President garaged indoors for the monsoons Thanx to all you guys for appreciating our Presidents.
Yes....... they are both in the same colour and very original and unique cars.
Just two such cars in mint condition around with two bawa owners (rare to find!) for these beauties. (Hope Karlos agrees?)
I do not have a covered parking, and I normally parked my previously owned classic beauties at my Uncles basement parking in Malabar Hill. My President also is now parked there for one month and I'm longing to get it back as soon as the rains are over. I plan to do a complete overhaul and servicing of the suspension and brakes as they are still in factory fitment original condition and some wear and tear is now apparent. I will appreciate some feedback from my friends here to help me source original/genuine suspension and brake parts in Mumbai as I am beginning to collect requiste spares for the post monsoon President suspension overhaul. The parts in question are: tie rods, spiders, shock abs, and rubber bushings. For the brakes: wheel bearings (if need be) brake shoes, cylinder kits etc. The Engine is in factory mint condition and I promise that in a water shortage crisis, I could manage to take a quick shower from its watery exhaust and get away with it.
Presidents, as far as I know, never came with wide white walls, but they definately looked classy when fitted later during a tyre change. I myself plan to have new Ceat Safety drives wide white walls after the suspension overhaul. And of course, there will be a lot of make overs done to the existent 648 to make it look more and more original. I plan to have the balance rods, tie rods and shock abs powder coated too. And some nuts and bolts to go through galvanised treatment. All this because I like my car to look ultra clean from under chassis which gives me a real kick to see it looking factory mint condition. Yes, I am crazy about these things and at times can go to the extremes where car obsession is concerned. After all I have to...........because I have nicknamed her as "My Rani".
And my wife gets jealous of it. |