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Old 10th September 2020, 13:13   #1651
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Pictures from the Sadul club, (formerly the Victoria memorial club) Bikaner.

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Old 13th September 2020, 11:51   #1652
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Shared on Instagram

Palanpur State

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Old 13th September 2020, 22:28   #1653
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Palanpur State

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FIAT from the 1920s. Dont know the model :(
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Old 14th September 2020, 04:01   #1654
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A Morris Commercial hunting lodge-on-wheels for the Nawab of Bhopal. This was supplied along with the six wheeler that we have seen before.
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Old 14th September 2020, 11:45   #1655
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Ravija Rana shared this picture of her grandfather "the Rana of Barwaha"

Ford 1932

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This is identified as the Gondal Lanchester from the 1980's

Picture from Lanchester Historian, Chris Clarks book, The Lanchester Legacy - Vol 1

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We are all aware of this car is safe and even visited Pebble Beach (Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2018 - With Motorcars of the Raj)

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Old 21st September 2020, 16:52   #1657
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A very cool Bedford in the Karauli stables apparently

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Old 21st September 2020, 19:17   #1658
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A very cool Bedford in the Karauli stables apparently

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I recently came across these.
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Old 24th September 2020, 22:14   #1659
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Rao Uday Singh of Chadawad

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Rao Uday Singh of Chadawad

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I am not sure that this is a Ford V8.

The picture attached here , also from Chadawad certainly is. (courtesy Indianrajputs)


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Old 25th September 2020, 20:50   #1661
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I am not sure that this is a Ford V8.

The picture attached here , also from Chadawad certainly is. (courtesy Indianrajputs)
There is something off about this picture and a reverse image search shows, that this might have been lifted from here

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There is something off about this picture and a reverse image search shows, that this might have been lifted from here

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Super sleuthing! They did that with the "Chadawad" RR PII too :(

And called the Bhopal Bentley 6.5L a Chadawad R-R
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1937 Wolseley 25HP Drop Head Coupe (3.5 litre - 6 Cyl-twin carb), ex-Baroda.

Restored by : Shrivardhan Kanoria

Hope we can find some period pictures and more history on this one.

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Shared by Little._historian on Instagram from visit of Queen Mary to Hyderabad.

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