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Classic Cars in
Rhodesia
| Make | Rolls-Royce |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Model | Silver Ghost |
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| Chassis No. | 31BD |
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| Body Style | Tourer (current) |
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| Colours | Built in the UK |
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| Registration Numbers | 18-609-B/RHO |
References | Pic Lorraine Coates |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
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| Year | 1920 |
Ex Roy Smart, entered by a Mr Draper in
the 1964 Shell Vintage Car Run Later went to south
Africa. |
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| Model | Silver Ghost |
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| Body Style | Coupe (off a Plymouth) |
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| Colours | Black |
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| Registration Numbers | B-1826/SRH |
References | VCCZ via Viv Westbury |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
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| Year | 1924 |
Shipped to
Bombay per SS "Domala" on 15 March
1924, for T. Ross Ind. |
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| Model | 20 h.p. |
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| Body Style | Shooting brake |
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| Colours | Beige, then Green & black |
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| Registration Numbers | U-3322/SRH, 22-111-H/RHO |
References | Viv Westbury (shows car
in Johannesburg in the 1980s and then in 1965 at the
Jamaica Inn, Rhodesia) |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
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| Year |
Owned by Robert Irvine
Crawford Parker-Weekes in the 1950s. Later
believed to have gone to America.
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| Model | Phantom II |
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| Registration Numbers | B-17967/SRH |
References | Joe Parker-Weekes |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
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| Year | 1933 |
Delivered to Capt. C.H. Waring. Acquired by Colin Black in
the UK in 1964 and imported into Rhodesia in 1965.
The car was originally a Park Ward Saloon, Colin
rebodied the car as a tourer in Rhodesia. Colin
later took the car to South Africa and then America. |
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| Model | 20/25hp |
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| Chassis No. | GGA26 |
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| Registration Numbers | AXF 622, RUA-9451/RHO |
References | Photo Roger Bull |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
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| Year | 1934 |
Originally a
Barker 4d4l Landaulette this car was owned by John
Jeeves in Kenya and later Rhodesia where a new body
was fitted. |
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| Model | Phantom II |
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| Colours | Maroon |
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| Registration Numbers | 275-971-S/RHO | References | Viv Westbury |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
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| Year | 1936 |
In Northern
Rhodesia from around 1955, later noted in Southern
Rhodesia. Acquired by Barry Knight of Bulawayo in
2012 |
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| Model | 25/30hp |
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| Registration Numbers | 555-973-S |
References | Photos Bruce Beckley |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
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| Year | 1937 |
Originally
owned by Mrs V.I. Hamilton, who owned the car till
1956. Noted in Rhodesia by 1958 with Don Lord, a
Jeweller in Gwelo. Acquired by Donald & Jane
Hibbert in 1968, later taken with them to England,
Holland, England then Australia in 1978. For sale in
2000 but still with the family in 2021, owned by
Mark Hibbert.
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| Model | Phantom III |
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| Chassis No. | 3BT125 |
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| Engine No. | V98G |
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| Coachbuilder | Park Ward |
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| Body Style | Brougham de Ville |
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| Colours | Ivory & Black with Fawn canvas
roof, later Primrose Yellow & Black with White
canvas roof |
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| Registration Numbers | G-8473/SRH, 832-NFB/AUS |
References | Photos Mark Hibbert |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
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| Year | 1952 |
Owned by the
British South Africa Company, later passed onto
Robert Crawford Parker-Weekes around 1960. Involved
in an accident in 1969. The car is still in Zimbabwe
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| Model | Silver Dawn |
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| Registration Numbers | S-31000/SRH |
References | Joe Parker-Weekes; Viv
Westbury |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
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| Year | 1970s | Imported into
Rhodesia in 1980, sold to a Tobacco farmer around
1983. |
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| Model | Silver Shadow |
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| Coachbuilder | Rolls-Royce |
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| Body Style | Sedan | ||||||
| Colours | Blue |
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| Registration Numbers | PHT 715 R, 360-923-G/RHO |
References | Duncan Taylor |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
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| Year | 1975 |
Owned by John
Jones of Harare in 2010 |
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| Model | Silver Shadow |
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| Coachbuilder | Rolls-Royce |
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| Body Style | Sedan | ||||||
| Colours | Blue |
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| Registration Numbers | 498-931-Q/ZIM |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
History | |||||
| Year | ex Malcolm
Uys later J Evans |
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| Model | Silver Spirit |
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| Colours | Blue |
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| Registration Numbers | AAI-7329/ZIM |
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| Make | Rolls-Royce |
History | |||||
| Year | Owned by
Classique Car Hire of Harare, recent import to
Zimbabwe |
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| Model | Silver Spirit |
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| Registration Numbers | ACG-3783/ZIM |
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