The only roadworthy part is its windscreen AND SHAME the driver paid R5,000 for it
Northern Cape police in Kimberley have impounded a 1976 Toyota bakkie whose only roadworthy part was its windscreen, Beeld reported on Thursday.
“In my 40 years as a traffic policeman, it was the worst car I’ve ever seen on the road,” head licensing officer for the Sol Plaatje municipality, Moses Alfonse, told the newspaper.
The bakkie had only two gears, the tyres were completely smooth and the shock absorbers had been tied into position with wire.
What's more, the driver had been using a leaking five-litre plastic bottle, which he had mounted in the engine, as a petrol tank.
“Nothing worked. It had no lights, no wipers and only rudimentary car seats,” Alfonse said after the car was pulled off the road on Wednesday.
The owner, a Zimbabwean, told police that he had bought the car for R5,000 from a South African in 2011. He was fined, and the car was permanently impounded.
South Africa's 'worst car'
The only roadworthy part is its windscreen AND SHAME the driver paid R5,000 for it
Northern Cape police in Kimberley have impounded a 1976 Toyota bakkie whose only roadworthy part was its windscreen, Beeld reported on Thursday.
“In my 40 years as a traffic policeman, it was the worst car I’ve ever seen on the road,” head licensing officer for the Sol Plaatje municipality, Moses Alfonse, told the newspaper.
The bakkie had only two gears, the tyres were completely smooth and the shock absorbers had been tied into position with wire.
What's more, the driver had been using a leaking five-litre plastic bottle, which he had mounted in the engine, as a petrol tank.
“Nothing worked. It had no lights, no wipers and only rudimentary car seats,” Alfonse said after the car was pulled off the road on Wednesday.
The owner, a Zimbabwean, told police that he had bought the car for R5,000 from a South African in 2011. He was fined, and the car was permanently impounded.
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