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Partytime, but in what car?

Partytime, but in what car?

  • Partytime, but in what car?


Well, that does look like quite a party they are having there. The reason why they are having a drink is not known to us. It might be that they just caught some smugglers who were trying to sell their stuff from Jamaica. Or maybe one of them is getting maried. Or maybe they didn't have a reason and just had fun.
Well, we sure hope they only use the car as a place to sit on, as they do in the photo and won't drive after drinking. Otherwise, it will probably not end well. And we will never hear anything from them and the car. We even still don't know the name of this 'couch'. Do you?

What we know about the photo is only the location; taken in the Matopos Hills, near Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe).

Can you tell us what car it is or if you have an idea why they are having a drink, please share it with us.

Photo sent in by Peter Huson, keeper of the archives of the British South African Police.

Pubblicato:
lunedì maggio 22nd, 2017

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Sconosciuto
24 Maggio 2017, 06:52
Apparently enjoying a drink before taking off for the weekend! Although I doubt if some of them have come home in time …
As for the car: judging by the length of the bonnet it could be a Napier. The body is a double tonneau with a swing seat, a body type that was obsolete by 1907.
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Sconosciuto
24 Maggio 2017, 03:34
The storage compartment or toolbox running the length of the running board is a very broad hint that it could be a c.1910 Humber. Looks like they're test-driving some Jamaican rum, amongst other things.
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Sconosciuto
23 Maggio 2017, 21:06
By the way the gentleman is sitting on the radiator I would say it is not a Napier. He is holding onto something and I hope it is a bottle,
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