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Originally Posted by Boybentley (Post 3406555)

I saw #100EF in 2008 at the RREC Annual Rally.
Not sure if it's original to the car but I really liked the mascot!

this is a Red Ashay "Butterfly Girl" mascot, a British made competitor to Lalique glass mascots available as aftermarket accessories in the 1920s and 30s. replicas of this are still available.

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville (Post 3443693)

Courtesy of The Princely India facebook page

Missed this one - from Tripura State. Car looks to be an Opel Admiral

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We get to see rare period footage of the Udaipur Cadillac during the 1961 visit of Queen Elizabeth.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKtC3UFwXzY

Thanks to British Pathe's fantastic archives.

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville (Post 3459927)

We get to see rare period footage of the Udaipur Cadillac during the 1961 visit of Queen Elizabeth.

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Thanks to British Pathe's fantastic archives.

Thanks Karl. I have wondered what the car behind the Cadillac in the 1st picture is. Lagonda ?

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville (Post 3443693)

An elaborate early articulated caravan of unknown make was prepared for Gwalior state. Wonder if it survives.

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The Gwalior "Moble Home" was built on a Thornycroft.

courtesy: Commercial Motor

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The "mystery" Travancore car is most likely a 1936 Lincoln K Limousine by Willoughby.

More pictures in the Classics of Travancore, Cochin & Malabar thread - where I had identified it as a 1937-1938. Now I believe it is a 1936, based on the front "suicide" door and curved sill.

pics courtesy AACA; Ford Motor Co.

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Never heard of Bajana state in Gujarat before. Enjoy the pics:

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Source: http://www.theroyalsafaricamp.com/

Can anyone confirm that this car is a Daimler tourer from Barwani?

Captioned: HH Ranjitsingh in a Daimler Tourer circa 1913

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Source: http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic...0696&start=650

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Originally Posted by moralfibre (Post 3482283)

Can anyone confirm that this car is a Daimler tourer from Barwani?

Captioned: HH Ranjitsingh in a Daimler Tourer circa 1913

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Source: http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic...0696&start=650

Yes, believe it is also in the book "Automobiles of the Maharajas" by Manvendra Barwani.

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Originally Posted by moralfibre (Post 3482243)

Never heard of Bajana state in Gujarat before. Enjoy the pics:

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Source: http://www.theroyalsafaricamp.com/

I believe "Bajana State No. 4" is a Dodge of around 1924.

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Originally Posted by travancore (Post 3483439)

I believe "Bajana State No. 4" is a Dodge of around 1924.

Correct, a few are still around. Note at this point it would be a Dodge Brothers, later being renamed Dodge. The logo also showed DB at the time.

This rather special clipping was recently shared by the Heritage Transport Museum. It shows the Maharani of Bhavnagar personally driving the Governor of Bombay. Can the car be identified?

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville (Post 3488189)

This rather special clipping was recently shared by the Heritage Transport Museum. It shows the Maharani of Bhavnagar personally driving the Governor of Bombay. Can the car be identified?

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A Mors seems to be a better fit.

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Originally Posted by travancore (Post 3488311)

A Mors seems to be a better fit.

Mr. Manvendra Singh's book identifies this car as De Dion (Page 59). The picture is complete in the book