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Motor Vehicles
Post
War
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Year |
Taxis |
Buses |
Cars |
Lorries |
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1937
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198 |
53 |
367 |
66
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1939 |
198 |
59 |
548 |
127 |
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Country of Manufacture |
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Year |
Empire |
USA |
France |
Germany
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Italy |
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1937 |
234 |
391 |
9 |
14 |
36
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1939 |
234 |
598 |
10 |
51 |
39
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I managed to borrow several different cars here
[in Aden] by
testing them for a friend who, as a mechanic, mends
officer's cars off duty. He lets me do the testing which
usually means I take a trip to Steamer Point (7 miles).
I tried an M.G. Magnette saloon the other day, it's a
lovely car to drive, I got up to 84 mph along a 600 yard
straight, it had plenty more power under the bonnet but
the bad road was unsafe for anything faster !
Fred
Caroe
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"Our 1961 Volvo B18 bought new in Aden (no tax!) and shipped
back to the U.K. when we left. As you will see it is
bearing its' Aden registration plate. The car is still
going strong in the U.K. although no longer owned by our
family."
Nigel Brennan |
Volvo B18 at Khormaksar |
Jehangir Patel loved
his Studebakers - he had two in succession but for
some reason they became unavailable in
Aden and in the 1950's he bought a dark
blue Opel Kapitan; one with a round
roof, rather like a much larger version
of the Volkswagen Beetle. In the 60's he
had a smaller Opel Kadett (the German
version of the Vauxhall Viva) in which
his son, Noshir, learnt to drive when he
was 16.
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Limousine of the
American Attaché next to the more humble
Vauxhall Vanguard of the Khormaksar Station
Commander |
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Little Aden Road 1964 |
Spotted on the
road to Little Aden, this wrecked Opel was soon
stripped of anything salvageable by opportunist
thieves |
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Austin A-35 at Al-Ittihad.
1963
L to R Joan Pickering, Peter Pickering, Joan Pickering
(jnr) and Robert
(Sam) Sproule |
The Pickering's
Austin A35 'jalopy', previously owned, I think,
by someone working at the hospital at Steamer
Point. This car was originally a
sandy-beige colour but was hand-painted green by
Roland Pickering. One day it was left unattended
in Crater whilst the family were shopping. Upon
their return the car was full of goats who had
eaten the seats! With that lesson learned
the car, when unattended, was henceforth guarded
by young Arab boys who were given 'backsheesh'
to keep the goats at bay. |
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This page last updated
Saturday, 02 August 2008
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