Pranlal Bhogilal Collection - Auto World - Dasthan - Kathwada - Gujarat As mentoned elsewhere, I happened to visit Auto World, which houses Mr Pranlal Bhogilal's collection.
The reknowned Mr Bhogilal has a prolific collection of vintage beauties, some of them rare gems. These are distributed betwen Kathwada, Mumbai where he resides and in Ahmedabad where he ownes a palatial home.
Virtually, all the the cars are complete but alas not all are in concours condition. given the sheer quantity of the fleet, it is a herculean task to get there. IF you observe some pics, the chrome is tarnished, some cases the paintwork is too thick, a lot of orange peel finish. Some colours are questionable. imagine a Wolseley 6/110 mk 2 painted bright yellow (it is a distant nephew of the amby and cousin to scooby's uncles late lamented austin westminster) and labelled as a sports saloon! In my years in England, a Wolsely was something that ld tweedy aunts drove.
Anyway, credit goes to the man for putting whatever he has into these cars and sharing with all. A lot of these cars were deemed white elephants by the owners and given to him to preserve so one must salute his accomodative spirit. The museum is situated on his 1000+ acre farm outside Naroda in Kathwada about 45 min from the airport. Those of you with 4 hours to spare during a business trip in Ahmedabad, it is worth a look. Place is about 45min from the airport.
I was staying on a neighbouring farm for a family event. We were invited for a quick visit as Mr B was coming in the next day and all attention would be diverted.
As Naveen says, I am a dinosaur using film cameras still hence i could only take limited shots. fortunately, Rudy in his "eve" avatar tempted me with an Apple so I could enhance and retouch the pics. So here goes - apologies but photobucket would not let me thumbnail the pics
Last edited by ajmat : 26th August 2007 at 11:42.
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