The New Zealand Grain & Seed Trade’s First company Car
Vincent Luisetti at the wheel of a 1907 Spyker believed to be the New Zealand Grain & Seed Trade’s first company car.
This car was owned by Mr George Gatonby Stead, who was born in London in 1841 and immigrated to New Zealand in 1866 at the age of 25. After a brief stint as a banker, Mr Stead formed a Grain & Seed company, Royce Stead & Co., and commenced a trade exporting wheat...