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Old 22nd April 2021, 08:57   #31
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Re: Remembering Bombay Cycle & Motor Agency, Opera House

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Apologize, if seen before :(

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Re: Remembering Bombay Cycle & Motor Agency, Opera House

A BCMA dealer sticker on a 1990s Padmini

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Civil & Military Gazette, Lahore; 1908
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Re: Remembering Bombay Cycle & Motor Agency, Opera House

These two ads were shared by Ash Nallawalla via the fabulous "Bombay I remember" Facebook group.

1914, Siddeley-Deasy cars
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1916, Dodge Brothers
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Also this picture, wonder where this was ?

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Something a little bit more interesting than a bullock cart getting petrol at the same location.
DKW ? ca 1937
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1914, Siddeley-Deasy cars
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I assume that Siddeley-Deasy cars evolved in to Armstrong-Siddeley, and Bombay Cycle remained agents.

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Re: Remembering Bombay Cycle & Motor Agency, Opera House

A 1937 Bombay Cycle ad selling the new Chrysler range including the Airflow

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Courtesy Ash Nallawalla and the Bombay I Remember facebook page
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From the Indian Yearbook 1942

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Re: Remembering Bombay Cycle & Motor Agency, Opera House

Here is one of the designs of the BCMA keychain from the mid 1970s - this one is with the spare keys to my 1974 car, still unused.
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By chance a similar design is seen in the 1977 movie 'Aap Ki Khatir'
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courtesy: indianhistorypics

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Lovely FIATS at BCMA, Sandhurst Bridge. Sorry id seen before!
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