[esteem_lover]

Originally Posted by bottle

the black car in the last pic next to the gypsy ?

Looks like a plymouth to me.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by bottle

can someone please id the cars in the first pic and also the black car in the last pic next to the gypsy ?

The black beauty is a 63 Chevy Impala.

[V-16]

Originally Posted by bottle

can someone please id the cars in the first pic and also the black car in the last pic next to the gypsy ?

Fantastic pics and thanks for sharing them Supremebaleno
First Pic: Chevrolet Fleetmaster and Desoto

In the Last Pic is that a Fiat in red next to the gypsy?

Lovely Studebaker next to the white Heckflosse (fintail) Merc. and does the owner of the E Type go by the name Dr.******* of Bangalooru?

[nitrous]

Originally Posted by gogiji

and does the owner of the E Type go by the name Dr.******* of Bangalooru?

No doctor.
A well known business family for decades in India.

[V-16]

Originally Posted by [B

Nitrous Saheb Saar Anna[/b] 510396]No doctor.
A well known business family for decades in India.

Thank you Ji. My mistake. Even that guy wears cowboy hats but looks much younger and is also taller. But i thought might as well give it a shot. You are most Kind. MaheeJi Much Obliged Saar.

[pjbiju]

Thanks for sharing such great pictures (including that of Nitro ) with us. Would be really nice, if someone could add the car details below each picture. That would educate people like me who do not have much idea about the vintage cars.

I have also managed to miss the rally consistently every year in Pune (always saw it in the papers on the next day).

[slipstream]

those school grounds were once stomped on by yours truly....pity i missed it

[nitrous]

OT:

Originally Posted by slippy

those school grounds were once stomped on by yours truly....pity i missed it

U're from DB?? Wow!!

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by V-16

First Pic: Chevrolet Fleetmaster and Desoto

Uh, I cant really make them out in the first pic. (ie. the shot of all the line-up with the school ground/building )
I guess the turquoise MDN car is a chevy (can see the logo on the front)....which one is the Desoto??

In the Last Pic is that a Fiat in red next to the gypsy?

Yes sir(ji)! thats a Fiat 500C, aka bug fiat....IMHO the wheels would've looked better in silver if you didnt have hubcaps to go with them..
That reminds me- how bout some updates on your Fiat 1100 in that other thread??

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by Stanher

IMHO the wheels would've looked better in silver if you didnt have hubcaps to go with them.

The body coloured wheels are factory specification. Im positive.

[Stanher]

Hmm...I guess the fiatwala has to be right in this regard! :P

But wait, I've a book on classic cars & it shows what looks like a period photo of a black 500c with GREY/SILVER rims.....maybe it was a custom paint job?

[karlosdeville]

Well this is my grandmothers 500C in original paint. Hope that settles it.

It just maybe that some cars were offered with ivory/cream wheels.

[pjbiju]

Originally Posted by slipstream

those school grounds were once stomped on by yours truly....pity i missed it

Even I did my first computer literacy course at DB, Egmore during the summer holidays of 91. We in fact even stayed at the school itself for close to 2 months. Boy, was it hot then - we would take a shower and come out sweating

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Well this is my grandmothers 500C in original paint. Hope that settles it.

It just maybe that some cars were offered with ivory/cream wheels.

Yea got you.....just to clarify, I was referring to the grey/silver rims as custom paint job.

[n_aditya]

Originally Posted by pjbiju

Boy, was it hot then - we would take a shower and come out sweating

Now you sweat while you shower. Its getting hotter every year.