- Location
- North Norfolk
Autumn 1975 I went to work in Malawi. Looking for an interesting vehicle I found a 1956 Ser 1 86" in the scrap yard. I bought it and stripped it down and put it back together.
As bought
Underneath the local number plate was a British plate, UWD 5. I later found out that a British vet had bought it new from the factory, put it on a boat to Dar Es Salaam and driven down to Malawi. When he reckoned it was too tired to continue with, he gave it to the Catholic mission in the North who kept it going longer, then sent it to Ratto's scrap yard in Lilongwe where I found it.
When I got my next vehicle I sold it to my neighbours, and joined them on a visit to Nykia National Park.
When they left, friends in Lilongwe bought it and we visited Nkhotakota Game Reserve.
They then drove it to South Africa, put it on the boat to Britain via St Helena (the last trip that ship did), reregistered it on the original number and used it for many years. They sold it on last year.
As bought
Underneath the local number plate was a British plate, UWD 5. I later found out that a British vet had bought it new from the factory, put it on a boat to Dar Es Salaam and driven down to Malawi. When he reckoned it was too tired to continue with, he gave it to the Catholic mission in the North who kept it going longer, then sent it to Ratto's scrap yard in Lilongwe where I found it.
When I got my next vehicle I sold it to my neighbours, and joined them on a visit to Nykia National Park.
When they left, friends in Lilongwe bought it and we visited Nkhotakota Game Reserve.
They then drove it to South Africa, put it on the boat to Britain via St Helena (the last trip that ship did), reregistered it on the original number and used it for many years. They sold it on last year.