[Bulldogji]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Indeed! She looks fantastic, and so well preserved. Occassional seats plus partition - does she have royal provenance? Forgive my ignorance, but would this be a DB18? From which year?

What are these controls for? Are they to do with the Pre-Selector?

Karl,
The two knobs pointed out by you are the horn buttons, one for soft and the other for loud
The gear change lever for the pre selector is on the right hand side of the steering wheel.

[vintageman]

Originally Posted by Bulldogji

Very interesting Daimler. Any idea why there is an arrangement for three fan belts?
Does the pre select transmission function? needs a bit of TLC though, hope the owner gives it the care she deserves .

Yes sir , the pre select transmission does work , I hope I will do justice to the restoration, which will commence later this year and will be a minimal affair ( just to make the car mechanically reliable and change the seats to original green leather ) . I am trying to source the manuals for the car , once I have them in hand will answer the other queries, though, as per the previous owner who had the car for 64 years the extra fan belt was a standby in case the primary fan belt failed but more likely the power transmission requirement and reliability of the car were the factors which necessitated the use of mutiple belts. Actually in industrial application there are very motors which utilise single belts.

Regards
Chauhan

[vintageman]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Indeed! She looks fantastic, and so well preserved. Occassional seats plus partition - does she have royal provenance? Forgive my ignorance, but would this be a DB18? From which year?

What are these controls for? Are they to do with the Pre-Selector?

Hello Karl,

Yes the car is a fantastic - I would not call it a find , as I understand quite a few people knew about it's existence but I think about 15 years back it just dropped below the horizon and people forgot about it.

The car is a LQ3 20 (HP) Limousine.

Regards
Paritosh Chauhan

[vintageman]

Another one in the wild west, this one was a difficult car to identify :


the difficulty lay in the 3rd photograph -

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by vintageman

Another one in the wild west, this one was a difficult car to identify :


the difficulty lay in the 3rd photograph -

I would say Studebaker/Erskine or Hudson/Essex? And is the engine a Chevy unit? Rare being a hardtop.

[commonman]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

I would say Studebaker/Erskine or Hudson/Essex? And is the engine a Chevy unit? Rare being a hardtop.

On a closer look,that structure is built around the car!. Height of laziness!!!

[KartikeyaL]

Originally Posted by vintageman

Another one in the wild west, this one was a difficult car to identify :


the difficulty lay in the 3rd photograph -

Bumper blade's will be the most important clue, I think !!
Maybe a Morris ?

[karlosdeville]

A friend chanced upon the remains of this Dodge bus while passing through UP. This style of body was introduced in the 1930s, much before the era of the truck. Most body building trends for commercial vehicles (especially busses) still show WW2 cues and technology.

[shashanka]

Originally Posted by vintageman

Well, I have been going around UP locating and sourcing cars in way out places..........[url=http://img482.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image0112is0.jpg][IMG]

Hello Vintageman,

Sorry for the delay in finding you out in this huge forum! - I have just joined a year ago (Jan '14) and am still learning the ropes of negotiating through the labyrinthine by-lanes of TBHP!

First off Capt. Sa'b, good day to you from another mariner. I am a marine engineer, recently retired after 35 years in blue water sailing (last was a 10 yr stint in Mitsui's car carrier fleet) and a further 6 yrs in offshore sailing - and no, I never joined any shore set-up, basically because I am not cut-out for the office!

Now, please accept my deepest appreciation and congratulations - for having such a fabulous additional occupation (restoration of vintages & classics) as well as farming!

I have been living in Lucknow for the past 20 years - since '95 - and it is my misfortune that I never met you in all these years. If I had, then perhaps my life may - just may! - have taken a different turn.

Like most of us in this forum, I too have been a dedicated gearhead from the time when, as a school boy in the late fifties, I would see a 1.5 L (or was it a 2.5 L ?) Jaguar with wire wheels, sea-green in colour, driving on the roads of Allahabad where I grew up. It was owned by an acquaintance of the family, a certain Bhagwan Bhaiyya, and that is all I knew about him! I wonder where that great car is today.

I also remember seeing a Hispano Suiza (an H6B I think) with fabric top, on the roads of Lucknow around the chowk area in '68-'69, when I was doing my Inter Science from Christ Church College. This was before I went out into the larger world, having joined DMET and starting my sea career! That Hispano would be worth a fortune today by anyone's reckoning, wouldn't it?

My congratulations once again and my best wishes to you in your efforts to save these spectacular bits of history.

Shashanka

[vintageman]

Dear Shahanka,

Welcome to the forum. Thank you for the nice write up , I could do this because I stay in Lucknow.

Apologies for the delayed response, I do not have regular access to the net.

As they say, it's never too late - to own a vintage car.

I will be back in Lucknow end May, you are welcome to visit any time .

Regards
Chauhan

[vintageman]

Another one that was in UP till a few days back

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by vintageman

Another one that was in UP till a few days back

'guess this is the first time am seeing an old truck in India with the doors still intact! :P

[vintageman]

Bonnet missing in lieu.

Government property so things disappear while the gate remains locked

[vintageman]

Some more local cars , an identification of the first car would be appreciated.

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by vintageman

Some more local cars , an identification of the first car would be appreciated.

First car seems to be an Austin 7? It's the third one I can't place.