James May said he does not want to see the car restored (Image: YouTube / Alaska to Africa)
“I think it would be wrong to deny that part of the world that car just because of some nostalgic, sentimental whim.
“It has to stay there, it has to keep being mended and being mended until it's just a shell that's running around.
“That's where it lives, it's like putting an animal in a zoo bringing it back here.”
The Botswana Special saw the trip travel from the Zimbabwean border to the Namibian border.
The journey took them across several key areas such as the Okavango Delta and the Makgadikgadi salt pans.