[KPS]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Quoting Mr. Shrivardhan Kanoria

At Southern avenue, Calcutta, India (Lake side - 1969-70)

Many thanks to Mr. Shrivardhan Kanoria for sharing.

Originally Posted by travancore

According to an article from The Autocar of April 1, 1971:
The 1919 Daimler (now at the Toyota Museum)

"This is a 1919 Daimler Sedanca de Ville built for the Maharaja of Surguja. It has a 7.4L , six cylinder engine. The slats are to prevent people seeing in, as required by the rules of purdah".

Shrivardhan Kanoria shared a video from 1970 Statesman Rally with this father, Mr. Shashi Kumar Kanoria driving the 1920 Daimler Type 45, Ex-Maharaja of Surguja. Here are screen shots of the car



















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KPS

[KartikeyaL]

Cross posting

A gorgeous picture of the Rewa Daimler, which I have been told was published in National Geographic magazine from late 60's.

[KPS]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Cross posting

A gorgeous picture of the Rewa Daimler, which I have been told was published in National Geographic magazine from late 60's.

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What a beautiful car, sight for sore eyes. Wish this heritage had remained in India. Thanks for posting Kartik

The car obviously was in great shape and debunks the story that it was pulled out of the jungle by 4 elephants

Probably pictures when found


Probably the same period of the picture posted by Karthik


Source

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KPS

[travancore]

Originally Posted by KPS

What a beautiful car, sight for sore eyes. Wish this heritage had remained in India. Thanks for posting Kartik

The car obviously was in great shape and debunks the story that it was pulled out of the jungle by 4 elephants

Probably pictures when found
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KPS

The "As Found" picture I believe is a Hispano-Suiza. And not an Indian car per the crankhandle blog authors.

[KPS]

The is the Ex-Mysore DE27, which survives in Coimbatore. Preservation class!




















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KPS

[KPS]

Here are 3 previously unknown Mysore Daimler shared by John Fazal the RR Historian.

Picture taken in 1927 of an early Daimler, probable Sleeve Valve


DE27, Picture taken in 1967, at Delhi


DE27, Picture taken 1967, at Delhi


We do not believe that these cars survive.

DE36, which survives in Manjusha Museum, Dharmasthala, seen during Mysore Dasara in 1967


All pictures to the credit of John Fazal.

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KPS

[shyml]

There were at least two early sleeve valve Daimlers in Pakistan. One of these (shown here) was in Karachi, a 1914 seven seater Landaulet car reportedly was with a wealthy Parsi family of Karachi and eventually ended up as a gift to a Convent and nuns used it briefly before it was found to be inappropriate and costly to run and parked, eventually to be bought by Sheikh Mukhtar and his son Moinuddin Sh, 6'3" tall, is seen leaning against the even taller car. It was started but not restored and exported to UK and sold there circa mid 1983.

The other is a fabulous, fit for a king, car, with the family of the Nawab of Hoti, in Pakistan.

Amer Ahmad
Lahore Pakistan

[KPS]

Originally Posted by shyml

T......, eventually to be bought by Sheikh Mukhtar and his son Moinuddin Sh, 6'3" tall, is seen leaning against the even taller car. It was started but not restored and exported to UK and sold there circa mid 1983.

The other is a fabulous, fit for a king, car, with the family of the Nawab of Hoti, in Pakistan.

Amer Ahmad
Lahore Pakistan

Dear shyml,

Thank you for these wonderful pictures and story behind the car. Sheikh Mukhtar surely knew his cars. He took some great cars out of India!

Lovely Daimler, must have been a beauty in its prime.

Cheers

KPS

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by shyml

There were at least two early sleeve valve Daimlers in Pakistan. One of these (shown here) was in Karachi, a 1914 seven seater Landaulet car reportedly was with a wealthy Parsi family of Karachi and eventually ended up as a gift to a Convent and nuns used it briefly before it was found to be inappropriate and costly to run and parked, eventually to be bought by Sheikh Mukhtar and his son Moinuddin Sh, 6'3" tall, is seen leaning against the even taller car. It was started but not restored and exported to UK and sold there circa mid 1983.

Superb, thanks for sharing.

This is a well known picture of a Parsi family of Karachi. I recall the name being Icchaporia, the car does seem to match. Over to the experts to find the source and confirm.

[KPS]

This 1949 Daimler DH27, Hooper Bodied Limousine with 150 inch wheel base has been recently restored in Delhi. Car looks great

A batch of fifty DH 27 limousines were built for Daimler Hire, with bodies built by Hooper.[30] The DH 27 seated up to seven passengers and was equipped with air conditioning, a heater, and an electrically-operated partition between the passengers and the driver.[33]
Source

Car looks fantastic


The huge wheel base is seen in this side profile. The wheel base is longer than the DE36's


Single carb for DH27's. The DE27's were dual carbs.


Luxurious interiors





Daimler Pre-Selector Gear


Picture Credits to Mr. Malik

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KPS

[Peter G]

Dear KPS,
Wonderful photos of the newly restored Daimler DH27.
Would Mr Malik have details of the chassis number or body number of the car for the UK Daimler Club De and DH registrar's records?
He has no details of any DH cars for India so would be very useful to help complete the records for these fantastic cars.
Peter Grant
Sydney Australia

[KPS]

This Daimler 15 is seen from the 1985 Statesman Rally. The car was under the ownership of Partha Sadan Bose.


Picture credit Supratim Basu

The car survives in Hyderabad


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KPS

[KartikeyaL]

An early Daimler from an album of Sir Malcolm Hailey, bearing a Punjab registration number P.2, the picture is possibly from the Governor's house, Shimla.

[KPS]

Here is an early Daimler in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Received this, thanks to WhatsApp Baba



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KPS

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by vintageman

Happy end to 2017.
The Daimler on the road

Happy to see the Daimler now fully restored, and with a new identity in full white. Unfortunately most of the text in this article is too small to read.