[kasli]

Originally Posted by sabinesnubbing

Travancore,
If it was Ceylon, the registration would be C356 and it would be C for Colombo city. They did not have 2 letters until very, very much later.
Whatever is in front of the C seems to be curved so I am not sure I like the MC idea although there is nothing else I know of that fits and it is not a French registration as they all had the letter after the numerals.
I guess this one will have to remain a mystery.
Cheers
Cedric

Agree with CEDRIC, secondly this does not to be either India or Ceylon and would look at checking or doing some research across Jawa, southern Indonesia , Might or could be BANGLADESH ( whatever it was called before partition)

Cheers

[KartikeyaL]

Originally Posted by sabinesnubbing

Kartikyal,
Great photos! Photos 1 and 3 seem to be a different car from photo 2.

I have been trying the read the registration but the best I can do is C356 with another letter in front of the C. Can you tell what it is on the original?

It looks like " C" only to me.

Originally Posted by travancore

Photos 1 & 3 are dated ca 1910. The location is definitely S.India, going by the "Jubba" some of the men are wearing. A possible alternative is Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

The second picture is definitely India, and the 3 pictures are owned by the same person and he claims them to be all India.

Originally Posted by kasli

Might or could be BANGLADESH ( whatever it was called before partition)

Cheers

Bangladesh before partition was part of India, was called East Bengal !

[sabinesnubbing]

Originally Posted by kasli

Agree with CEDRIC, secondly this does not to be either India or Ceylon and would look at checking or doing some research across Jawa, southern Indonesia , Might or could be BANGLADESH ( whatever it was called before partition)

Cheers

Kasli,
Indonesia never used the letter C and only started with letter codes in 1917 anyway so not there.
Not East Bengal either.
Cheers
Cedric

[FINTAIL]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Bangladesh before partition was part of India, was called East Bengal !

Nopes, post independence, East Bengal became East Pakistan.

Which subsequently became Bangladesh, circa 1971.

[KartikeyaL]

Originally Posted by FINTAIL

Nopes, post independence, East Bengal became East Pakistan.

Which subsequently became Bangladesh, circa 1971.

'I said Pre-independence it was East Bengal " , and yes of course it became East Pakistan and then Bangladesh.

[KartikeyaL]

Some more from Calcutta

[vinay kamath]

Music director, Madan Mohan

[travancore]

Haste makes waste. Bombay 1912

[KartikeyaL]

Posting the picture of the house and the same house with an interesting car, experts can please shed light on the make, the registration no looks like " R 8_00 " making a post in the old registration no. thread.





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[travancore]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Posting the picture of the house and the same house with an interesting car, experts can please shed light on the make, the registration no looks like " R 8_00 " making a post in the old registration no. thread.

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The car is likely a 1920-ish Citroen Type A

[vinay kamath]

Naseeruddin Shah on the sets of Bhumika in 1977

[Rehaan]

A great photo from the family archives!

If anyone here knows Naozer Aga, you'll realise he looks exactly the same today! Though probably perched atop a superbike.



EDIT: As KartikeyaL points out via PM, I had shared pics of the same car 8 years ago in this post.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by Rehaan

A great photo from the family archives!

Superb indeed!
Is the picture dated? The car looks brand new, look at the spotless tyres with full tread.

Originally Posted by Rehaan

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Originally Posted by Rehaan

As KartikeyaL points out via PM, I had shared pics of the same car 8 years ago in this post.

And none other than Harit also had found another picture of the same car

[karlosdeville]

A keen enthusiast and fellow BHPian shared these superb images from his family archives. He is keen to know if any of them survive? I'm identifying them to the best of my ability - please feel free to correct me.

1937 Ford V8 2 door cabrio - what a lovely car!



Adler Trumpf


Adler Trumpf Junior


Another Ford V8 Cabrio, probably a 1938 model


Vauxhal of the 1930s


1935 Opel Olympia

[KartikeyaL]

Picture of Geeta Dutt with Mohd. Rafi and others



http://www.geetadutt.com/blog/?p=236