[karlosdeville]

CHARKHARI No. 2, an unidentified American Tourer of the 1930s?

[karlosdeville]

A 1936 Ford V8 Tourer seen in this 1944 wedding photo between Raipur (Marwar) and Pratapgarh

[karlosdeville]

A 1930s Mercedes tourer (maybe a 290?) of Udaipur, used here for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillips' 1961 visit to India. The Queen is riding ahead in the 1939 Cadillac, while the Prince is in the Mercedes, perhaps with Nehru?



I believe the Mercedes survives in a large collection, awaiting restoration.

[travancore]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

A 1930s Mercedes tourer (maybe a 290?) of Udaipur,

Likely the same car

[karlosdeville]

An early unidentified tourer of the Maharaja of Rajpipla on a hunting trip with Lord Willingdon.

[moralfibre]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

HH Nawab Sir Taley Mohammad khanji of Palanpur along with his guests HH Maharaja Harisinghji of Jammu and Kashmir and HH Maharaja Ganga Singhji of Bikaner in Palanpur ,1936.

Courtesy : Imran Khan of Hebatpur, Palanpur

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Thakore Saheb of Limbdi as a guest of Palanpur state.

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Pic: Palanpur royal family

The same Buick featured in the book Lives of Indian Princes:

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by moralfibre

The same Buick featured in the book Lives of Indian Princes:

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Great find. I wonder if it is the same car that attended an event in Pune last year, registered in the same region.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by moralfibre

The same Buick featured in the book Lives of Indian Princes:

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Great find. I wonder if it is the same car that attended an event in Pune last year, registered in the same region.

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It has been pointed out to me that the two cars are different - the old photo being a 90 Series, and the Pune car being a 70 Series.

[travancore]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

An early unidentified tourer of the Maharaja of Rajpipla on a hunting trip with Lord Willingdon.

I am inclined to think it is a ca 1913 Minerva Type DD, similar to the one below:

https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/219...gine-no-17184/

[karlosdeville]

Fdrom Veteran and Vintage magazine, August 1975. A 1948 image of the Nawanagar Rytecraft that I think still survives in the palace garages.

[harit]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

A 1930/31 Marmon Big 8 Limousine, originally a Maharaja car from Gujarat, perhaps Baroda. Seen here decades back when in an Ahmedabad collection, now in Indore.

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This Marmon was a Baroda car and went into the Gajjar collection.
Unfortunately that collection was subsequently disbanded.

[karlosdeville]

Maharani Gayatri Devi with her Bentley B45MX in this 1949 news report.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

1921, crowd lining the street in Benares, as Prince of Wales later King Edward VIII, alights from the Crossley in the front, the last car has "UP" registration no., which I can barely read.

Credit : Pindi Lull via the Royal Collection trust

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Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Couple of more pictures from the visit of the Prince of Wales.

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and here is a letter from the resident agent in the east for Crossley Motors ltd., thanking Dunlop rubber co. ltd. for the tyres, 1922

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and another one from Allahabad, an advertisement by Crossley
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A 1922 advertisement for the fleet of Crossley cars used for the Prince of Wales's visit

[karlosdeville]

The Maharaja of Travancore launches a fleet of 60 Commer buses for State passenger transport services. Modern Motoring, June 1938.

[karlosdeville]

Here is an interesting news article from the 'Buffalo Evening News', February 7th, 1948. It mentions that an order of 210 Motorette 3 wheelers was placed by an Indian Maharaja. I wonder who that was, and if it was fulfilled. A handful do survive in India.