[shyml]

Shared by my friend Harris Aziz from Islamabad, recently this car has emerged out of same family, original from new, ownership from Quetta, Pakistan. The family has put up the car in Islamabad heritage museum last week. Wonderfully preserved and sympathetically restored. Most car enthusiasts, yours truly included, never knew of its existence.
Quetta was, in the Raj todate, an important station on the border of the empire and site of the British Indian Army's staff college. Its a awesome route by train with bewildering tunnels and civil/ railway engineering masterpiece. A lot of Army officers took their cars to Quetta by train from all over India when coming for training.
Quetta became a source for the very hard to get automobiles because of that as officers could then be posted anywhere in the Empire and disposed of their possessions. A landmark event was the 1935 earthquake which unfortunately razed the town to the ground and it was never the same.
The 1930 Studebaker and the Hupmobile presently owned by my friend Karim Chappra also came from Quetta. There is a Pierce Arrow of the Khan of Kalat somewhere in Quetta also. Ofcource the RR Phantom II Chassis 76WJ also came from Quetta.
My own family acquired, in 1945-55 period, a Studebaker President tourer as well as a Ford Model A tourer from Quetta where my maternal uncle Chaudhry Ata Muhammad, was a Principal and later Director of Education. He always had a couple of cars perhaps due to easy pickings, and also bought them for our families in Lahore, Jullundher and Batala.
I will do research on the Seth Musajee Essajee family of Quetta and post.
This car is reputed to have been placed under use of the Quaid e Azam M A Jinnah on his visits to Quetta, by the family.

Amer Ahmad
Lahore, Pakistan

[Gansan]

Wow! That looks straight out of the showroom! Beautifully preserved.

[KPS]

Thanks shyml for sharing. Hudson's survivors of this vintage is quite rare in India. The car seems to be in great state considering it is a 100 year old car!

In my limited experience, cars in long term ownership always tend to be better preserved. The joy of restoring a preserved car, albeit sympathetic, is always more satisfying.

Cheers

KPS

[KartikeyaL]

Another picture from the net, would be great to see some pre-restoration/as found pictures of this car.