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Originally Posted by Stanher  @Prabal, really lovely pics. indeed! What colour was the Super 10 btw? It doesnt look black, seems a lighter colour. Maybe it was Green?
And what colour was the fiat delight? The shine of its grille and bumper in the sunlight is just awesome! A brand new car of today's gen. just couldnt have that kind of glitter! |
Thanks Stanher, sorry for going missing again awhile! The Standard 10 was indeed green in colour. While the Fiat Delite was steel grey.
Interesting story about the Fiat's colour - when the allotment finally came after waiting six years from the date of booking, we went to take delivery from Prince Automobiles at Jallandhar in 1971 and found that in the lot of 9 cars that had come to them, one was white, another steel grey that looked really attractive and seven were a horrible shade of saffron/orange. Every allottee wanted the steel grey, or as a second choice the white and were driving the Manager up the wall for the favour. Papa had resigned himself to what had to happen and had gone out for a smoke and fresh air (strange combination of activities though!), when the Manager called him in and said that the steel grey was his! This car was really special.