The Hudson was manufactured from 1909 until 1954. When I was 5 my father, mother, and myself drove to Detroit, Michigan just before WWII to pick up a new '40 or '41 at the Hudson factory. It was the only new car my dad purchased during his 96 year lifetime. He got it in his favorite color, maroon.
I'm sorry if I offended anybody earlier today on my comments unfortunately I have cancer and I have no supervision and I'm on morphine and I get sometimes a little rowdy and I just want to say I'm sorry for my outburst I apologize to whoever I might have offended there's some days I wish it would just end but unfortunately I'm still here we're fortunate however you want to look at it it sucks I have pancreatic cancer I have a lung cancer I had melanoma and lost my eye I have diabetes I'm on powerful drugs and I'm sorry if I offended anybody I'm truly sorry thank you oh yes and I do love wonderhussy she's so cool and she goes to the neatest places
.....You can find Moose McGregor on the internet. He was a pastry chef known (to tourists and locals) for his apple strudel. He loved the isolation and the incredible views of the stars at night. He passed away in Solitaire after experiencing shortness of breath while his friends tried to get him to the hospital.....
Virtually all of those cars & pick-ups are U$ American. RH drive versions were exported to Argentina (now LHD), Southern Afrika, Australia, & NZ, Not that unusual, honestly.
What an interesting video in Namibia with old American rust bucket vehicles. Makes the Hussy feel right back at home. About old Moose McGregor. He ran a bakery there in Solitaire and was know for his German apple crumble. He had some trouble breathing on a fine Saturday afternoon so medics were called but too late as he passed away.
Hudson was definitely an American made car they merged with American Motors in 1954. Also, the first car @1:55 shows it had an insignia similar to a Chevrolet. Fordson was a tractor brand name built by Henry Ford & Son in the late 1910's.
Vehicles in order. Some are impossible to tell without grills but others are pretty straight forward. Virtually all are USA vehicles but some have subtle differences that makes me think they were made in non US factories(Australia?) 1956 Ford Pickup 1939 Hudson 112 1930ish Fordson tractor 1958ish Ford Zephyr 1959 Ford Pickup (not USA made, Australia maybe?) 1950ish Chevrolet 1-2ton Truck 1952 Ford 1-2ton Truck 1960-70ish Mercedes Benz 1920's Ford Model T 1935ish Morris Minor 8
Good job sixtyfiveford 👍 And to WH and any others, they don't make cars in Namibia, so they are all imported from the manufacturers who do, like the old American 'big 3'.
When I was a child, I used to ride to Sundsy School every week in a Hudson Hornet with my Grandmother!!! It was a very nice car and I just saw on MSN Auto section where the HH was listed as one of the 50 hottest cars of all time!!!
Mr. Gord Baker mentioned this, but at 8,30, that is a straight 6 not straight 12. twelve rocker arms, each cylinder has 2 valves. My dad only taught me 2 things here in Texas, how to repair and overhaul engines and how to Track, kill and eat wild game...lol OH Sarah...love you work. STAY safe. Greg Smith
Hudson was a very good old American make. My Dad was given a 1948 Hudson Commodore 8 sedan by my Grandfather. My dad drove that vehicle all over the Western United States when he was a traveling salesman. He put 3 or 4 hundred thousand miles on that car.
Fordson was a brand name of tractors and trucks. It was used on a range of mass-produced general-purpose tractors manufactured by Henry Ford & Son Inc from 1917 to 1920, by Ford Motor Company (U.S.) and Ford Motor Company Ltd (U.K.) from 1920 to 1928, and by Ford Motor Company Ltd (U.K.) from 1929 to 1964. The latter (Ford of Britain) also later built trucks under the Fordson brand.
The 55 Ford truck, International truck and Hudson were American cars that were manufactured for import to England or it's territories which most of S Africa was at one time. Considering that Britain has right hand drive, that's what all cars imported to (or manufactured in) had installed.
The right hand drive pick up that's deep in the sand, with the big dent in the hood, is a very cool American truck, Its a 1956 Ford F100, very popular with the custom car people in America, One of the most recognizable vehicles ever. Lots of the cars in this video were American cars built for foreign markets.
3:00 Hudson was a US car maker. Hudson cars were shipped to South Africa as CKDs, Complete Knock Down. Basically, they arrived as all the parts in crates, to be assembled into a finished car, at a factory, that needed little in equipment.
Hey beautiful. Stay safe and enjoy your trip. I recently discovered your videos and enjoy them. Thank you for the video tours of places I have yet to visit.
We send American brand cars, RH & LH drive, by the boat load all over the world. I was stumped on many, but the Hudson was way cool. Remember, it was a Hudson that coached Speed McQueen out of his slump and on to the Piston Cup Championships in the movie Cars?
Doug Alexander Cars is one of the best movies ever made. "Sally: Forty years ago, that interstate down there didn't exist. Lightning McQueen: Really? Sally: Yeah. Back then, cars came across the country a whole different way. Lightning McQueen: How do you mean? Sally: Well, the road didn't cut through the land like that interstate. It moved with the land, it rose, it fell, it curved. Cars didn't drive on it to make great time. They drove on it to have a great time."
Most American cars were also made in right hand drive for or in export markets. One of the smaller cars is a Zephyr which is a European Ford model. The Morris 8 is made by Morris Garage an English company known for Morris Minors and MG's. MG is the short version of Morris Garage. The Chevrolet truck is a 6 cylinder with 12 rocker arms, 6 spark plug holes. The other trucks are mostly Ford. The round fendered blue truck is a mid 50's Ford, The pickup with the square bed and more squarish fenders is a late 50 early Ford. The one you read Ford on the front of is a 48-52 style truck.
Hudsons were NASCAR stock car champions in the early 1950s. My dad drove them for that very reason. He owned a tan 1951 and later a blue 1954, the first year of the "step-down" design. Basically that means the floor wasn't level. You stepped down a few inches because the floor was lowered. Supposedly to make the car handle better in the NASCAR races.
Watch the first cars movie the old car is a hudson. Fordson is ford and made in multiple places for a while. USA manufactures built vehicles in other countries and also built right habd drive to export and some for mail delivery.. Ford was in the UK and sent vehicles to all there territories, that zephyr is UK..
Fordsons were the origin of the present configuration of tractors, I believe the engineer responsible was Irish, several different types of American cars were built under licence in Europe as the post war industries struggled to get back on their feet, all European manufacturers built many of there models for RHD for the Irish, British and Swedish market, Sweden has since gone LHD, I expect commercial pressure will eventually change the few survivors, another great video, thanks... pity you never found a hot spring :D
Namibia was a German colony until after WW1, when it came under South African rule until independence in 1990. Most of the trucks are American. The Ford Zephyr saloon (sedan) is a Mk 2, built in Dagenham, England, between 1956 & 1962. The other British RHD saloon is BMC "Farina", probably an Austin A60 Cambridge or a Morris Oxford, built in the 1960s. The Morris Eight Tourer is a series 1, built between 1934 & 1938.
Thank you for sharing wonderhussy! love this whole adventure so far!and your brilliant at what you do...and big thank you for always cheering me up 💜😄😜
Interesting video. Thank you for posting! I enjoyed the adventure to the gas station with a slight difference! Best wishes for more adventurous travels this season!🌅🤙
The Morris 8 is English, The Morris Eight is a small family car produced by Morris Motors from 1935 to 1948 Morris Motors Limited was a British privately owned motor vehicle manufacturing company formed in 1919 to take over the assets of William Morris's WRM Motors Limited William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield
Thank you for another entertaining video. As for the 12-cylinder engine you're counting valves instead of spark plug holes. Also, Hudson is definitely a u.s. product and won the NASCAR championship 2 or 3 years in a row.
Hey Sarah! Nice video's from Namibia luv! Yeah, lots of American cars were made for export, back in the day. And some did have the right side steering wheel. Fordson Tractors were made between 1917/1964. I think that particular one was made in the '50s.
Coolest video ever! Was introduced to your channel via Bob Wells channel. Must say the name intrigued me! I was half expecting to find a shameless hussy.....As a South African living in the US, AL I was enthralled by your NV desert videos. Then I happened upon the Namibian series. They made me feel at home - Stoney ginger beer - my favorite soft drink.
Most of the old trucks were Fords, there were made right hand drive for European, Australian... Market. One car near the beginning was a Studebaker. Most of the cars were American as well.
So interesting to read the backstory of people like Percy Cross ‘Moose’ McGregor, a Scottish adventurer, winding up in the middle of nowhere in Namibia. Seems the desert has a mysterious grip on our psyche. Take past characters like Marta Becket, Scotty, Carl Mengel, Seldom Seen Slim, Larry, you, me and so many others. So I can see how moose fell in love with the desert. And I’m sure his apple strudel was the bomb-diggitty but I think it might of been personality over pie that won people over
Hello the motorcycle looks like 1978 to 1983 ??Honda cx 500 street bike or silver wing touring bike both have big tank about 4.5 gal . P.s the flat bed truck still has spare tyre mounted very good selling point .🤔Cjd wash state . Ps. The cx 500 honda I have 2 😷🇺🇸great video
As always, it's interesting exploring with you. My grandfather drove a Hudson in the early 1950's. I was so little at the time the car seemed gigantic. Looking at the car in your video it's not so big... Thanks for the video always entertaining....
All the cars are American made right hand drive including the Fordson tractor. The Hudson was a fairly fancy car that is also American. The old truck was an old Ford. The Morris is also American.
They are American cars...just right hand drive made for export. Most U.S. manufactures did this. Hudson WAS a major car manufacturer until the 50's. That coupe is a 1939 model 112 . It's not a "V" on the emblem....it's the Hudson Triangle...their logo. (Terraplane is a lower priced Hudson line. )
The blue cab only truck is a 1953 to 1955 ford F100, with right hand drive, it was more then likely made for export but I don't think it was made in the states, maybe Australia.
The Ford "RANGER" / Ford "Courier" ute, as seen in this video, was very much a "rebadged" MAZDA (B1800 ?) ute (or Mazda "backie" in southern (sud) afrika).
Yes indeed, I owned two back in the 1970's and 1980's. Good, small trucks I drove in Texas. I wish Mazda still made compact trucks for the American market.
Piercy Cross AKA Moose McGregor of nambia the solitary Oasis pastry chef passed away of a heart attack. He had been suffering from congestive heart failure. The white car just before the truck that you identified as a 12 cylinder vehicle I believe is a Studebaker early 50s model. All of the cars that you were looking at where the property of Moose McGregor. He obtained many of the vehicles when they were abandoned in the sands. The information I posted is from a number of sources including many vague newspaper articles under the name of Piercy Cross.
Hudson was a very common car up until about 1955, and a Fordson tractor was made by Ford, all of this was a little before your time! Those old Ford pickups were made in Australia with right hand drive for their markets and some markets for the UK holdings in Africa.
very interesting place and moose seems like he was a pretty cool guy. the first two trucks were fords as was the other flatbed. wood was used between the frame and whatever aftermarket body was mounted on it. hudson was an old american car company that died in 1957. each cylinder has two valves so that's a straight six. thanks for the tour
The similarity is interesting! Who would have thought they’d have truck stops that look like ours?? Makes me wonder about other places......do they have the same stuff too?? 🤔🤔🤔
I enjoy listening to you. You are much brighter than you let show. Your philosophizing is quite impressive. Best of all: You're a fearless traveler and HOOT. Thanks.
That is a 1955 or 1956 f Ford pickup truck; the Fordson tractor was created by Henry Ford and Son Edsel. Originally they were made in Michigan. That one is later, from England.
The name Fordson was derived from Henry Ford & Sons . It was used in the U.S. market from 1917 to 1920 on general purpose tractors and trucks and by Ford Motor Company until 1928 in the United States. And from 1920 to 1964 by FoMoCo in the UK . Ford's corporate umbrella changed several times over those years in the U.K. which is why I simplified the name here. American trucks and tractors from 1920 to 1928 were usually badged for sale as Ford but because of factory contracts the company operated as Fordson until then. Some American built tractors from that period were badged as Fordson for export to Canada. It's a safe bet that those Ford trucks you saw were built and imported from Great Britain . The straight 12 motor in that truck was actually a 6 cylinder . There are 2 valves for each cylinder . The Hudson was interesting because it was probably built in the United States and built right hand drive for export . As far as I know Hudson didn't build factories outside of America . But my historical knowledge of Hudson is kinda limited.
More great stuff. Hudsons were big in the '40's and 50's, even very fast at Nascar Daytona! Morris Eight from Morris Garage in England. Zephyr is also an English Car model . Shaft Drive BMW Bike. Lots of US vehicles exported with right-hand drive. That Blue Chevy '50's pickup. That oldest one near the end was a 6 cylinder. 12 Rocker Arms. Great over view of Solitaire. Thanks.
Ford zephyr car at 4:28 , we have Ford, GM, Toyota, Mercedes and Volkswagen factories GM and Ford closed down just across the border in South Africa Port Elizabeth use to be the Motortown
The 1 ton flat bed is a 1935 Chevrolet with a rare 207 OHV engine . The car with stubby fins I think is Russian. The convertible I want to say Morgan but the knock offs suggest Audi . The Fordson tractor came from Ireland. The Fords from South America The prize is the Hudson ….. WHY ? Where else are you going to take them ?
you comment finally a automobile in reality they're all American cars and trucks every single one of them Hudson Hawk a Chevrolet truck a Ford truck to Ford trucks actually 3 Ford trucks they will flatbeds afford to brush up wonderhussy which one but thank you for such a great video me and Jacob loved it
RIP MOOSE MCGREGOR (28/10/2014 - 18/01/2014) Percy Cross McGregor (a.k.a Moose), the iconic pastry chef of the Namib Desert, died this past Saturday afternoon in Solitaire. Moose’s friends and family mourn the passing of a man who put the the small settlment of Solitaire on the map, by providing his world famous German apple crumble (Apfelstrudel) to weary travellers filling up their fuel tanks. The fame of Moose, and his apple crumble, ensured that anyone visiting the south of Namibia made a mandatory stop at the Solitaire petrol station, not only to fill up on petrol but on the sweet treat too. It is well known that even those with full petrol tanks, stopped simply to get a taste of something freshly baked from the bakery pit-stop.
Yes America made many cars right hand drive for Africa including in order Ford F1, Hudson, zepher (Ford made), chevy truck without bed sides, and other truck's, Mercedes. Then a ford truck. Flatbed straight six, finally the morris is European.
The Hudson was manufactured from 1909 until 1954. When I was 5 my father, mother, and myself drove to Detroit, Michigan just before WWII to pick up a new '40 or '41 at the Hudson factory. It was the only new car my dad purchased during his 96 year lifetime. He got it in his favorite color, maroon.
Our family had a red Hudson Hornet - 6 cylinders which was strong enough to pull an Airstream trailer up and down the Rockies.
Neat story!
I'm sorry if I offended anybody earlier today on my comments unfortunately I have cancer and I have no supervision and I'm on morphine and I get sometimes a little rowdy and I just want to say I'm sorry for my outburst I apologize to whoever I might have offended there's some days I wish it would just end but unfortunately I'm still here we're fortunate however you want to look at it it sucks I have pancreatic cancer I have a lung cancer I had melanoma and lost my eye I have diabetes I'm on powerful drugs and I'm sorry if I offended anybody I'm truly sorry thank you oh yes and I do love wonderhussy she's so cool and she goes to the neatest places
.....You can find Moose McGregor on the internet. He was a pastry chef known (to tourists and locals) for his apple strudel. He loved the isolation and the incredible views of the stars at night. He passed away in Solitaire after experiencing shortness of breath while his friends tried to get him to the hospital.....
Pulmonary embolism?
@@williamkeith8944 heart attack
Really enjoyed this video and the whole safari. I swear you have the cutest smile Hussy.
She always cheer's me up with her glowing personality and smile 💙 exellent comment
Virtually all of those cars & pick-ups are U$ American.
RH drive versions were exported to Argentina (now LHD),
Southern Afrika, Australia, & NZ,
Not that unusual, honestly.
you can learn so much here.
What an interesting video in Namibia with old American rust bucket vehicles. Makes the Hussy feel right back at home.
About old Moose McGregor. He ran a bakery there in Solitaire and was know for his German apple crumble. He had some
trouble breathing on a fine Saturday afternoon so medics were called but too late as he passed away.
Hudson was definitely an American made car they merged with American Motors in 1954. Also, the first car @1:55 shows it had an insignia similar to a Chevrolet. Fordson was a tractor brand name built by Henry Ford & Son in the late 1910's.
Vehicles in order. Some are impossible to tell without grills but others are pretty straight forward. Virtually all are USA vehicles but some have subtle differences that makes me think they were made in non US factories(Australia?)
1956 Ford Pickup
1939 Hudson 112
1930ish Fordson tractor
1958ish Ford Zephyr
1959 Ford Pickup (not USA made, Australia maybe?)
1950ish Chevrolet 1-2ton Truck
1952 Ford 1-2ton Truck
1960-70ish Mercedes Benz
1920's Ford Model T
1935ish Morris Minor 8
Good job sixtyfiveford 👍 And to WH and any others, they don't make cars in Namibia, so they are all imported from the manufacturers who do, like the old American 'big 3'.
There is a Ford plant in England that still operates to this day and makes goofy foot cars.
@@ch319ris i was wondering about that. interesting facts. 🥰
Come to Namibia and see them for yourself. in their rust and all.
IMHO Mercedes-Benz is a Consul a British Ford
You are so intoxicating. Your personality and adventure nature.
When I was a child, I used to ride to Sundsy School every week in a Hudson Hornet with my Grandmother!!! It was a very nice car and I just saw on MSN Auto section where the HH was listed as one of the 50 hottest cars of all time!!!
Mr. Gord Baker mentioned this, but at 8,30, that is a straight 6 not straight 12. twelve rocker arms, each cylinder has 2 valves. My dad only taught me 2 things here in Texas, how to repair and overhaul engines and how to Track, kill and eat wild game...lol OH Sarah...love you work. STAY safe. Greg Smith
Hudson was a very good old American make. My Dad was given a 1948 Hudson Commodore 8 sedan by my Grandfather. My dad drove that vehicle all over the Western United States when he was a traveling salesman. He put 3 or 4 hundred thousand miles on that car.
..... Like your smile..... Love your style.....Park your Morris 8 and stay a while.....!!
Fordson was a brand name of tractors and trucks.
It was used on a range of mass-produced general-purpose tractors
manufactured by Henry Ford & Son Inc from 1917 to 1920,
by Ford Motor Company (U.S.)
and Ford Motor Company Ltd (U.K.) from 1920 to 1928,
and by Ford Motor Company Ltd (U.K.) from 1929 to 1964.
The latter (Ford of Britain) also later built trucks under the Fordson brand.
Really enjoyed this video! Solitaire looks like an interesting little place!
The 55 Ford truck, International truck and Hudson were American cars that were manufactured for import to England or it's territories which most of S Africa was at one time. Considering that Britain has right hand drive, that's what all cars imported to (or manufactured in) had installed.
The right hand drive pick up that's deep in the sand, with the big dent in the hood, is a very cool American truck, Its a 1956 Ford F100, very popular with the custom car people in America, One of the most recognizable vehicles ever. Lots of the cars in this video were American cars built for foreign markets.
3:00
Hudson was a US car maker. Hudson cars were shipped to South Africa as CKDs, Complete Knock Down. Basically, they arrived as all the parts in crates, to be assembled into a finished car, at a factory, that needed little in equipment.
That's funny. My father;s first car after WW2 was a Morris 8. He romanced my mother with it.
And then had my sister & me . YIKES
Sweet!I guess things were awesome back then! good comment
I imagine you were a pretty cool guy back in the day if you had one 😁👍
I saw two UK cars, a Ford Zephyr MK 1 and an Austin Cambridge MK 1
Hey beautiful. Stay safe and enjoy your trip. I recently discovered your videos and enjoy them. Thank you for the video tours of places I have yet to visit.
Fordson tractors preceded ford tractors. Great video Sarah Jane!
We send American brand cars, RH & LH drive, by the boat load all over the world. I was stumped on many, but the Hudson was way cool. Remember, it was a Hudson that coached Speed McQueen out of his slump and on to the Piston Cup Championships in the movie Cars?
Doug Alexander Cars is one of the best movies ever made.
"Sally: Forty years ago, that interstate down there didn't exist.
Lightning McQueen: Really?
Sally: Yeah. Back then, cars came across the country a whole different way.
Lightning McQueen: How do you mean?
Sally: Well, the road didn't cut through the land like that interstate. It moved with the land, it rose, it fell, it curved. Cars didn't drive on it to make great time. They drove on it to have a great time."
Most American cars were also made in right hand drive for or in export markets. One of the smaller cars is a Zephyr which is a European Ford model. The Morris 8 is made by Morris Garage an English company known for Morris Minors and MG's. MG is the short version of Morris Garage. The Chevrolet truck is a 6 cylinder with 12 rocker arms, 6 spark plug holes. The other trucks are mostly Ford. The round fendered blue truck is a mid 50's Ford, The pickup with the square bed and more squarish fenders is a late 50 early Ford. The one you read Ford on the front of is a 48-52 style truck.
Morris is an English brand of car and one of the original makers of the Mini Cooper
it makes me laugh that you traveled so far to find a place so much like Nevada... I'm enjoying it
If it weren't for the steering wheels on the opposite side. I'd swear you were in Nevada ;)
Cool old cars. Great find
Thanks.. that was interesting... Welcome Home.
Hudsons were NASCAR stock car champions in the early 1950s. My dad drove them for that very reason. He owned a tan 1951 and later a blue 1954, the first year of the "step-down" design. Basically that means the floor wasn't level. You stepped down a few inches because the floor was lowered. Supposedly to make the car handle better in the NASCAR races.
Great video. Nice to see a bit of American nostalgia, righthand drive, parked way out in Africa's Route 66.
Thanks!
What a treat !!! Well done thank you !! ... can't go wrong with old cars : )
At 8:03 that car looks like an old 4 door Rambler.
Watch the first cars movie the old car is a hudson. Fordson is ford and made in multiple places for a while. USA manufactures built vehicles in other countries and also built right habd drive to export and some for mail delivery.. Ford was in the UK and sent vehicles to all there territories, that zephyr is UK..
Fordsons were the origin of the present configuration of tractors, I believe the engineer responsible was Irish, several different types of American cars were built under licence in Europe as the post war industries struggled to get back on their feet, all European manufacturers built many of there models for RHD for the Irish, British and Swedish market, Sweden has since gone LHD, I expect commercial pressure will eventually change the few survivors, another great video, thanks... pity you never found a hot spring :D
Namibia was a German colony until after WW1, when it came under South African rule until independence in 1990.
Most of the trucks are American. The Ford Zephyr saloon (sedan) is a Mk 2, built in Dagenham, England, between 1956 & 1962. The other British RHD saloon is BMC "Farina", probably an Austin A60 Cambridge or a Morris Oxford, built in the 1960s. The Morris Eight Tourer is a series 1, built between 1934 & 1938.
Thank you for sharing wonderhussy! love this whole adventure so far!and your brilliant at what you do...and big thank you for always cheering me up 💜😄😜
Rumor has it that Wonderhussy’s vintage trailer will be bequeathed to this location. What a great opportunity to place a Wonderhussy sticker!
Interesting video. Thank you for posting! I enjoyed the adventure to the gas station with a slight difference! Best wishes for more adventurous travels this season!🌅🤙
The Morris 8 is English,
The Morris Eight is a small family car
produced by Morris Motors from 1935 to 1948
Morris Motors Limited was
a British privately owned motor vehicle manufacturing company
formed in 1919 to take over the assets
of William Morris's WRM Motors Limited
William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield
Its all very much like the Australian outback too..
Thank you for another entertaining video. As for the 12-cylinder engine you're counting valves instead of spark plug holes. Also, Hudson is definitely a u.s. product and won the NASCAR championship 2 or 3 years in a row.
The blue car was a Studebaker Lark. I had one just like it only mine was complete and ran.
Hey Sarah! Nice video's from Namibia luv!
Yeah, lots of American cars were made for export, back in the day. And some did have the right side steering wheel.
Fordson Tractors were made between 1917/1964. I think that particular one was made in the '50s.
Can't believe you didn't go poking around for some deadly snakes. Messing with a cobra or a Boomslang is just good times.
Coolest video ever! Was introduced to your channel via Bob Wells channel. Must say the name intrigued me! I was half expecting to find a shameless hussy.....As a South African living in the US, AL I was enthralled by your NV desert videos. Then I happened upon the Namibian series. They made me feel at home - Stoney ginger beer - my favorite soft drink.
I counted 3 ford pikups and a chevy the morris is a english car i think almost all of them were from the 50s and 60s
Wonder Hussy, great looking cars, but you, Beautiful, are the attraction in SOLITAIRE.
Thanks for another great video!!! Safe travels!!!
1938 Doc Hudson, 55 Ford, 58 Ford, English Ford Zephyr, 1920's Big truck 6 cylinder not 12. 12 valves though
The blue ford PU @ 2:00 is a 56. The only year of the swept back front cab pillars. Super rare.
Most of the old trucks were Fords, there were made right hand drive for European, Australian... Market. One car near the beginning was a Studebaker. Most of the cars were American as well.
So interesting to read the backstory of people like Percy Cross ‘Moose’ McGregor, a Scottish adventurer, winding up in the middle of nowhere in Namibia. Seems the desert has a mysterious grip on our psyche. Take past characters like Marta Becket, Scotty, Carl Mengel, Seldom Seen Slim, Larry, you, me and so many others. So I can see how moose fell in love with the desert. And I’m sure his apple strudel was the bomb-diggitty but I think it might of been personality over pie that won people over
Hello the motorcycle looks like 1978 to 1983 ??Honda cx 500 street bike or silver wing touring bike both have big tank about 4.5 gal . P.s the flat bed truck still has spare tyre mounted very good selling point .🤔Cjd wash state . Ps. The cx 500 honda I have 2 😷🇺🇸great video
Grandpa worked for Hudson motors. His rusted old chassis is buried too.
As always, it's interesting exploring with you. My grandfather drove a Hudson in the early 1950's. I was so little at the time the car seemed gigantic. Looking at the car in your video it's not so big... Thanks for the video always entertaining....
All the cars are American made right hand drive including the Fordson tractor. The Hudson was a fairly fancy car that is also American. The old truck was an old Ford. The Morris is also American.
The scenery appears to be spectacular. Be safe Wonderhussy.
They are American cars...just right hand drive made for export. Most U.S. manufactures did this. Hudson WAS a major car manufacturer until the 50's. That coupe is a 1939 model 112 . It's not a "V" on the emblem....it's the Hudson Triangle...their logo. (Terraplane is a lower priced Hudson line. )
The blue cab only truck is a 1953 to 1955 ford F100, with right hand drive, it was more then likely made for export but I don't think it was made in the states, maybe Australia.
The grill shows it's a 1954.
Morris was an English auto maker. They used to make small car's like the Morris Minor.
thanks for the comparison it was great.
The old Truck ( mostly wood ) appears to be an old "T" model Ford , with a later model..... "transplanted" ..... in line, overhead valve SIX !!!
Solitaire is actulally a nice name for such an isolated travel stop in the desert...
GREAT VIDEO FROM WONDERFUL VIDEO. GREAT SHARE. SWAMP HUGS FROM LOUISIANA.
Adventure of a lifetime. Can't wait for the Antarctic Desert Summertime Adventure Video. My dream trip of all time is sailing the Northwest Passage.
You certainly do have a knack for finding interesting places to explore. Thanks for sharing.
The Ford "RANGER" / Ford "Courier" ute, as seen in this video,
was very much a "rebadged" MAZDA (B1800 ?) ute
(or Mazda "backie" in southern (sud) afrika).
Yes indeed, I owned two back in the 1970's and 1980's. Good, small trucks I drove in Texas. I wish Mazda still made compact trucks for the American market.
Nice vid wh
Yes they make right hand drive cars and trucks. The bike looks like a BMW.
Well,it's a shaft drive.
I was here, trying to see all your past shows.
Piercy Cross AKA Moose McGregor of nambia the solitary Oasis pastry chef passed away of a heart attack. He had been suffering from congestive heart failure. The white car just before the truck that you identified as a 12 cylinder vehicle I believe is a Studebaker early 50s model. All of the cars that you were looking at where the property of Moose McGregor. He obtained many of the vehicles when they were abandoned in the sands. The information I posted is from a number of sources including many vague newspaper articles under the name of Piercy Cross.
Hudson was a very common car up until about 1955, and a Fordson tractor was made by Ford, all of this was a little before your time! Those old Ford pickups were made in Australia with right hand drive for their markets and some markets for the UK holdings in Africa.
Good to know about the desert of Namibia 🇨🇦!! Cheers !
very interesting place and moose seems like he was a pretty cool guy. the first two trucks were fords as was the other flatbed. wood was used between the frame and whatever aftermarket body was mounted on it. hudson was an old american car company that died in 1957. each cylinder has two valves so that's a straight six. thanks for the tour
Nice video!
Yes they do make cars and trucks with the drivers side on the right
The similarity is interesting! Who would have thought they’d have truck stops that look like ours?? Makes me wonder about other places......do they have the same stuff too?? 🤔🤔🤔
The xar at 4:00 is a ford Zephyr,
i had one in the '70s called a Zodiac Zephyr, no I am not th Zodiac killer.
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That is a 1955 or 1956 f
Ford pickup truck; the Fordson tractor was created by Henry Ford and Son Edsel.
Originally they were made in Michigan. That one is later, from England.
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The name Fordson was derived from Henry Ford & Sons . It was used in the U.S. market from 1917 to 1920 on general purpose tractors and trucks and by Ford Motor Company until 1928 in the United States. And from 1920 to 1964 by FoMoCo in the UK . Ford's corporate umbrella changed several times over those years in the U.K. which is why I simplified the name here. American trucks and tractors from 1920 to 1928 were usually badged for sale as Ford but because of factory contracts the company operated as Fordson until then. Some American built tractors from that period were badged as Fordson for export to Canada. It's a safe bet that those Ford trucks you saw were built and imported from Great Britain . The straight 12 motor in that truck was actually a 6 cylinder . There are 2 valves for each cylinder . The Hudson was interesting because it was probably built in the United States and built right hand drive for export . As far as I know Hudson didn't build factories outside of America . But my historical knowledge of Hudson is kinda limited.
More great stuff. Hudsons were big in the '40's and 50's, even very fast at Nascar Daytona! Morris Eight from Morris Garage in England. Zephyr is also an English Car model . Shaft Drive BMW Bike. Lots of US vehicles exported with right-hand drive. That Blue Chevy '50's pickup. That oldest one near the end was a 6 cylinder. 12 Rocker Arms. Great over view of Solitaire. Thanks.
Have you heard of an MG B Or an MG midget all made by Morris Garage..you found a Morris 8 very cool the bike is probably a Norton judging by the tank.
It's either a 59 or 60 Ford truck
Ford zephyr car at 4:28 , we have Ford, GM, Toyota, Mercedes and Volkswagen factories GM and Ford closed down just across the border in South Africa Port Elizabeth use to be the Motortown
Kinda looks like nevada!
The 1 ton flat bed is a 1935 Chevrolet with a rare 207 OHV engine . The car with stubby fins I think is Russian. The convertible I want to say Morgan but the knock offs suggest Audi . The Fordson tractor came from Ireland. The Fords from South America The prize is the Hudson ….. WHY ? Where else are you going to take them ?
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That motorcycle not that ancient because it had front disc brakes.
It has a familiar petcock. Spanish or German.
Agree. Rear disc brake, too. I think Honda had the first production bike with F&R discs in the mid 70s. This isn't a Honda, though.
I just noticed it's shaft drive, too.
My 1st b8ke was 1965 Honda 65cc bought new Lunsford Honda Houston,Tx . On Gulf Fwy. Lol
The car you couldn’t read on the back looks like a Ford Fairlane
Morris 8, is an 8 hp Morris. Morris from UK it became part BMC British Motor Corporation, then British Leyland. Then failed.
you comment finally a automobile in reality they're all American cars and trucks every single one of them Hudson Hawk a Chevrolet truck a Ford truck to Ford trucks actually 3 Ford trucks they will flatbeds afford to brush up wonderhussy which one but thank you for such a great video me and Jacob loved it
RIP MOOSE MCGREGOR (28/10/2014 - 18/01/2014)
Percy Cross McGregor (a.k.a Moose), the iconic pastry chef of the Namib Desert, died this past Saturday afternoon in Solitaire.
Moose’s friends and family mourn the passing of a man who put the the small settlment of Solitaire on the map, by providing his world famous German apple crumble (Apfelstrudel) to weary travellers filling up their fuel tanks.
The fame of Moose, and his apple crumble, ensured that anyone visiting the south of Namibia made a mandatory stop at the Solitaire petrol station, not only to fill up on petrol but on the sweet treat too. It is well known that even those with full petrol tanks, stopped simply to get a taste of something freshly baked from the bakery pit-stop.
Yes America made many cars right hand drive for Africa including in order Ford F1, Hudson, zepher (Ford made), chevy truck without bed sides, and other truck's, Mercedes. Then a ford truck. Flatbed straight six, finally the morris is European.
After WWII most car industries collapsed. Therefore Ford and GM, often through their foreign divisions. Were everywhere.
Ultra rare right hand drive motorcycle...lol
Hey Wonderhusey, great video, how are you doing?
All cars and trucks are made with both left and right hand drive
Ford looks like pickup truck 🌞