KARACHI: 1920s Rolls Royce, Porsche cars, Ford Thunderbirds and Mustangs, Lincoln Continentals, Cadillacs, Mercedes, Ferraris, etc pulled up at the Frere Hall for display during the 12th Annual Car Show organised by the Vintage and Classic Car Club of Pakistan (VCCCP) on Sunday.
Amongst them was Quaid-e-Azam’s 1924 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost salvaged by VCCCP’s director Karim Chhapra after acquiring it from the Nawab of Bahawalpur during an auction back in 2004.
The missing clock in its dashboard, which Chhapra had to replace after advertising for it in several publications, was finally put in after he got approached by a broker in London from whom he bought the clock for 500 pounds.
VCCCP president Mohsin Ikram believed that it was time to stretch the definition for classic cars and include some born classics as well as cars that people in Pakistan didn’t get to see too often.
“There are Rolls Royce, a line up of Porsche cars, Ford Thunderbirds and Mustangs, Lincoln Continentals, Cadillacs, Mercedes, Ferraris, etc,” he pointed out, and observed that most of the owners appeared a little nervous about letting visitors to come closer or touch the vehicles at the show.
