[foby.sebastian]

Originally Posted by r_nairtvm

Its Registered as a Ford 1930 with 24.03 BHP (KLT 736). As you said nice one for restoration.

Foby, where is this one ? I hope its with some serious collector or restorer and not with some one who hoarding it hopping to make a "kill" "some day"

Best Regards & Drive Safe

Ram

I have heard few stories about this Ford model A Roadster , the car is still with the owner and no chance of selling it to any one , as i am informed by the workshop people.

The car is undergoing restoration now and first step of ripping the car down to bits and peices is happening now. I really worry about the outcome of the restoration as the place is some what like a junkyard. There is also an Austin Cambridge and Standard Herald Gazel Mark 1 already rusting in to peices in the same workshop.

[foby.sebastian]

Is that a dodge polara , the chevy monogram on the bootlid is confusing?

[FINTAIL]

Originally Posted by foby.sebastian

Is that a dodge polara , the chevy monogram on the bootlid is confusing?

Quite likely that it is a Dodge Polara. A 1965/66 one, perchance?

The Chevrolet badge IS confusing, because it looks quite modernish to me. Picked off some recent ones maybe.

Dodge never had any partnerships with Chevrolet anyway. Remember the DPDC Combine.

What about the Mercedes W114/115 beside it? That interests me a lot more.

Cheers!

[ajay99]

Originally Posted by foby.sebastian

I have heard few stories about this Ford model A Roadster , the car is still with the owner and no chance of selling it to any one , as i am informed by the workshop people.

The car is undergoing restoration now and first step of ripping the car down to bits and peices is happening now. I really worry about the outcome of the restoration as the place is some what like a junkyard. There is also an Austin Cambridge and Standard Herald Gazel Mark 1 already rusting in to peices in the same workshop.

This ford A has been in very long term ownership with a family in Trivandrum.It was in running condition till about 30 years ago and then it was in hibernation.here are some photos of the car.
The austin cambridge and gazel belong to the same owner(not the ford owner) and is in very bad shape as can be seen

[ajay99]

Originally Posted by foby.sebastian

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Is that a dodge polara , the chevy monogram on the bootlid is confusing?

This looks like the same DODGE POLARA which belonged to the KTC group in calicut.

[L-Head]

Originally Posted by FINTAIL

Quite likely that it is a Dodge Polara. A 1965/66 one, perchance?

The Chevrolet badge IS confusing, because it looks quite modernish to me. Picked off some recent ones maybe.

Dodge never had any partnerships with Chevrolet anyway. Remember the DPDC Combine.

What about the Mercedes W114/115 beside it? That interests me a lot more.

Cheers!

There's no doubt about the Dodge though I do suspect that it's a 123 in the background....but hey it's just a hunch

@Foby where is this place ???

[r_nairtvm]

Originally Posted by ajay99

This looks like the same DODGE POLARA which belonged to the KTC group in calicut.

Ajay its unlikely that its the car that was with KTC (picture you had posted). It already had a KRD registration - unless it has been sold out of state and registered there and then come back and registered in Kerala with the new series number.

Best Regards & Drive Safe

Ram

[sankar009]

Originally Posted by r_nairtvm

Ajay its unlikely that its the car that was with KTC (picture you had posted). It already had a KRD registration - unless it has been sold out of state and registered there and then come back and registered in Kerala with the new series number.

Best Regards & Drive Safe

Ram

The number of the dodge as per RTO records belongs to that of a contessa classic. is this polara a modified contessa??

[wasif]

Originally Posted by ajay99

This ford A has been in very long term ownership with a family in Trivandrum.It was in running condition till about 30 years ago and then it was in hibernation.here are some photos of the car.
The austin cambridge and gazel belong to the same owner(not the ford owner) and is in very bad shape as can be seen

That is a Sports Coupe, pretty rare in India, pity the car is in such a mess right now.

[FINTAIL]

Originally Posted by sankar009

The number of the dodge as per RTO records belongs to that of a contessa classic. is this polara a modified contessa??

Perchance, the people at the RTO messed it up. Saw a hugeish car, and thought, Yes! It is a Contessa.

The car is genuine. The fact that you thought of it to even be a modified Contessa, reeks of half knowledge. Get your facts right.

The RTO has been known to bug up, many a time in the past. Standard 10s "Pennants" have been known to be registered as a Standard 20s.

Many Delights were reregistered as Presidents, and Padminis.

Cheers!

[r_nairtvm]

Originally Posted by FINTAIL

Perchance, the people at the RTO messed it up. Saw a hugeish car, and thought, Yes! It is a Contessa.

The car is genuine. The fact that you thought of it to even be a modified Contessa, reeks of half knowledge. Get your facts right.

The RTO has been known to bug up, many a time in the past. Standard 10s "Pennants" have been known to be registered as a Standard 20s.

Many Delights were reregistered as Presidents, and Padminis.

Cheers!

Fintail,

What if the mess up has been done by the current owners of the car intentionally with the connivance of the RTO People (you know at RTO anything is possible)

I have learnt reliably that this is the same car that was originally registered as KRD 1000 - a picture of which is there just a few posts before (post #1197) - at a Film Shoot Location (then owners were a prominent Production house in Malayalam Film industry)

How the same car came to be registered twice in a state itself is a mystery - may be they just obtained a new number to escape the tax arears etc.

How and why such an original car was screwed up in such a manner - only God and the guys who did it will know.

Best Regards & Drive Safe

Ram

[sankar009]

Originally Posted by FINTAIL

Perchance, the people at the RTO messed it up. Saw a hugeish car, and thought, Yes! It is a Contessa.

The car is genuine. The fact that you thought of it to even be a modified Contessa, reeks of half knowledge. Get your facts right.

The RTO has been known to bug up, many a time in the past. Standard 10s "Pennants" have been known to be registered as a Standard 20s.

Many Delights were reregistered as Presidents, and Padminis.

Cheers!

I didnt say it was a modified contessa, I just asked that query,because it is having the contessa engine and the rto records say so. Delites,Presidents and Padminis all had the same Manufacturer,so chance of error is there but no chance of a sixties Dodge being reregistered as a nineties model contessa!!. like ram said how can you blame the rto and say the car is genuine without having first hand information/seeing the car??

[ajay99]

One of the first State Transport buses of Travancore in front of Thampanoor Railway station.It was the TRIVANDRUM KOLLAM express service

[foby.sebastian]

Originally Posted by ajay99

One of the first State Transport buses of Travancore in front of Thampanoor Railway station.It was the TRIVANDRUM KOLLAM express service

What make is it ? Bedford/Leyland ? year ?

Thanks for sharing the picture

[travancore]

Originally Posted by ajay99

One of the first State Transport buses of Travancore in front of Thampanoor Railway station.It was the TRIVANDRUM KOLLAM express service

In 1938 the Travancore State Motor Transport system bought 60 Commer PNF3 chassis with Perkins Lynx diesels. They were primarily used on the Trivandrum - Cape Comorin routes. This picture looks later than the 1930's.