Beira, Mocambique?), S-3384/RHO, HTT-818-T/SAF, BKB-079-GP/SAF	References	2nd Rhodesian International Rally; Automobilist vol. 18/2; Nick Wood; David MacKenzie

Make	Nash	History
Year	1948	Owned by John Frazer Lister in the 1950s. First photo at Jamaica Inn, second photo at Hot Springs Road
Model	Ambassador Super
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Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Slipstream sedan
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Rob Lister

Make	Nash	History
Year		Owned by Gerry Oosthuizen of Bulawayo around 2011. Possibly the car that was owned by Dr. Garry Ferguson in the 1960s. Later sold to someone in Harare.
Model	Metropolitan
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Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours	Red and white
Registration Numbers	ABM-5561/ZIM	References	Bruce Beckley

Make	Nash	History
Year	1951	Owned by T. N. Macdonald of Umtali around 1952/53. Acquired from a garage in Bulawayo.
Model	Rambler
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Coachbuilder
Body Style	Station Wagon
Colours
Registration Numbers	B-20253/SRH	References	Mike Hopkins

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