[karlosdeville]

An interesting account of Subhash Sharma and his 4 friends who rode 67,000 miles across the world on 2 Enfield Bullets. A fascinating account!

https://www.madornomad.com/the-first...und-the-world/

[karlosdeville]

An interesting French special visiting Calcutta in 1966. Can anyone tell us more about the car and driver?



EDIT - The caption simply reads "Seen in the picture is French Lady driver...."

[karlosdeville]

A study tour across India on a Royal Enfield Bullet, Madras registration

[karlosdeville]

In May 1958 the WIAA magazine covered this article on Robert Kingsbury riding from London to New Zealand on a Lambretta LD. He is seen here in Bombay.

[karlosdeville]

The Thwaites family in a Hillman Husky station wagon driving from England to Australia. Seen here passing through Bombay.

[karlosdeville]

In 1953 the uncle-nephew combination of Dawoodbhai Ebrahim Ghadialy and his nephew Esufbhai Jafferbhai Ghadialy bought a new Morris Minor in London, and drove back to Bombay, covering over 15,000 miles.

[karlosdeville]

Over 20 years ago a British lady bought an early Fiat Millecento (1954) in Bangalore and drove to England.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by travancore

courtesy: "Winning in India"

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Three trucks overland from Geneva to Bombay, 1955.

They were joined in Istanbul by D.R.D. Tata (JRD's brother)

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Shared by Tata Group

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Detailed coverage on the Tata Mercedes trucks overland tour from Geneva to Bombay

[karlosdeville]

In 1929 this Studebaker competed in a Calcutta to Bombay run organized by the WIAA.

[karlosdeville]

A Mercedes 170D that is seen driving across Europe - it eventually came down to Bombay, I remember a local magazine article on the trip - can anyone find it?

[karlosdeville]

Here is an interesting set of photos from 8 enterprising riders who rode 4 Bajaj scooters from Pune to Nepal in 1987.

The route taken was Pune, Akola, Nagpur, Orissa, Bhubaneswar, Kharagpur, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Nepal, UP, Bhedaghat, Aurangabad, Pune. The riders were Dhadfale brothers, Parshuram Deshpande, Dr. Chavan, Dr. Parag Mankikar, Yogesh Shah, Milind Kelkar.

Thanks to Rajeev Paranjpe for sharing this with us.

[karlosdeville]

A 1954 Opel stationwagon from Germany seen on an expedition in India. The text on the side reads 'Paul Hartlmaier India Expedition'.

[karlosdeville]

A 1931 expedition from Lahore to London in a 1926 Armstrong Siddeley over 73 days

[travancore]

A Swiss Ford in Bombay. Seems to have been owned by Annemarie Schwarzenbach

[karlosdeville]

In 1956 representatives of the All India Motor Union Congress drove 16,500 miles from India to Sweden in an Ashok Leyland Comet bus.