[travancore]

Originally Posted by harit

In 1953, The Automobile magazine of India reported about The First Indian National Motorcycle Speed Record being set up by Shanker Ramanan at the Yelahanka Airfield near Bangalore.
The bike he used was a 1000 CC Vincent

Originally Posted by KPS

My father recollects Shanker Ramanan very well. As far as he can remember he used to work in HAL. He was very well known figure for his speed records. My father has watched him practice his speed runs.

Here are two snippets from the Vincent Owners Club "Riders Roll of Honour".

The biography indicates that Shanker's Rapide was a factory custom built "Special".

Also, that after his death (trying to break records), it was eventually bought by Patrick Godet of Egli-Vincent fame. So it is very likely that the magnificent machine still survives.

As an aside, both Royal Enfield and Vincent brands are now owned by Eicher (is that true) ?

Jaguar, Land Rover, R-E, Vincent........I think India can take on a few more Burra Sahib brands

[travancore]

The "Q'marri"

An interesting read on the Calcutta Motorsport scene:

http://www.kolkataonwheels.com/my-mo...ed-her-qmarri/

I wonder which the 1934 H.J.Mulliner Rolls-Royce mentioned in the article was.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by travancore

I wonder which the 1934 H.J.Mulliner Rolls-Royce mentioned in the article was.

I think they would be referring to GTZ27 which they owned, though it was a Thrupp and Maberly body.

[karlosdeville]

Can anyone shed some more light on this event and the cars featured?

[travancore]

Not pre-1965, but rather interesting. Also some American Iron in the background.

[karlosdeville]

A Volvo Amazon participating in a Himalyan rally - not sure if the MHP registration is Pune or African

[KartikeyaL]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

These pictures are supposed to be from India

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Very nice. Quite possibly India but I too cannot confirm. Could be another colony too.

Found one more picture of the same car along with another car, which might have been in India.

[travancore]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Found one more picture of the same car along with another car, which might have been in India.

Attachment 1763015

Or possibly both pictures show the same car with the body taken off for "racing" ? Interesting.

[KartikeyaL]

Originally Posted by travancore

Or possibly both pictures show the same car with the body taken off for "racing" ? Interesting.

Now when I compared the two, they pretty much look like the same car.

[travancore]

Cross-posting Jaguar XK120 (BMU-2944) with Peter Heilbron at Bombay.

[KPS]

Probably the fastest Herald ever the grace the racing circuits. Pratap Jairam's Herald, as posted in FB





As described by Pratap

In 1984 it was a herald engine , bored out to 1060 CC, had a full race cam, fully ported head and the famous split Weber carburation. Full close ratio box and LSD. 4 into 1 megaphone exhaust and had a 2 piece axle with double wishbone suspension in the rear.

Cheers

KPS

[KPS]

More pictures from Pratap Jairam's collection

Dedicated to the great Karivaradhan of Coimbatore.

Thanks to Pratap for sharing these on FB and his comments have been quoted

Headed to Sri Lanka to race...this is how we loaded the car onto the ferry to Sri Lanka from near Rameshwaram in India.

Kari and yours truly...Ford escort..k1000 84

The quickest Ambi...79 - 80

we had our fair share of controversy ..when the FMSCI had a mud flap rule for cars.

The first two seater built , I took it back to the track in 96

Datsun 510 powered spl at Sholavaram

The fruits of labour...central studios Coimbatore

Should be Sholavaram

The advancement of sport in this country ...the first formula maruti's....a lot of people should be indebted to the late Karivaradhan ..., as they grew up from here..😊...these cars were his babies.

Cheers

KPS

[ajmat]

Originally Posted by KPS

More pictures from Pratap Jairam's collection

Dedicated to the great Karivaradhan of Coimbatore.

Thanks to Pratap for sharing these on FB and his comments have been quoted

Thanks for sharing

Evo India carried a nice article dedicated to Kari written by Vicky Chandok. You can read the full article here. Very nice reading!

[KartikeyaL]

Originally Posted by terry mcgrath

Here some infos about the 883 miles Delhy-Bombay event, from Automobile Véloce (French publication) and Le Matin (Belgian newspaper)
Around September 1904, The Motor Union of Western India announced a new motorsport contest for December 1904 / January 1905, a 8-days reliability trials, not a speed event (as the maximim speed would be 30 mph).
1st day, December 26th, 1904: Delhi - Agra, 128 miles
2nd day, December 27th, 1904: Agra - Cwalior, 71 miles
3rd day, December 28th, 1904: Cwalior - Goona, 127 miles
4th day, December 29th, 1904: Goona - Sarangpur, 94 miles
5th day, December 30th, 1904: Sarangpur - Indore, 74 miles
6th day, December 31th, 1904: Indore - Dhulia, 145 miles
7th day, January 1st, 1905: Dhulia - Nasik, 97 miles
8th day, January 2nd, 1905: Nasik - Bombay, 147 miles.
The result was only for amateurs, ie each entry was to be made by the owner of the car.
From le Matin (November 1904)
Cars expected / promised : Darracq, Richard-Brasier, Bayard-Clément, de Dietrich, de Dion-Bouton, F.I.A.T., Mercedes and some british cars...

From the Graphic, February 1905, details of the motor trials and the picture of De Dietrich car, which won the Gaekwar cup.

[travancore]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

From the Graphic, February 1905, details of the motor trials and the picture of De Dietrich car, which won the Gaekwar cup.

Attachment 1827894

A larger version of the same photo. The Company used the win in advertising too!