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See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by AutoReportNG: 11:52pm On Mar 09, 2019 |
[img]https://4.bp..com/-3UVHw7ilqRk/XIQ-YPWJwOI/AAAAAAAAY8s/s0AT7srfg7o0561-9LjKWEO6KhJ4xeWkwCLcBGAs/s1600/53391182_1922624604533995_3784543448284004352_n.jpg[/img] Talk about vintage cars, cars that buy some luxury cars then you may likely mention Rolls Royce. Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is a lover of vintage cars. According to reports, he is said to have vintage cars in his garage to cost about 2 billion naira in value. These sets of cars are passed to him by his father who loves and buys them during his lifetime. Not many people know that Emir of Kano's 1952 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith is the ONLY Silver Wraith in the world customized with unique elliptical, grasshopper eye-like headlamps with dual beam reflectors. An account has it that three of them (for Sultan of Sokoto and Emirs of Kano and Katsina) were bought by the Native Authority for Queen Elizabeth's 1956 visit to Nigeria. [img]https://4.bp..com/-5BOF2E08WRM/XIQ-YNFbO-I/AAAAAAAAY8w/jeMSeGpRfHsdqnjiXAP9Z9fMqHlSlU3PACLcBGAs/s1600/53435214_1922624621200660_991050324728872960_n.jpg[/img] This customized edition, which is the only surviving one among the said three, was sent to Kano for the Queen's visit. After the Queen's visit, the car was added to the fleet of the then emir, Muhammadu Sanusi (the grandfather of the present emir). In a strange twist, the car was seized from the emirate fleet and taken to Government House after deposition of the emir in April 1963. Military governors of Kano State, CP Audu Bako and Col. Sani Bello as well as the first civilian governor of the state, Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi, all used the car during ceremonies. When Sabo Bakinzuwo was elected governor in 1983, he returned the car to the emirate, arguing that the car suited the Royals more than the politicians. In 2005, during the reign of Emir Ado Bayero, the car was air-freighted to England and fully restored at the cost of 50,000 pounds. A look at the engine shows that it has a straight six-cylinder postwar engine, which had been briefly made for the aborted by war Bentley Mark V, replaced conventional overhead valve gear with an F-head configuration of overhead inlet valves and side exhaust valves and reshaped combustion chambers. There were new main and big-end bearings and a more efficient drive to the timing gear. To this prewar mix, Rolls-Royce added chromed bores. Initially, this engine retained the Mark V's capacity of 4,257 cc (259.8 cu in) increased from 1951 to 4,566 cc (278.6 cu in) and in 1955, after the introduction of the (standard wheelbase) Silver Cloud, to 4,887 cc (298.2 cu in) for the remaining Silver Wraiths. It has a capacity of 4,566 cc; from 1954 bore x stroke 95.25 x 114.3 mm (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in), capacity 4,887 cc); cast iron cylinder block, aluminium alloy cylinder head, Stromberg carburettor (from 1951 Zenith carburettor, from 1956 twin SU carburettors); single dry plate clutch; 4-speed gearbox (from 1952 4-speed automatic gearbox optional), hypoid bevel final drive, independent front suspension with coil springs, semi-elliptic springs rear; drum brakes servo-assisted; wheelbase 3,225.8 mm (127 in)(from 1951 wheelbase 3,378.2 mm (133 in); tyre size 6.50 x 17 (from 1951 tyre size 6.50 x 16, for export cars tyre size 7.50 x 16 optional, for long wheelbase cars standard). These are some of the images... [img]https://1.bp..com/-hjDSrr9_wB8/XIQ-Xmss1II/AAAAAAAAY8o/oBzppwedjVUe_modHJVz9frmR67D7x9jgCLcBGAs/s1600/53311875_1922624781200644_1613312754305728512_n.jpg[/img] [img]https://1.bp..com/-EYxogI1k69M/XIQ-YoOzTGI/AAAAAAAAY80/Ellmslrj-c4MBIiDT1meDtzT8502BUt1ACLcBGAs/s1600/53509569_1922624751200647_6306005236074938368_n.jpg[/img] [img]https://2.bp..com/-kDFHYe4vl6c/XIRAsP9M3AI/AAAAAAAAY9M/bEHQa5z1EpkOCUZBOzOZ0RKjbtaChYq1gCLcBGAs/s1600/Inter.jpg[/img] Credit: Jaafar! Source: https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/03/see-vintage-car-queen-elizabeth-rode.html 10 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by AutoReportNG: 11:52pm On Mar 09, 2019 |
Lovely, a beauty to behold See more photos here https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/03/see-vintage-car-queen-elizabeth-rode.html 2 Likes |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Nobody: 12:04am On Mar 10, 2019 |
Still better than lalasticlalala 2002 EOD 13 Likes 1 Share |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by seunfly: 11:52am On Mar 10, 2019 |
Ok |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by senatepresido: 11:53am On Mar 10, 2019 |
Northerners spending our wealth anyhow 1 Like |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Dozie32(m): 11:53am On Mar 10, 2019 |
Still managing my papa inherited 1982 bluebird. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Nobody: 11:54am On Mar 10, 2019 |
.IS THIS POST ABOUT QUEEN LIZZY OR ABOUT THE EMIR OF KANO 16 Likes |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by ruggedtimi(m): 11:54am On Mar 10, 2019 |
. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Oldiesgoodies(f): 11:54am On Mar 10, 2019 |
Nigeria of old, people of yesterday years I wonder how living was at the time 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by naptu2: 11:54am On Mar 10, 2019 |
Nubar Gulbenkian's Rolls Royce 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by DWJOBScom(m): 11:54am On Mar 10, 2019 |
Very beautiful |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Kenmatt(m): 11:55am On Mar 10, 2019 |
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Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Nobody: 11:56am On Mar 10, 2019 |
Good car!!
y'all already late! |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by AMvanquish: 11:56am On Mar 10, 2019 |
Old money |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by naptu2: 11:56am On Mar 10, 2019 |
naptu2: naptu2: |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by clemzo101(m): 11:57am On Mar 10, 2019 |
grayht:no kill me with laugh 2 Likes |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Nobody: 12:00pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
How many times will we see this on FrontPage? |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Savonchi(m): 12:03pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
grayht:show us your bicycle 1 Like |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Rexnegro(m): 12:05pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
vintage cars for me are dope |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by udeenz(m): 12:06pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
wow |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by ClearFlair: 12:06pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
miracood: It is about Buhari sending Obi and Atiku back to sender and their delusional supporters finally running mad on Nairaland. Hahahaha 2 Likes |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by yuanexchanger: 12:09pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
Nice one |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Techwriter: 12:11pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
Please verify very well because Forbes says it's Louis Odimegwu the father of Ojukwus rolls Royce that was used. Read below Shortly before Nigeria’s independence in 1960, Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, reportedly Nigeria’s first black billionaire, and founding president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. The royal honor came after he helped the British during World War II with his fleet of trucks. He was so wealthy that during the Queen’s visit in 1956, she was chauffeured around in his Rolls-Royce – apparently the only one in the country at the time – on the request of the colonial administration. Profiled in September 1965 by TIME magazine, Ojukwu made his money by importing dried fish for resale, and diversifying into textiles, cement and transport. When he died a year later, his wealth was an estimated $4 billion in today’s economic value. https://www.forbesafrica.com/wealth/2017/08/07/small-town-super-rich/ 10 Likes
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Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by islandmoon: 12:13pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
Autojosh , when next I travel to Jos city in plateau state, I will take the photo of the actual vehicle for you, its at Jos Museum fenced with barb wire and the first locomotive train with steam engine in Nigeria 2 Likes |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Nobody: 12:19pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
Class! |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by musazulyadain: 12:20pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
where is the car now. |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Nobody: 12:21pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
grayht:Lmao. |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by Depot(m): 12:22pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
But history said that no Nigerian had a car worthy of a queen, they had to borrow Ojukwu's car. Check well oo |
Re: See The Vintage Car Queen Elizabeth Rode When She Visited Nigeria In 1956 - Pics by naptu2: 12:27pm On Mar 10, 2019 |
Techwriter: Depot: phoenix90: The queen used several Rolls Royces when she came to Nigeria. She used the Royal Rolls Royce in Lagos, Ibadan and parts of Port Harcourt. It broke down in Port Harcourt. I suspect that this is when she used Sir Louis Phillipe Odumegwu Ojukwu's Rolls Royce to tour the east (Port Harcourt, Enugu, etc). She used the Emir of Kano's Rolls Royce (in the picture above), which previously belonged to Nubar Gulbenkian, to tour Northern Nigeria (Kano, Kaduna, Jos, etc). In my view, Gulbenkian was a madman, but he was a billionaire and so he could do almost anything that he wanted. He designed some crazy Rolls Royces, including one that looks like a tank. The Rolls Royce company were not happy about his designs, but they couldn't do anything about it. Gulbenkian designed this Rolls Royce. It is a Silver Wraith, but it is the only Silver Wraith in the world that has this type of lights. He then sold it to the Emir of Kano shortly after he made it. 3 Likes 3 Shares
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