A GREENODD man won an award for his 'interesting' and 'unique' restoration of an ambulance from the Great War, as more than 100 classic cars attended a special ruby-themed event to mark 40 years of the Lakeland Motor Museum.
Ken Atkinson is the proud owner of the world’s only surviving Rhodia – an ex World War I ambulance – which dates back to 1914.
He took the vehicle to the Ruby Anniversary ‘Drive and Ride In Day’ on Sunday 15 April.
The Rhodia has been restored by the Greenodd resident from his home workshop in South Cumbria. As well as being used as a wartime ambulance, this small truck was later used as a taxi, but is now thought to be the only one of its kind left in existence.
Museum Director, Edwin Maher, said: “It was fantastic to see well over 130 classic cars and motorcycles joining us at the Museum, and the Rhodia was a well-deserving winner of a special trophy on the day.”
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