[KPS]

Originally Posted by vintageman

Hello ,

It is a Hillman Eight.

Regards

If I recollect right you had mentioned about the existence of this car in the past. It is amazing that you could identify this car is such a condition. Just curious to know how you went about identify such a rare car because there would been so little known?

Cheers

[vintageman]

Hello KPS ,

Easy - when I first saw the car it still had the body and agency detail plates.

Regards
Chauhan

[dhrishikesh]

Spotted this Mahindra CJ3B (with L-Head/F-head (?) Hurricane Petrol Engine) rotting to earth on the backside of Indian Government's Dept. of Revenue office; in one of the by-lanes of Ranade Road, Dadar (West).
Its registration seems to be MMC 9821, which has been painted on all its wheels.
Feeling really sad to see this monster kept like this by our Government. The guards in the office told me that this Jeep has been rotting here since almost last 9-10 years. Really a very pitty site.

[wasif]

Originally Posted by vintageman

Hello KPS ,

Easy - when I first saw the car it still had the body and agency detail plates.

Regards
Chauhan

Do you have any picturs of it as it was when you first saw it...or could you even describe its body for us

[anjan_c2007]

Sighted this 1974 Standard Gazel. It has come for repairs to a workshop.

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by anjan_c2007

Sighted this 1974 Standard Gazel. It has come for repairs to a workshop.

Why has this car now landed in this thread??

[Ravindra M]

Found in a garage in Koramangala 1st block. Not for sale.

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by Ravindra M

Found in a garage in Koramangala 1st block. Not for sale.

This is a Standard Pennant, same colour combo as mine! 'looks like a restoration project abandoned midway!

PS: any chance of getting some parts off it, like the side-trims, door handles etc?

[sreejeshmp]

For the last 12 years I feel sad at one place on the road between Thalassery and Mahi (Kerala) I tried to get the details of this LR Defender 90 but no luck.

[cadaver_prad]

Its really a sad sight to see the LR defender in that state. Don't really think its restorable anymore . RIP

[IQBAL VEERJI]

Originally Posted by dhrishikesh

Spotted this Mahindra CJ3B (with L-Head/F-head (?) Hurricane Petrol Engine) rotting to earth on the backside of Indian Government's Dept. of Revenue office; in one of the by-lanes of Ranade Road, Dadar (West).
Its registration seems to be MMC 9821, which has been painted on all its wheels.
Feeling really sad to see this monster kept like this by our Government. The guards in the office told me that this Jeep has been rotting here since almost last 9-10 years. Really a very pitty site.

Boss it must be MMG and not MMC because MMC belonged to scooters and motorcycles of 1975/76 years and MMG was introduced in 1972 for Light Motor Vehicles. Regards.....

[IQBAL VEERJI]

Originally Posted by Ravindra M

Found in a garage in Koramangala 1st block. Not for sale.

The engine is not original one , it looks to be OHC with AC compressor etc .Pls correct me if I am wrong

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by IQBAL VEERJI

The engine is not original one , it looks to be OHC with AC compressor etc .Pls correct me if I am wrong

It looks like the engine wasnt fitted to this car but just dumped there, considering this car is just being used as a shelf/storehouse!!

[mycarhasablower]

Originally Posted by Stanher

This is a Standard Pennant, same colour combo as mine! 'looks like a restoration project abandoned midway!

PS: any chance of getting some parts off it, like the side-trims, door handles etc?

Barely a pennant. except for the body rest is all contessa. The differential, wheels , engine, front subframe with the suspension
if the guys selling it in parts , i am sure i could find a use for the differential

[vivekgk]

Originally Posted by anjan_c2007

The real thing is here for us to see and then offer our opinions.I am sure many have been anxious to know how M&M ventured into this one at a time when petrol prices were spiralling! I found the door latches matching with the Premier Padmini (Kurla to Kandivili) and the rear number plate light borrowed from the Ambassador Mark 3 (Uttarpara to Kandivili). The tail light is from the CJ4A/500D and so are the orange rear indiicators. The steering wheel is from the CJ4A/500D and so is the button that had a silver and red plate with Mahindra written on it. The meters and switches are all from the CJ4A/500D.The colours and letters from the horn button are now gone.
BUT THE GREATEST SURPRISE???? Is the letter "W" from Willys on the bonnet chrome ornamentation!
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The plate says NC670. NCs were pick-up trucks. I think what we have here is an old pickup which has had a body built by some garage. Those lines are too straight and crude to be from a production car.