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Originally Posted by arif_t01  Which Album? Can you please provide a link?
I don't know anything about that, but I have been seeing this car as long as I remember, but I'm only 25. It's my cousins' family car, which is used as the daily drive.
Will have to check whether its true or not?
It seems that you don't come to this part of the world  . My cousin's house is just 50m from my house. (At Kamaleswaram, Manacaud. 3kms from East Fort on the Kovalam route)
The car was repainted recently (6-12 months, I don't remember exactly) to the shade of the first car, i.e light green.
This car is definitely not for sale. There have been many offers, but they don't intend to sell it. One Sikh calls frequently to know whether they have changed their mind. He is from Delhi, otherwise I would have believed it to be KARL  .
Quiet recently, a Foreign Couple came seeking the car and their story was like this: On their previous trip to India, when they were going to the Airport for the return Journey, they got a glimpse of the car. They noted down the Reg no and went home. This year, they got off the Airport and the first thing they did was car-hunting. They stopped at each and every local workshop on the way and finally came to a local workshop and BULLS-EYE. The local workshop man is heavily favored by my Family for doing small tinkering & denting works. He was set-up very near to my house, before having to vacate the premises. He guided them to the house and they found their way there! They wouldn't take NO for an answer and somehow my Cousin let them off, rather difficultly. |
Arif,
I have seen both the Land master travellers the KRT 2474(your cousins) and the TNK car (concourse car)
closely .The KRT car has lost lot of its ORIGINALITY.
First of all the engine is DIESEL.for your info the Engine no is:PDD:0221, the gear box has been changed, the tail lamps are not original, there are no semaphore indicators(trafficators), the steering wheel is not original land master's, the clock is absent/not working .
The TNK car is a fully restored one with original petrol engine, working meters, semaphores etc.
Moreover I am wondering how you are unaware that this is a later registration number because KRT came in 1974 and the car is a 1957 model .It was with RajBhavan so like other RajBhavan vehicles it was not registered till 1975 after which it was auctioned off .
Regarding whether the car was not for sale ,I can tell you that they were ready to part with it 2-3 years ago but at a 'ludicrous' price(7 lakhs)!!!!! .The TNK car is owned by a person from Nagercoil who frequently comes to Trivandrum in that car .
The green MEV car(original petrol engine) was sold for Rs.1.20 lakhs by one Mr.Durai to the owner of GABRIELA shock absorbers in November 2005
Also please keep in mind that cars older manufactured before 1968 cannot be taken out of the country as per the Antiques Act .so the foreign tourists cannot take it back to their country even if the owners sells it to them. Moreover Landmaster woodys were never manufactured in INDIA.there are many such cars existing in UK than in INDIA. for a concourse condition car you need to pay only 3000 pounds ie ,Rs.2.4lakhs . ( you can verify this by visiting
www.oldclassiccar.co.uk)