Charabanc burned
(A’.Z. Press Association) / AUCKLAND, Jan. 1. ( Fire badly damaged a vin-.: (tage vehicle at the Auckland Museum of Transport and:' Tecnnology on Friday after-! (noon. It was an open-seater 1914: ! Renault Charabanc, which! ■ was described as one of the!; most valuable exhibits in the;: world. i; Also damaged in the blaze 1 ;] at the shed run by the Auck-ii land Vintage and Veteran h Car Club was a 1930 vintage; Morris Minor awaiting res-h : to ration. :: Members of the car club;; took almost eight years to re-!- ; store the Renault. ; “The Renault was a price- i less vintage and it would be!l impossible to estimate the! ' damage,” said Mr A. Richard- 1 son, the museum director. “It ; is possibly the only one in i (working condition in the 1 : world.” t
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33113, 2 January 1973, Page 11
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133Charabanc burned Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33113, 2 January 1973, Page 11
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