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Old 10th May 2021, 13:14   #2671
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Re: Classic Rolls Royces in India

Shared by Syed Hashmath Kamal via the Hyderabad Pearls FB page

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Rasheed Nawab Son of Rahim Yar Jung.
Chassis no. ?

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Chassis no. ?
Attachment 2154101
There is a good possibility that it is a 1925 Phantom I, chassis 83SC, Connaught Tourer of Nawab Rasool Yar Jung. Bought second hand from Paddon Bros in 1931.

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Syedna Taher Saifuddin saheb arriving in Calcutta on 11th September 1953. The press photographer has got himself into a good aerial position. The speed of the car appears to have left the crowd behind (with some running to catch up).
Credit : the Hyderbhoy Alibhoy collection.

Which one is this ? experts !

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Re: Classic Rolls Royces in India

Rob Geelen had posted this on the RR & Bentley FB page (apologies if shared earlier)

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An early Twenty Open Tourer by Barker outside one of the Mysore palaces in India in 1924.
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Identified by Henk Gerritsen as #42-G-0 1922 Twenty Barker Tourer Maharaja of Udaipur
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Identified by Henk Gerritsen as #42-G-0 1922 Twenty Barker Tourer Maharaja of Udaipur
Yes, with registration BOM-z-6441. Photo taken before the Mysore Palace Gates (demonstrator days ?)
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Yes, with registration BOM-z-6441. Photo taken before the Mysore Palace Gates (demonstrator days ?)
Wonder if the car is superimposed in this picture? Just a thought, since the image is heavily touched up anyway.
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Wonder if the car is superimposed in this picture?
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Here is the original from the Illustrated London News, Feb 23, 1924. Yes, it was the first levitating R-R.
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Re: Classic Rolls Royces in India

This was India bound in March 2021,

Chassis no. ?

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A car we have seen before, 1920 Silver Ghost 50PE, with its second Indian body by Bithal & Nago,

History as quoted by Bonhams:
"Copy chassis cards on file show that 'PE50' was on test on 25th September 1920 having been ordered by one T W Hunt for bodying with limousine coachwork by Watson. It is believed that '50PE' spent some time in Canada before being exported in 1932 to India and re-bodied there by the firm of Bithal & Nago of Hazaribagh in the state of Jharkhand. Bithal & Nago (possibly Bethal & Nalgo) were coachbuilders to the Indian nobility, and 'PE50' belonged to a Mr Tootoo, Imam of Hazaribagh. There is a letter on file, written in April 1982 by the renowned Rolls-Royce historian John M Fasal to C Horsley Esq, Chairman of the Arabian Aviation Corporation and the car's then owner, asking for information about the coachbuilder."

Courtesy and more pictures here:https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27194/lot/10/

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This was India bound in March 2020,
Chassis no. ?
Likely a GAJ-Series car. Registration YH4527 was chassis GAJ11.

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A car we have seen before, 1920 Silver Ghost 50PE, with its second Indian body by Bithal & Nago,

Bithal & Nago (possibly Bethal & Nalgo) were coachbuilders to the Indian nobility, and 'PE50' belonged to a Mr Tootoo, Imam of Hazaribagh.
I really wonder about this Bithal & Nago part - Tootoo Imam lived in Hazaribagh and I wonder if he himself built this body ages back. It doesn't look like the work of an experienced coachbuilder if I may say so, plus the plate on the dash is clearly hand etched.
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This was India bound in March 2021, Chassis no. ?
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Seems to be GYK12. 1927 by Thrupp & Maberly. The advertisement is from Prewarcar. More pictures on the Coachbuild Forum:
https://coachbuild.com/forum/viewtop...=2665&start=20
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Re: Classic Rolls Royces in India

Another picture of UPG 9192.

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R-R 20/25 Chassis GSR26 by Hooper. Exhibited at the Paris Salon and bought by the Maharaja of Kashmir.

The side view is courtesy Rob Geelen, (Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars FB). The photos of the car at Delhi and Talcher have been seen before.

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The car is a 20/25; chassis GLZ17. Very much alive in the Bhogilal collection.
This picture of MSZ 1368 with his grandfather, was recently shared by Mr. Suhail Shekhani, and subsequently identified as ex-Travancore chassis #GLZ17, by our friend Karl.

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This RR was sold to Mr. John Sims of American express, who wanted to take the car out, but couldn't because of ban on exports, he further sold it to Mr. Bhogilal in 1979
Picture and info credit : Mr. Suhail Shekhani

Classic Rolls Royces in India-msz-1368-glz17.jpg

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Re: Classic Rolls Royces in India

Just saw this car , being restored at a prominent workshop

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Seems to be GYK12. 1927 by Thrupp & Maberly. The advertisement is from Prewarcar. More pictures on the Coachbuild Forum:
https://coachbuild.com/forum/viewtop...=2665&start=20
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