[travancore]

Sorry if posted earlier. Vijay Amritraj

per the Internet: Volvo International, Bretton Woods, 1973; where he beat Jimmy Connors and Rod Laver. Cost of Volvo - $7000 (Rs.56,000 then)

[arielguy]

I remember that the customs dept of the day did not allow him to import the car without paying a hefty duty. Only after the intervention of the Sports Ministry or the P.M. he was allowed to bring the car in sans duty.

[KartikeyaL]

Shared by Showkat Rasheid Wani via the ‎Himalayan History Group

Photograph taken by R.E.Shorter in 1920 showing a European traveler with his motor car on the JV road just beneath Chakoti dak bungalow.



A view of Jhelum Valley road some where near Uri showing a motor car passing in September 1947.

[KartikeyaL]

Taxi in Calcutta, 1946


High Court in 1950's

[Samanyu]

Sharing a picture of my grand uncle Late Dr.M Kondal Rao garu's Fiat 1100D,he was my favourite person in the family.

[KartikeyaL]

Here is a very special picture, shared by Bhpian 'Sat'.

Credit to Mr. Ranjit Singh Namli

Eckart Muthesius (Architect of Manik Bagh Palace - Indore) with his two German friends during a trip to Namli

A Bullnose with wheels from a bullock cart, Indian Jugaad at its best, wonder if it ran ?

[KPS]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Here is a very special picture, shared by Bhpian 'Sat'.
Credit to Mr. Ranjit Singh Namli
A Bullnose with wheels from a bullock cart, Indian Jugaad at its best, wonder if it ran ?

What a fantastic picture. Doubt if this actually is a Jugaad. Rear tyre is flat and there is a tree stump holding the car up. Probably the front suspension must have been removed for repairs. Still a super picture

Thanks for sharing

Cheers

KPS

[karlosdeville]

Here is a lovely picture of P M Reddy very kindly shared by his grandson Anirudh Reddy, for which we are very grateful. The car appears to be an Amilcar, and the picture was taken in York, England.



PM Reddy was responsible for the 'Pingle' small car designed at HAL. More here (Indigenous Oddities - Oddball Automobiles of India)

[karlosdeville]

What appears to be an Oakland Tourer shared here. The registration number seems to be T 1979, probably corresponding to the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, though this picture offers no further clues on location.

[Entsurgeon]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Here is a very special picture, shared by Bhpian 'Sat'.

Credit to Mr. Ranjit Singh Namli



A Bullnose with wheels from a bullock cart, Indian Jugaad at its best, wonder if it ran ?

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As per Ranjit who happens to be a classmate, this car was used as a pilot vehicle on shikar trips mostly to crush any thorns that may puncture the car of his grandpa, the prime minister of Holkar state.

[KartikeyaL]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

This Model B Tourer is fitted with dual controls, probably used as a driving school trainer

and finally we see her in action, with a lady learning to drive and a companion or another learner behind.

The picture is from when it was in Jaipur, presumably from the 1970's.

Copyright/Picture credit : Philippe Guillot

[KartikeyaL]

The infamous Gen. Dyer when in Abbottabad, British India

[travancore]

If these have been posted before, I do apologize!

[karlosdeville]

A 1962-ish Amby Mk 1 is seen in an unidentified old wedding photo, incidentally I saw the same car in Dadar, Mumbai some years back. MHC is probably a Nasik registration originally.

[KartikeyaL]

Broken-down car, Baroda, India, circa 1925

A British colonial lady stands beneath her parasol at the side of the road, as two Indian servants attend to a rear wheel puncture on a narrow Indian country lane. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts.

Credit: Mary Evans/Nigel Sorrell Collection