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Saturday, August 7, 2010

The Vintage & Classic Car Club (VCCCP) of Pakistan barn finds, looks like a few were an old collection that was neglected


Above is the back of an Amilcar

I'd love to know what the above is

I don't know, but it looks pretty unusual and cool!


1927 Fiat


Above Armstrong Siddley

Above is a Renault

Above and below are Cadillacs

Above and below are Rolls Royces

When you think about barn find fire trucks, do you ever think they'd be in a 1912 fire station in Pakistan? Two were! Stored since the late 60's

The short person in white is Maureen Lines, http://www.hindukushconservation.com/maureen_lines.html and she is quite possibly the person most to thank for the fire trucks coming into the light for the first time in over 4 decades. She made the right contacts in the Pakistani government to see that the 2 fire trucks were made available to restorers like Romano!

I believe she concieved the idea to have the fire engines added to the National Heritage Trust, and she asked the Highway patrol to bring in heavy moving equipment to persude the fire engines to roll out of their long hibernation

the two are 1919 and 1921 models, one is red the other was painted black http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Pakistan/West/North-West_Frontier/Peshawar/photo37422.htm




In the above and below photos you'll notice that this fire truck is painted black, and the other photos are of the red fire truck






If you like these, and ever find yourself in Pakistan, you'l want to take a look at the working one that is in Karachi. For a gallery of these fire engines:
http://picasaweb.google.com/romanokarim/FireEngines#

The only (and lonely) split window Beetle in Pakistan (if you ever learn of another let me know!)





This is how and where it was discovered after being pushed out of a mechanics shop and left for 8 years on the street as it was desired by the VW Club of Pakistan but the mechanics wouldn't sell.... it had been inside their shop for 20 years before that... some people have a hard time letting go! Finally a club member just took charge of the matter and it's now being restored!
Thanks to Romano for reaching out and keeping track of the Beetles and Microbusses that have been abandoned and neglected! Thanks for lettig me know so I could post these photos! http://picasaweb.google.com/romanokarim/1950Beetle02# for more photos of it