[KartikeyaL]

Though Jaipur has a sizable number of vintage and classic cars, the drive's were not happening, with most cars coming out just once in the year during the annual rally, very few cars were exercised regularly, except the ones which are rented out for weddings, etc.

In September 2018, a bunch of us decided to change this and formed a whats-app group and decided to go for at-least one Sunday drive every month.

We added many people who would be interested, but eventually we have members from just 8 families, which together own a good number of cars which include restored cars and many projects.

Our little group is called the "Jaipur Classic car Drives".

Over the last one year we have had some 20+ drives, will be sharing a few pictures from each drive, but they will have some regulars cars repeatedly.

For the very 1st drive on 30th September 2018, we decided to assemble at the Statue circle in Jaipur, which is convenient to all, many of us had known each other for a while, and some were meeting for the first time ever.

We had 1 bike and 6 cars in attendance

At the statue circle




Drive



At Narain Niwas Palace out stop for the breakfast








1st picture of the group together


With the cars

[KartikeyaL]

2nd drive 7.10.2018

We assembled at the Amar Jawan memorial...



...went for a short drive...




...and stopped for a photo shoot



Finally reached chaisa, a small eatery owned by a friend for breakfast



Drive no. 3 (21st October 2018)

Our group got featured in the DNA newspaper


By now we decided that we will always try to assemble at Statue circle so other people know where to find us for sure on Sunday mornings.


Some pictures of the drive, we had 2 bikes, 7 cars and 1 Jeep this time.





Photo-op


And at our breakfast joint





Group picture

[KartikeyaL]

We had no drive in November 2018 because of festivals, traveling, etc.


Some pictures of our drives from 23.12.2018 (Last for the year)

We decided to visit the workshop of Mr. Kapur








13th January 2019

We drove to the historic Albert hall museum











20th January 2019

[KartikeyaL]

Republic day drive (26th January 2019)

This was a fun drive, with the national flag flying high, we also ran into the other groups of bikers and Jeeps.














We had no drives during February as Cartier was fast approaching and almost all of us had a car or bike participating.


Drive on 10.03.19









Another fun drive on 17.03.2019

[KartikeyaL]

Fantastic drive on 31.03.2019

We had 3 Ford Model A's and a Ford V8 91A convertible sedan among others.











Drive on 07.04.2019

Just 2 cars turned up with the Rajasthan heat getting unbearable.





We had a break of almost 50 days between our two drives, largely due to the heat and the summer holidays.


Drive on 26.05.19












Just 4 cars turned up on our drive on 29.06.19

[KartikeyaL]

Ride/Drive on 14th July 2019

Just 2 cars, but the star of the day was my dad's 1976 Yezdi B Type, which I recently bought back, restored and surprised him with, it was also International Jawa and Yezdi day, so one more reason to take her out.







Drive on 21.07.2019








Drive on 28.07.2019

We were getting very low turnout, monsoon was a major reason, just 2 cars turned up.







Drive on 4.08.2019

Just two cars






Drive on 18.08.2019

Again just two cars

[KartikeyaL]

Drive on 01.09.2019

This was a great drive, almost 50 Kms return journey to a members farm house, with almost full attendance, we enjoyed the cool weather, the drive, played cricket, swam and even cooked.
















Drive on 08.09.2019

Another great drive, we went to a different venue for breakfast, this one was special for me as my Rover was back on road after a long time.










Our group picture with customized T-shirts


Yours truly

[KartikeyaL]

Drive on 29.09.2019






These two cars the Mercury and the Wolseley made their debut after restoration.







Drive on 6.10.2019

Another great drive












Also took the opportunity to get these girls in a frame together for the 1st time ever.

[aah78]

Note from Support: Thread moved from the Assembly Line to the Vintage & Classics in India section. Thanks for sharing!

[KPS]

Wonderful Karthik that you have started to do these drives. You have everything going for you at Jaipur. Great city, lovely places to visit for your longer drives and the great mix of cars.

Jaipur seems to favour blue, so we need to rename Jaipur to "Pink City with Blue V&C Cars"

With so many tourers, guess summers will remain a challenge. Nice to see so many different types of cars in these drives.

Keep driving.

Cheers

KPS

[Tgo]

I am usually leaving the city to get to my place of work on a Sunday morning. I saw one of the cars featured here (the golden impala) near Sodala and followed it till Rambag Circle at a slow pace. It was lovely to see a car of this vintage looking brand new. A very well kept / restored car indeed. Hats off to you all for starting these drives. A treat to the eye every now and then.

[C.ARPIT]

Excellent job Kartik ji. Kudos to the effort taken for putting this thread together!

[KartikeyaL]

Originally Posted by KPS

Jaipur seems to favour blue, so we need to rename Jaipur to "Pink City with Blue V&C Cars"

Cheers
KPS

Haha, you are right too many blue cars here.

Originally Posted by Tgo

I am usually leaving the city to get to my place of work on a Sunday morning. I saw one of the cars featured here (the golden impala) near Sodala and followed it till Rambag Circle at a slow pace.

Stop over next time for a chat.

Originally Posted by C.ARPIT

Excellent job Kartik ji. Kudos to the effort taken for putting this thread together!

Great to see you here C.ARPIT, looking forward to many more drives with your great cars.

[yesyeswe]

Didn't know these cars existed in jaipur and too in running condition! I would love to see the cars in person next time you organize a ride, is there a way to know beforehand?

[C.ARPIT]

Originally Posted by yesyeswe

Didn't know these cars existed in jaipur and too in running condition! I would love to see the cars in person next time you organize a ride, is there a way to know beforehand?

We assemble at Statue Circle on almost all Sundays around 8 am. Please come over sometime. It would be lovely to have a chat.