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Beautiful Baviaanskloof
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Destination:To the World Heritage Site, and The Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve, through the kloof and the magnificent 5 Passes to Bergplaas & The Winston Le Roux Cable-way.
Gallery of the restoration of my four Vintage Cars.
1909 12/14 Alldays & Onions in all her spendour when finished.
The parts and pieces when owned by Shaun Goodwin.
Photo from an article by Ken Steward
1909 12/14 Alldays & Onions.
I was told when I bought the 'lot' and loaded it on my LDV, that the parts and pieces of the old car were collected over a period of twenty years, by eight different people.
Some parts like the front axle came from Stormsvlei in the Western cape, from under a donkey cart. The engine was pumping water, until it seized up, also somewhere in the Western cape near Caledon. The back axle from under a farm trailer in Grahamstown.
After my proud purchase I was told by Uncle Liefie Bosch, a well known and respected Vintage Car restorer of Port Elizabeth, to dump the whole lot into the Swartkops river..."No man." He said." That is a total basket case...It is going to drive you stark staring mad!"... It is the only way to save your sanity." He assured me.
However 2 1/2 years later she was back on the road in all her finery.
In my book "Beautiful Baviaanskloof" you can Read all about the restoration of this remarkable and rare old car of which, there are only two left in the World.
1946 3 1/2 Lt Jaguar.
It was in 1946 when I was 12 years old when I first saw a 3 1/2 Lt. stop at Zaaymans Garage at Willowmore, where I was at school. It was coming through from Johannesburg to Plettenberg Bay for the Christmas holidays, and pulled in to refuel, and check water and oil. The occupants were a beautiful blond lady and her little daughter. Both got out of the car and went to the restrooms.
A guy from the coulored community came past, looked through the drivers window and said to me. "Look man,look!! All furnitjer inside!" Referring to the walnut veneered dash, door panels,
upholstery, and deep red carpets. The engine compartment was opened and there the large six cylinder engine was displayed, with the twin SU carburettors and polished aluminium tappet cover. I was breathless - I admired it so much and never forgot it. Only 46 years later in 1992 was I fortunate enough to find one to restore.
YOU MUST READ ABOUT IT IN MY BOOK.
The Citroen 1951 Big-Six when bought to restore. It took 4 years, then she was back on the road. See the slide-show.
I first saw a similar car in East London in 1952, I was totally intrigued by it but never saw the Big-Six again until in 2008 when I found this one .It was lying in pieces for 28 years. I was told that it was an ex French ambassador's car from the old Rhodesia.
I also found 3 old 2 1/2 Lt Rileys plus about a ton of spares that originated from a dealership in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. I new a gentleman who was an expert in building and shaping body parts on the 'English-Wheel' sheet metal shaping machine, and he set about modifying one of the Riley saloon bodies to create a drop-head cope for me, on the lines of the car shown in the slide-show, with the Citroen above.
