8 cylinder inline engine. One of 5 such cars built to race in the Indy 500, this car was no. 9 and was painted black. Imported into South Africa in 1935. Modified by George Anderson and raced in the 1935 Kimberley 500 by Dougie Van der Reit. The car was then not used much until acquired in the 1950s by Tex Kingon, who used the car, along with Ray Reider, in a number of races. Tex died in 1955 whilst racing his Maserati 6C34 at East London.

Taken to Rhodesia at some stage and raced at least once in Bulawayo, possibly owned by a Mr. Draper. It apparently only appeared at a few races as it was not any good on tight twisty tracks. The engine was apparently then removed and fitted to a Studebaker Hearse.

Photo on left shows the car driven by Tex Kingon at the 1st False Bay 100 1952. The photo on the right and that below it, c/o the Crankhandle Chronicle Jan 2018, show the car at the 2nd False bay 100 1953.

Originally owned by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer in South Africa, the car later founds its way to Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia where it was converted into a Hearse. The car was at some stage acquired by Tom Jennings' father and given to Tom to restore, having been unused for about 5 years. The engine of this car was shot, so Tom acquired the engine from the Studebaker Indianapolis and rebuilt it into this car. At the same time he converted the car back into a limousine. Sold at some stage to a relative, George Parkin. The car is believed to have gone to Louis Trichard, South Africa.

Owned by N. Trollip and later by his son

Acquired new by Bill Wood. Special order V8, 4-speed with short chassis. Came with dual wheels though only single wheels were used, wooden rear bed. Later owned by Dave Le Roux c1970s, photo shows the truck at Donnybrook race track.

Has been noted in a photograph with the registration S-49555, which was a error as that number was fitted to an MGA.

Noted in Harare in 2014

Imported new to Bulawayo by a Mr. Barrett, who was a bank manager, painted Black. After he passed away in 1943 the car was used by his widow till 1970, when it was sold to Ken Jennings of Bulawayo - Ken restored the car, painting it White, the car was the winner of the concours d'elegance at the 1982 Bulawayo Car Show.  The car later went to South Africa where it was owned by Mrs. Jeanette Dudley who had further work done on the car by Classic Car Restorations of Durban, when it was resprayed Red. Acquired in 2015 by Barry South of Cape Town. Barry is the Grandson of Ernest South of Rhodesia who owned an Adler, Delin m/c, Fairy m/c, Ivel tractor and a Franklin, most of which are featured on this site. The car is said to have only covered 41,000 miles.

 

Acquired by Cyril Kenny's grandfather and collected in Durban. The car stayed with the Kenny family till around the 1990s when it was sold to Richard Munn. Later acquired by Dave Tastard, who used the car for a few years before rebuilding and respraying it in its original colours. More work was done on the car by subsequent owner Tony Weber, who later sold the car to someone in Kariba. Owned by Buster Bichard of Harare in 2013.

Belonged to the late Wayne Taylor, later with Arkie Kassim and then P. Van Deventer. By 1959 they had dropped the word 'Silver' calling it just the Hawk.

ex Kariba, noted in Harare around 2014.

Bought from a large used car dealer near the Park Lane Hotel in Salisbury for £525 in Jan 1968 by Mike Hopkins. Sold to Dulys Motors in Umtali in late 1970.

Owned by Peter Zambelis and then Dave Le Roux in the 1970s. Later seen in South Africa, still owned by Dave Le Roux. Probably the same car owned by the Uglietti in Umtali, owners of a Service Station on the Vumba road.