| This is apropos of Mohsin Ikram’s letter “Quaid’s car” (June 12), wherein he has shown great enthusiasm for preserving the vehicle used by the Quaid. I have also seen one such old vehicle owned and used by an individual who did great service to humanity which deserves the attention of the members of the Vintage and Classic Car Club.
This car is Ford, most probably of 1920 model lying in the Moenjodaro Museum in totally ramshackle state. This four-wheeler once belonged to Sir John Marshall, director-general of the Indian Archaeological Survey, who in 1920 was responsible for the large-scale excavation of Harappa and Moenjodaro, the two largest cities of the Indus valley civilisation.
The vehicle was in the use of this great archaeologist till he left the site. During a visit last summer I was informed by the curator that the Ford Company had once offered to overhaul this antique, however, the proposal was not availed for reasons best known to the authorities looking after some of the world’s oldest historical remains.
I request the Vintage & Classic Car Club of Pakistan to help make the department of archaeology appreciate the importance of this object of historical significance and help in restoring it to its original magnificence.
MANZOOR H. KURESHI
Karachi |
