1950 Peugeot has not let Herman down
“This car is my pride and joy, I love driving around in it,”
The Peugeot 203 is a large family car which was produced by the French car manufacturer Peugeot between 1948 and 1960.
Herman van Zyl from eMalahleni has his very own Peugeot 203 from 1950 which is still in immaculate condition.
He bought this car in Kempton Park, according to him the car was in a bad state.
“With a little bit of attention and hard work, with a new paint job and other odds and ends that needed to be fixed,” said Herman.
After the car had gone through a complete make over, it was back on the road on August 14, 1986.
“This year on August 14 it marked 30 years of being on the road again,” continued Herman.
Herman has driven the car twice to Cape Town without any problems.
The car was exhibited at the Paris Motor Show in 1947, but by then had already been under development for more than five years. Volume manufacturing was initially hampered by strikes and shortages of materials, but production got under way late in 1948, with buyers taking delivery of 203’s from early 1949.
Herman van Zyl standing next to his Peugeot 203 from 1950.
The 203 was Peugeot’s first new model launched after World War II. During its twelve-year production run nearly 700,000 203’s of all variants rolled off the assembly line in Sochaux, France.
The 203 was the first monocoque bodied production Peugeot. The car was an eye catching modern and bore a marked resemblance to the American Chevrolet Fleet line.
“This car is my pride and joy, I love driving around in it,” said Herman.
