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Old 20th February 2014, 13:11   #4576
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Would the Gentleman be interested in parting with the whole car, as i would like to bring her back to her glory days.
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Did ask the gentleman about selling the car. He bluntly refused it. But I think he would take a decision soon as the municipal corporation guys are pestering him to take the car off the road.
Will definitely let you know anything like that comes up.
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Hi speedy

Did ask the gentleman about selling the car. He bluntly refused it. But I think he would take a decision soon as the municipal corporation guys are pestering him to take the car off the road.
Will definitely let you know anything like that comes up.
Thank you, i really would appreciate it. Please do inform the gentleman, that i would like to restore the car and have it running on the streets and not use it as a donor car. I really like this shape and have been looking for a restoration project of the same.
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This 1955 millecento belongs to a very senior citizen, about 87 years of age from Calcutta but now settled in Coimbatore for the last 40 years. He has done lots of alterations in the car, all by himself, he has never taken the car to a mechanic!!
The car seems to have worsened further. Pity!

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The VW KG has been posted by Samir Usapkar on facebook. Sad to see her in this state. From the look of it seems like all the useable parts have been taken away as doners.

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A willys Jeep seen rotting in Goa spotted by Amar P of our forum. Looking at the dashboard she indded is the MB / 2A /3A model low bonnet.

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Hi Manish,

Do you know if this jeep still exists. If yes how do I trace it.
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Hi Manish, would you know if the jeep is for sale.
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In a bad condition but sighted in a garage at Nagpur, where hopefully it will get some care and love.

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Above: Two better examples of the 126 from google images
Below: The car in question

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This is a Fiat 126 from the 1970's. This car was also made in Poland as the Fiat 126 P and in Yugoslavia as the Zastava 126. Its mechanical underpinnings and layout was akin to its rear-engined predecessor, the Fiat 500, with which it shared its wheelbase.
In Poland it is called "Maluch", which literally means "small one" or toddler.
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She's the one i posted somewhere on forum earlier. Seems like she has been brought to some new location from previous location, where she was parked on a footpath.
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2 Fiat 1100s rotting away in Mumbai. MRX was near Malad Subway, MRF near Goregaon East.

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A few images of what looks like Italian Registered Lambretta's lying in a sorry state at Mazgaon docks. Have no information on why and from when they are lying there. Looks like there could be at least 40 of these that have disintegrated.
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A few images of what looks like Italian Registered Lambretta's lying in a sorry state at Mazgaon docks. Have no information on why and from when they are lying there. Looks like there could be at least 40 of these that have disintegrated.
Feel sorry for these lamby's. They indeed are in a very sorry state.
Many people would be ready to pay good money just to get the parts from these scooters!

: I guess the concerned departments should auction off such vehicles after a certain number of years. It would be great for enthusiasts who would be able to lay their hands on such machines.
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A few images of what looks like Italian Registered Lambretta's lying in a sorry state at Mazgaon docks. Have no information on why and from when they are lying there. Looks like there could be at least 40 of these that have disintegrated.
Aaaha! finally we see some actual proof. I had been hearing from a lot of people about scooters being imported into India and I could not believe it and now here's the proof. Finally the reverse tide has begun! Scooter prices were spiralling upwards to such a level that this had to happen.

Incidentally that's a SX200 the most desirable of the lambrettas, if there is ever an auction I shall be attending. :-)

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Gents,
Those are Vietnemese registrations on the scooters.
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Aaaha! finally we see some actual proof. I had been hearing from a lot of people about scooters being imported into India and I could not believe it and now here's the proof. Finally the reverse tide has begun! Scooter prices were spiralling upwards to such a level that this had to happen.

Incidentally that's a SX200 the most desirable of the lambrettas, if there is ever an auction I shall be attending. :-)
Could you spread some more info on this please? Any idea on which year were these imported. These were used ones, and a few had tyres of Thailand make.

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Those are Vietnemese registrations on the scooters.
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Thank you for the Info, a couple of them had stickers on them that looked Italian, will click more detailed pictures when I visit again.
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Could you spread some more info on this please? Any idea on which year were these imported. These were used ones, and a few had tyres of Thailand make.



Thank you for the Info, a couple of them had stickers on them that looked Italian, will click more detailed pictures when I visit again.
These are 60's lambrettas and vespas. These models were never produced in India. Hence quite rare here. The going price for a SX200 in the indian market is 2.5 lakhs. Hence I feel this may be a new lucrative opportunity for people who were earlier exporting these things out of India.
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Could you spread some more info on this please? Any idea on which year were these imported. These were used ones, and a few had tyres of Thailand make.



Thank you for the Info, a couple of them had stickers on them that looked Italian, will click more detailed pictures when I visit again.

It looks like these poor old mopeds have travelled further by boat than on the road! New in Italy, sent to Vietnem second hand and finally on to India to rust away unused and unloved. :-(
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