Earliest Cars seen in India - Veteran and Edwardian

moralfibre · 8th July 2023, 23:58

Pictured here is one Mrs Cama who was the first lady to take part in an automotive competition. She drove a Wolseley from Poona to Satara and back.

I am guessing she must be from Bulldogji’s family.

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Bulldogji · 10th July 2023, 13:56

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Originally Posted by moralfibre

Pictured here is one Mrs Cama who was the first lady to take part in an automotive competition. She drove a Wolseley from Poona to Satara and back.

You are correct, a very mechanically minded lady

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She could strip and reassemble an engine without hesitation and drove with the confidence that she could get her car going, whenever it failed to proceed.

travancore · 10th July 2023, 22:35

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Originally Posted by moralfibre

Pictured here is one Mrs Cama who was the first lady to take part in an automotive competition.
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moralfibre · 10th July 2023, 23:41

A very early Peugeot:

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And the first Napier imported to India:

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moralfibre · 11th July 2023, 01:27

A Wolseley 16-20hp traveling through India:

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Members of the staff at BMC

(Bombay Motor Car Co. Ltd). Nice shirts!

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karlosdeville · 17th February 2025, 11:50

Can the experts identify this veteran in Mhow?

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arun1100 · 18th February 2025, 00:08

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville

I think this picture was shared earlier somewhere - the car is the 1903 Humberette of the Mallya collection.

Karl, are you aware about the current status of these Veteran and Edwardian cars of Mallya? Hope they are safe and maintained well to this date.

manishalive · 27th March 2025, 22:17

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Can the experts identify this veteran in Mhow?

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The first car was bought by Mr. Foster and that was a 1897 Daimler motor carriage (Phoenix car, 4 hp)

https://mercedes-benz-publicarchive....xhtml?oid=5983

Below Picture is from above link

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Could this be the car in question?

Below picture is from the book Vintage cars which was given to me in the late 80's the lower right picture is of the similar car

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By the way Mhow is Indore and near Pithampur. And it is where Crompton Greaves factory is situated, could not find out when it was established.

Well I am just trying to connect the dots. I am not sure and open to correction.

karlosdeville · 9th April 2025, 10:01

An early car in Assam - maybe a Renault?

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moralfibre Team-BHP Support Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: MH-12 Posts: 8,562 Thanked: 14,451 Times	Re: Earliest Cars seen in India - Veteran and Edwardian A Wolseley 16-20hp traveling through India: Members of the staff at BMC (Bombay Motor Car Co. Ltd). Nice shirts!
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karlosdeville Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 12,144 Thanked: 18,964 Times View My Garage	Re: Earliest Cars seen in India - Veteran and Edwardian An early car in Assam - maybe a Renault?
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