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The landaulette style would have been patronised primarily by heads of state, I'd assume, so their "subjects" could have a good look as they drove by in a procession? I wonder if any non-royals/state head would have bought such cars. Thanks for the picture of the second T&M car. Last edited by DKG : 11th July 2008 at 14:03. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Ahh so after all I am not the only nutcase to plan a toilet in the camper I am building. This guy had it in his limousine!!! This is something ![]() BTW can't quite figure out the second device you refer to. What is it? One RR for India did have a toilet bowl installed right? And another had a wash basin? Last edited by DKG : 11th July 2008 at 14:45. |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() Some more interesting anecdotes from Harit. Quote:
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() I know of three 1947s. I know two to be Silver Wraiths, one of them a LWB, previously belonging to one of my friends and sold to someone at Rajkot. I have been told it is undergoing restoration at Indore. The other was a SWB, off white coloured, used to be parked at Madhuli building at worli belonging to a relative of the Singhanias. This was also sold off to a collector in Calcutta. The third which I believe to be another wraith of the same era was being restored in Navnit motors a while ago. I saw it apart being restored so I believe it to be a late 40's Wraith. Then there was Adi Dubash's mothers car an early 40's, cream coloured, which was bought by a very close friend and parked behind panels in an obscure shop at chor bazar for want of documents. That car sadly, was exported out of the country for a handsome sum a few years ago. One Landaulette coupe I remember seeing in Delhi in Hanuman road. Bought by my cousin's neighbour for a song from somewhere in Rajasthan, this Maroon and Black coupe was something else. I remember "Kuku Uncle", as we fondly called him, showing us the car and letting us sit in it around early 80's. I have not seen it hence. Anyone have an Idea re the whereabouts of any of these? |
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55EM 1924 S Series Hooper saloon Mayurbhanj ORM 437 118MG 1921 O Series Windovers tourer Mayurbhanj ORM 436 A shame to see chrome on 118MG and later P100 headlights on 55EM Last edited by Julian UK : 11th July 2008 at 18:10. | |
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| ![]() I 'snapped' this shot at the Udaipur City Palace museum in November 1981. ![]() As I recall, the Twenty (sans radiator shutters) was the only motor vehicle in the museum at the time. Next to it was a placard describing the car as "Rolls-Royce Model, Body by Malter, Body by Humber"! ![]() My curiosity aroused, after first making sure that nobody was looking I stepped over the surrounding barrier and surreptitiously lifted the already unlatched offside bonnet to discover the chassis number - which turned out to be GLK21. A few minutes later I was amused ![]() Does anybody know how this Jodhpur-delivered car ended up in Udaipur? Last edited by Rehaan : 13th July 2008 at 00:48. Reason: Formatting tags removed. |
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| ![]() Our next car in the list of Phantom IIIs in India is 3BU76. This chassis left the factory on 31 December 1936 (the last of the '1936' cars!), and had engine T18H and E type steering. It had been designated for use in India. On 15 January 1937 the chassis was sent from the RR London depot at Lille Hall to the coachbuilders Barker & Co. Barker built a sedanca de ville on the chassis, fitted with a spare wheel to each side. The car was finished in pale blue with silver-paint side panels. The upholstery was in blue leather to the front and blue cloth to the rear; it had side-facing occasional seats, and black Purdah glass to the rear windows. The interior was "lavishly equipped". The car was registered with English number DYK487, and was delivered on 24 June 1937 (5 months in the building!). On 25 September it was shipped to Bombay on the ss "Cathay", so it may have been used in England for a few months. The order for the car was placed with Barker & Co. by the Maharaja Sir Man Singhi Bahadur II of Jaipur (21 August 1911 - 24 June 1970); he was the 38th Maharaja and succeeded on 7 September 1922. Other RRs and Bentleys I know that he owned were: Silver Ghost 33AU (Barker tourer), Twenty GAK60 (Barker tourer), Bentley 3.5 B174FB (Barker coupe), Bentley Mark VI B199AJ and Bentley R Type B218UM. It seems the car was sent to England when the Maharaja died; it was put up for auction in London on 4 November 1970 (but did not sell at a bid of 2,900 pounds), described as in totally original condition with 20,000 miles on it. The car was then for sale by a couple of London dealers in 1970-71 (Motor Sport Dec 1970 and July & Oct 1971). Eventually it was sold at auction at Beaulieu in July 1972. It was bought by Hon. Alan Clark (a Minister in Margaret Thatcher's government) and is believed still to be owned by his estate. The photo of the car in its original colours is from Frank Dale & Stepsons; the photo of the car repainted is from Alan Clark. |
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| ![]() Wonderful Steve, so much less funereal than many of them, I think the original paint looked better. It looks like the purdah glass has gone and the front bumper has lost its curvature. |
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Very interesting to finally see the first available photo of RR 20hp GLK21 in Udaipur back in the 80s which you posted in Preaclarum, it now had a make over albeit without radiator shutters. A warm welcome from all to the man to consult about Sri Lanka Rolls-Royces in depth. I'm sorry I can't help on the Jodphur to Udaipur transfer. Lets see.. Last edited by Julian UK : 13th July 2008 at 02:13. Reason: Kingfisher | |
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![]() Then there was a Dark Blue 1972, owned by Yours Truly's father ![]() We had the car for around 5 years till Mr Maker of Maker Constructions saw it parked in our driveway around 1978 and being a good friend of dad just asked him for the car keys. It then belonged to him The third one was a deep midnight blue, almost black one and I dont know whom it belonged to. | |
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