MOTOR-CAR FOR BIG GAME.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2143, 28 December 1920, Page 20 (Supplement)

MOTOR-CAR FOR BIG GAME.

EQUIPMENT INCLUDES OOCKTAIIi BAB. Complete with "cocktail bar," the largest touring motor-car in the world is now in Paris. It was built for a Belgian millionaire to take a party big-game shooting la Africa, and is now owned by an oxnaval officer. The car has seating accommodation for 15 people," and at night nine eaa sleep on spring beds with every jyjmfort. The car is built in two sectWna. In front is a small tender fitted with. high-power engine, and behind is a largo coach on three wheels, which is really the ear proper. The owner explained that he intended using it for conveying tourists to France on visits to the battlefields. On entering the car, to the right stands the bar. Underneath this is the "wine cellar." The bar can be folded up at night and turned into a bed for the steward. Opposite the bar is the cooking range, complete in every detail, and heated of a 10 h.p. electric motor, which also forms part of the driving force of the car over rough country. The next compartment contains the living and dining-room. It almost look; like a Pullman coaoh. Bound the whole length of the room runs an upholstered seat, which, when pulled out, is transformed into a number of beds. Wardrobes are let into the Bides of the walls. Special gun racks have been built over the seats, and a special firing window, which can be let down when necessary, is at the end of the coaoh. The interior of the car is tastefully decorated in grey, and glitters with mirrors around the walls. •