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Originally Posted by KPS I am happy to post the details as taken from the photographs of the original RC Book and also some history on the papers.........................
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Hi KPS and all interested,
I am fortunate to have a few original registration books with some of my cars. And due to Sabinesnubbing and his posts, I have looked deeper into books than most have. There is more info than you have been able to glean from the book.
Your car is 1932/33. You say 1932, the book says 1933, probably it is 1932 and was registered for the first time in India in 1933. That is a common mistake, and the club will tell you the correct year. Small point, no issue.
The first registration was MCP 6524, with the P written below MC on the number plate. And probably registered in 1933. I have photos of a Singer registered like this.
Now see the date of registration, 6-2-1941. That is when the car was re-registered MDB 260. And a new book was issued which now is the oldest book with maximum information. Interesting is that in Bombay State all cars were registered in 1940. The new motorvehicle act came in in 1939, see the date of the act. Now one can safely presume that re-registration in many states was done in 1940/41. No idea about Bengal, as there I have seen 195..0's odd.
Such original books, re-registered but original from that date are rare. These "original" books contain a lot of info which are always lost when duplicate books are issued. In my books I see petrol ration details, and also tyre serial nos. During war time these were premium items.
Bombay state also had reassignment of registration numbers when Gujrat and Maharashtra separated. BYA was an Ahmedabad series, this became GCY. New books were issued and the old number assigned was mentioned in the book. There is no BYA registration existing.
Thanks for sharing pictures of the book. Since you shared, I also thought that I should share the info read from it. Because some could not
Now I would like to see pictures of that car on the road in full, sunlight.
Cheers harit
Last edited by harit : 4th March 2010 at 23:54.
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