[travancore]

Rather nice looking "lorry". Photo by a Yank, so likely a "truck"

[KartikeyaL]

Originally Posted by travancore

Rather nice looking "lorry". Photo by a Yank, so likely a "truck"

Have a feeling that this could be from Rajasthan.

Here is a picture from GOI archives

P. Mookerji, Dy. Minister of transport and shipping visited the DTC workshop in Delhi on February 13, 1974

[pksnathan]

Originally Posted by Stanher

I do know about the switch from MS to TM series post 1970. And btw, may I correct you- the then existing MS- series vehicle numbers were NOT changed to TM/TN and even now remain if you notice the older vehicles.
But Madras (now Chennai) had TMW, TMY, TMX, TMV etc. as the first series. But TMJ was definitely Vellore. A fellow team bhpian from Madras, sjcherian told me his father had bought a Herald in the late 80s from Vellore, and it had a TNJ regn.
So I'm guessing TMJ would be Vellore too.

I stand corrected.Thank you.I may have made an error in my observation.

[travancore]

Originally Posted by Stanher

I do know about the switch from MS to TM series post 1970. And btw, may I correct you- the then existing MS- series vehicle numbers were NOT changed to TM/TN and even now remain if you notice the older vehicles.
But Madras (now Chennai) had TMW, TMY, TMX, TMV etc. as the first series. But TMJ was definitely Vellore. A fellow team bhpian from Madras, sjcherian told me his father had bought a Herald in the late 80s from Vellore, and it had a TNJ regn.
So I'm guessing TMJ would be Vellore too.

According to this, TMJ is Madras (Ayanavaram); and TNJ is Vellore.

http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/a2.pdf

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by travancore

According to this, TMJ is Madras (Ayanavaram); and TNJ is Vellore.

http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/a2.pdf

So would that indicate that TM* was for Madras (now Chennai) and TN* was for districts of TN?
Some oldtimer members from TN could confirm.

[travancore]

Two Shakti"men"; and a curious looking TATA M-B "One and a Quarter" decker. It looks like a Press / TV vehicle.

Photo ca 1984

[KartikeyaL]

Couple of commercial vehicles here, also a lot of cars can be seen

INDIA 1958” Exhibition – which will mirror the Industrial and technical progress made in India since Independence

Indo Norwegian Project : Feed fish being stored into one of the insulated vans belonging to the Project.

[travancore]

A Calcutta Leyland during WWII

[IQBAL VEERJI]

Does any of you guys have pictures of FIAT trucks imported by Indian govt to transport foodgrains in early seventies.All I can remember is it had a large badge in front similar to FIAT cars of those days...

[KartikeyaL]

Mobile post office





Raw wool arriving at the Wool press mill, Jamnagar (October, 1957) for pressing.



Pictures: Photo div.

[karlosdeville]

Here are a couple of period flyers for Ford V8 and Chevrolet trucks

The Chevy ad is dated 1939.


The Ford flyer shows the locations/offices of the Ford Motor Company of India as Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and Colombo.

[KartikeyaL]

A view of the Cooperative marketing society at Sangli in Bombay State

[travancore]

A Poona lorry of yore.

[KartikeyaL]

Found on Facebook, shared by Mr. Hegde

[travancore]

The Bishop Westcott Girls School, Namkum / Ranchi. ca 1968