ANTIQUE DODGE CAMPER

This historic Dodge Camper was used by Baba Johane (Johane Masowe). He lived a traveler's life for most of his years. A journey that began in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) on foot, down to Cape Town, and Port Elizabeth then thereafter traversed several countries to Nairobi, Kenya - where as indicated earlier, he did not go beyond the equator. 

Dodge is an American Brand, initially called Dodge Brothers Company. It was not bought new, but from a European or American owner. . Any additional History could be posted later as a blog in this website.

Another vehicle that did plenty of work on the various routes included the Peugeot 404 station wagon (a French car). In those days most travel was done by road - as air transport was rare. To put it into perspective, when President Mwai Kibaki travelled for studies in the UK, he came back in a ship - presumably the same mode of travel to the UK. 

The advantage of this vehicle was the convenience. It was a house on wheels and therefore was self contained. With it one could travel, work, and live on the road - without need for further accommodation. It is was parked and preserved in Nairobi, Kenya.