A strange story (A 1955 Landmaster) Hi I realy dont know where to put this ! Well this is the story of BML9999 a 1955 born land master (which I currently own ) this cars first owner was guess who State of Bombay . According to its last owner (sadly not with us anymore) ,this particular car was givn to the state by the HM company. It was in CM fleet (may be thats why the no is).after 5 years of use it was given back . Then a senior officer owned it for a year.
In 1961 Mr Patankar (mentioned above as the last owner before me ) purchased it . This car was with him till he died in 2006 april.
Mr. Patankar had a workshop (fuel injection pumps service ). He was a Master in that .During the cource of business I came to know him in 1999.
He was a through professional,a gentleman. So many times he gave me valuable advice .
Now Mr. Patankar (who owned this car for 45 years in total ) ,loved this car very much .He used this car extencively. Some body told me that it has travelled the whole India (not litererly). He maintained it exceptionally well. But strangely he didnt care much about orginality !
I saw this car in 2003, when he was thinking of selling it .I badly wanted the car but when I saw his love for the car & his attachment towards it I somehow didnt make a move .(It was adstress sell for him - because of his health).
Years passed by, one day I came to know that Mr. Patankar was no more.After hearing that I contacted his famialy, & subsiquently acquired the car.
The car was there lying in open ,untouched for months,It tested me for half an hour ,before I was able to start her.
Shortly after that I had huge financial problames. Un willingly I had to take the sad decision.
Now the weird chain of events starts from here.
Unfortunately there were no buyers & I had to sell it in SCRAP. It was a shock for me ,I was also attached to the car.Then for some reason I held the papers with me ,& the original carb ,battery etc(.parts which go first in scrap ) With a heavy heart I parted with the car.
This story would have ended there only. but it was not to happen.
Five months passed I made a financial recovery,and one day I met the scrap dealer to whom I had sold her. Much to my ammusement the car was not scraped ! It was in a scrapyard standing among the heaps of scrap.I finnaly endedup reacquiring it.This dealer Loaded it in a truck & delivered it to my place.I put on the No plate & all other parts (thhose I had kept with me. To my surprise the car started on months old petrol (that was there when I left her), I still cant believe that. Will anyone believe this ? Now for more than 2 years this car is with me . |