[sleeperwagon]

Originally Posted by JanneH

Okey, Ford Prefect is dependable, but what has Charlie Chaplin got to do with it?

It's conveying that just as Charlie Chaplin is dependable for a great performance, in the same way even the Prefect is dependable for great performance.

[karlosdeville]

A part of a BSA advertisement, proudly showing a Bengal police officer riding an A7

[directinjection]

Originally Posted by swissknife

The Premier 118NE (Nissan engine), was built on a version of the Fiat 124. PAL had a a partnership with Fiat right from the millicento times. The 118NE was considered to be a mid-size luxury car in India in the 1990s. It had two different gear shifts, column shift with bench seat in the front and the floor shift with bucket seats. The floor shift was more popular though.

Originally Posted by JanneH

The Pal Premier, is it a licensed Fiat 124, like the Russian Vaz?

Actually, PAL brought the tooling for 118NE from Seat of Spain which produced Fiat 124 under licence and sold it as Seat 124.

[condor]

Bajaj too used to have some nice ad's. Here's a TVC for the Sunny Zip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noopicQ2aig

That Sunny was something. Looked frail, but have seen it carry some not so light people.

[JanneH]

Sunny is the best! We have two, run in any weather, all seasons.
That video is cleaver, with its slogan ”easy come, easy go”.

[KartikeyaL]

Shared by Mr. Adil Jal Darukhanawala

It's an advert from May 1952 when the Fiat - Premier Auto JV was just a couple of years old & the 500C Topolino was its first model assembled in India. Note the reference to the 1909 Model 0 the first Fiat in India.

Source

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Shared by Mr. Adil Jal Darukhanawala

Superb! The early Fiat still survives in the Bhogilal collection (I believe it had just one previous owner, a Mr. Bhatena). Though it isn't the first Fiat in India.
The oldest one to my knowledge that survives dates from about 1906, in a private collection in Indore.

[KartikeyaL]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

The oldest one to my knowledge that survives dates from about 1906, in a private collection in Indore.

What about the Patiala Fiat, wouldn't that be the oldest ?

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

an Itala and a Fiat are on display in one of the state run museums in Patiala, probably in one of the palace museums. This must be the oldest Fiat in the country?

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

What about the Patiala Fiat, wouldn't that be the oldest ?

Good question. I wouldn't know how to tell, but they look of somewhat similar vintage.

[condor]

Originally Posted by JanneH

Sunny is the best! We have two, run in any weather, all seasons.
That video is cleaver, with its slogan ”easy come, easy go”.

Lovely, cheeky tag line that. And the background track too !

Do share pics of your Sunny's. How are you maintaining them - how's parts etc ?

[JanneH]

Originally Posted by condor

Lovely, cheeky tag line that. And the background track too !

Do share pics of your Sunny's. How are you maintaining them - how's parts etc ?

Thanks!!

Maintenance is easy - they don’t need it! Seriously though: spare parts are an issue but then again the Sunnys are so robust that they rarely need them.
For pictures of swedish Bajajs, mine and others, please visit
www.svenskabajajscooterister.com
In swedish but you can hopefully enjoy it anyway.

[condor]

Originally Posted by JanneH

For pictures of swedish Bajajs, mine and others, please visit
www.svenskabajajscooterister.com
In swedish but you can hopefully enjoy it anyway.

Thanks, @JanneH - did check it and thanks to google translate was able to read it too. Nice pics, and definitely smiled as I read the page.

[KartikeyaL]

Not an automobile ad, but of Sub-continents beloved Rooh-Afza.



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[KartikeyaL]

The Standard Estate car

[KartikeyaL]

Advertisement of Addison and co. Ltd, for Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth, DeSoto cars and Dodge trucks, 1932