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Classic Cars in Rhodesia

 

 

Make Valveless History          
Year 1912
Acquired by Alec Paterson of Redhouse, Port Elizbeth in 1962 from a Mr. Stevenson in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Mr. Stevenson had acquired the car from a farmer in whose field the car had been discarded some ten years before. Possibly imported into Cape Town by Dr. C.M. Murray, completed with a 2-seater body by a coach builder in Claremont. Restored as a running chassis in the mid 1980s. Offered for sale by Belinda Paterson, daughter of the restorer. One of two / three in existence.

This is one of two Valveless cars that Alec has rescued, the other was a Special Export Model that went to the UK for restoration by David Brown apprentices and is now in the National Motor Museum (see photo of the tourer below). The car had originally been sold by Dunell Ebden of Port Elizabeth to a store keeper in Basutoland. The car was acquired by Alec in 1955 from a Mr. Sterley in Lady Grey who had acquired the car for his wedding and regularly used it in the 1920s. It is one of the last Colonial Models imported in early 1915. 
Model BDS 15.8hp
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style 2-seater
Colours Cream & Red
           
Registration Numbers
References Fine Cars May/Jun 1989; Photo - Unknown postcard
 
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