[AKV10]

Hi all,
Saw this 2 door roadster in the song Pehli Baar Mile Hain from Saajan (1991) and couldn't quite figure out what it was. Looks like a Miata or a Porsche 914 from the front and a Fiat X19 from the rear. Anyone knows what it could be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMPpNH5YSB0 (watch from 4:22)

[anjan_c2007]

Originally Posted by AKV10

Looks like a Miata or a Porsche 914 from the front and a Fiat X19 from the rear. Anyone knows what it could be?

Looks like a locally and crudely fabricated product from a Maruti 800 SS 80. Quite a few films of the era had such odd and weird looking fabricated sports cars.

[AKV10]

Originally Posted by anjan_c2007

Looks like a locally and crudely fabricated product from a Maruti 800 SS 80. Quite a few films of the era had such odd and weird looking fabricated sports cars.

Oh ya, never thought of that. Thanks for the info . Looks pretty good to me considering it was made from an 800. Are there any more details about these kits/who made them? Would love to learn more about it.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by AKV10

Hi all,
Saw this 2 door roadster in the song Pehli Baar Mile Hain from Saajan (1991) and couldn't quite figure out what it was. Looks like a Miata or a Porsche 914 from the front and a Fiat X19 from the rear. Anyone knows what it could be?

Agreed, looks to be locally made. The registration number is also seen on a Fiat Spyder from Maine Pyaar Kiya.

[karlosdeville]

Jeete Hain Shaan Se (1987)

A 1955 Dodge Kingsway sedan is seen in an action scene at Bandstand, Bandra.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

The movie 'Aar Paar' has a BMT registered 1948 Chevrolet Fleetmaster taxi featuring throughout the movie. Towards the end there is a chase scene with a 1947/48 Buick convertible, BMZ registered, in hot pursuit.

Another still from Aar Paar showing an Austin being worked on at a workshop.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

From the movie Anupama

A 1940s Studebaker convertible
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A still from the movie Anupama showing the Studebaker convertible.

[karlosdeville]

'Raton Ka Raja' (1970)
Thanks to Stanher for the find.

A rare catch - a Nash Metropolitan. I know of 2 surviving, this might be a third. It seems to have a small crest on the door too.




A 1954 Dodge Kingsway cabrio


A 1950s Ford station wagon. I think we have seen this car in multiple films but I cannot place which.


A Ford Consul/Zephyr?


A 1958 Chevrolet - maybe Biscayne or Bel Air?


A Morris 8 Tourer


A pair of Chevrolet military CMP trucks

[karlosdeville]

Nayakam, 1987 (Tamil)

A Bedford police van


A Hillman Minx following a Morris Minor


A 1930s Vauxhall sedan


1956 Plymouth Belvedere


The car in the foreground maybe a large Fiat or Simca? To the right is a 1960 Chevy Impala, a Ford Consul, Morris Minor, Citroen Dyane, Standard Herald and Buick Eight.


1947/48 Buick Eight



A choptop 1963 (?) Chevy Impala.


Bajaj Tempo Hanseat.

[Sanidhya mukund]

Spotted in a 1992 Malayalam film. The protagonist’s Tata Estate passed by what looks to be a 1950s/60s Standard Pennant Station wagon. Quite a rare sight to see two Indian made Estates in the same frame. Interestingly, the Standard would have been the same age in the Movie as the Tata Estate would be at present:

[V-16]

To bump an old thread and a topic close to my heart, trying to revive this discussion.
So coming back to Bollywood and their cars, Sanjeev Kumar aka Haribhai Jariwala had some good cars. From a White Bay window VW Microbus (which almost every actor/actress worth their salt had to have - and which are now replaced by Vanity vans) to an automatic beetle ( he had two one was manual) to a Karman Ghia (also automatic). He also had a whote W115 MHY something a 200 petrol which was his chauffeured run about. SK also had a beautiful W108 which he bought a little later and was very attached to it. Besides that a white Fiat, a President with a/c fitted from starline motors also was his pride .
Pran: was the only other person besides Hema Malini who owned Volvos. Pran had two. Hema had one. The Deol family always loved Macho things and were always partial to SUVs, in particular the Range Rover, which they own a few of even today.

As time moves on preferences change. From the Buick to the Impala to the Mercedes to the Pajero to the Land Cruiser to the Bentley and recently to the Maybach both SUV and Sedan and the Range Rover. Vehicles change with taste.

[karlosdeville]

Maqaar (1986)

A Ford Capri is seen

[karlosdeville]

Chhailla Babu (1977)

A lot of interesting action sequences in this Rajesh Khanna Zeenat Aman starrer.

The movie opens with a robbery scene, where the bank's cash van is an early Standard 20 van with a high roof body.


Bad guys get away in a Jeep FC van - a rare sight today.


Baddie Ranjit's personal Plymouth Barracuda is seen in one scene - the car survives in Bombay.


A Fiat 1300 / 1500 (does anyone know how to identify?)


A row of American minibusses - once a fixture in all Bollywood movies.


Bombay traffic scenes showing an old Matador.


Yusuf 'Zebisco' Khan with a red 1960s VW Beetle


A pair of different Premier President 'Safari' station wagon taxis. One has a Starline body.



A 1961 Ford Fairlane is featured prominently in many scenes. Starting off in good condition, it is battered through out and ultimately destroyed.



This Ford Zephyr (?) Station wagon meets a similar fate. It was also seen in the movie 'Don'.


A 1960 Ford Thunderbird 'Squarebird' is seen - a rare sight. Unfortunately also destroyed.





The beach chase scene is a must, where the Zephyr wagon is chasing the Fairlane. A nice MG TC is seen, which gets caught in the crossfire.



A 1961 Chevrolet Impala is also destroyed, in the most novel fashion.




A pair of 'half' Citroen Traction Avants are seen - just the front halves are used, and the choice of this model of car is probably the fact that they're front wheel drive and can hence be driven as is. We saw these same cars in the movie 'Five Rifles'

[karlosdeville]

Kaanch Aur Heera (1972)

A Mark 1 Standard Herald is seen in Mysore.

[karlosdeville]

Khoon Kharaba (1980)

The first chase sequence shows a 1960 Chevy Impala Flattop panoramic glass model



In some scenes it switches to a 1960 Chevrolet Biscayne regular glass model.



A workshop scene, advertising the new Ambassador Mark 3


Note the brand new car with yellow temporary plate.


Maybe a Mercedes 170V?


Another 1960 Chevy Biscayne


A rare 1958 Chevrolet coupe (Bel Air?)



I cannot identify this American sedan


A large Fiat 1800 (?) that gets destroyed.