I have mentioned a very old car we found in the Namibian bush quite recently,well its now been re found and cleared of all the african bush that was growing around it,we are now told by experts in England,that its probably a 1922 or 1924 14 hp model,I looked it up and find they made and sold about 800 only and some 86 years ago,it is now the same age as Mr Moolman standing along side it!
We were extremly lucky to find what we did,my source of information (thanks Steve) said had last seen the car around 1994/5,so about fourteen years ago, what was there then was more or less still be to found,we have the cars chassis,engine and gearbox,back axle and drive shaft,five cast Iorn wheels,plus a set of fenders from the left hand side of the car.
Next will be to find the engine and chassis numbers,then check with known factory records to see what model the car really was,we do know that the Commisioner for Namibia was once known to have owned the car,if this is true I think we may be lucky in finding a picture or two in state records and newspapers,if we can find the commisioners family name we may even be able to do a search and try and find pictures the existing family may still have?
March 2010 this car has now been shipped to Eastern Germany,
Roy
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