[harit]

Originally Posted by FINTAIL

MYS was also a mid-Fifties registration, I believe. ..... Somewhere in the Mysore Presidency.

If I remember correctly, it was Madras Presidency and Mysore State.

Originally Posted by sabinesnubbing

Travancore, Indeed. It is the 4th Bombay series. All numbers, BOM, Z and then Y. Nice picture. Cheers Cedric

Cedric, IMHO for Bombay there were registrations starting BOM 1234, then BOM Z 1234, then BOM dropped off and continued with single alphabets till 1939. So, between BOM and Z was BOM Z.

This must be a Bengal plate, BLC 7604. Any comments?

[sabinesnubbing]

Originally Posted by harit

Cedric, IMHO for Bombay there were registrations starting BOM 1234, then BOM Z 1234, then BOM dropped off and continued with single alphabets till 1939. So, between BOM and Z was BOM Z.

This must be a Bengal plate, BLC 7604. Any comments?

Harit,
Well, I have a few photos of BOM Z numbers all of which look 20s or 30s to me. A photo of yours BOM Z 9999 is a 1932 car I believe. I have only one photo of Z on it's own - Z 39 1932 Nizam State Railway Bus.
There is also an old 1960 report without photo that Z-1200 was seen on a Hyderabad bus. However we should probably discount that I think.
There is also a report (I got on here I think) that in about 1933, all vehicles were re-registered to probably X or W I think. I have a photo of Y 2420 said to be taken in 1932.
I would have to say that from photos, There is no Z alone series and the few that existed probably just has their BOM left off?

I have BLA to BLD as the 1939 Bengal Calcutta private vehicles and then again issued to Maharashtra 79 onwards with all suffix letters.

Cheers
Cedric

[travancore]

Originally Posted by sabinesnubbing

Harit,
There is also a report (I got on here I think) that in about 1933, all vehicles were re-registered to probably X or W I think. I have a photo of Y 2420 said to be taken in 1932.
I would have to say that from photos, There is no Z alone series and the few that existed probably just has their BOM left off?

Attached are pictures of W, X and Y registrations - all on RR cars taken around the Bombay / Bhor Ghat area.

The Napier with the "Z" (or is it BOM-Z ?) was taken in Chandni Chowk, Delhi ca 1924. But the same car was also photographed in Bombay - it must have been a company demonstration car.

W-1088 is the ex-Kalat RR PII.

[sabinesnubbing]

Originally Posted by travancore

Attached are pictures of W, X and Y registrations - all on RR cars taken around the Bombay / Bhor Ghat area.

The Napier with the "Z" (or is it BOM-Z ?) was taken in Chandni Chowk, Delhi ca 1924. But the same car was also photographed in Bombay - it must have been a company demonstration car.

W-1088 is the ex-Kalat RR PII.

Travancore,
It certainly seems that the letters used when they re-registered must have been T or N. Interesting.
Many thanks for the photos.
Cedric

[harit]

Originally Posted by sabinesnubbing

Harit, Well, I have a few photos of BOM Z numbers all of which look 20s or 30s to me. A photo of yours BOM Z 9999 is a 1932 car I believe. I have only one photo of Z on it's own - Z 39 1932 Nizam State Railway Bus.......... I have BLA to BLD as the 1939 Bengal Calcutta private vehicles and then again issued to Maharashtra 79 onwards with all suffix letters. Cheers Cedric

Hi Cedric, Please refer to page 25 of this thread, post no post no 367, (http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vintag...ml#post2156886). That post needs a lot of THANKS also to Karl, these are my photos but he spotted that these are of the same car. I don't think that 'Z' was ever stand alone.
BTW, did you have BLC before?

Originally Posted by travancore

Attached are pictures of W, X and Y registrations - all on RR cars taken around the Bombay / Bhor Ghat area. The Napier with the "Z" (or is it BOM-Z ?) was taken in Chandni Chowk, Delhi ca 1924. .......

It will be BOM z 7436, you can already see that the z character size is smaller.

Originally Posted by sabinesnubbing

Travancore,
It certainly seems that the letters used when they re-registered must have been T or N. Interesting. Many thanks for the photos. Cedric

Hi again Cedric, I have not clearly understood what you mean. After BOM and BOM z, all registrations were redone in around 1932/33, and apparently they started with X, Y, and we had W, T, N etc. The last series was K. T & N came subsequently, they were not the first in re-registration.

Attached is a new one I just got, and Austin 7 sedan registered RC-9. Where is this? The gentleman with the car could pass of as an Indian. There are two photos, the second with the gent is a bit out of focus.

Cheers harit

[sabinesnubbing]

Harit,
That was the first BLC I have seen.
Going by dated photos, Y was the first single letter, then X then W, T, N, K.
Looking again at the photos, I think the first series for re-registering must have been W.

RC-9 is Rangoon (Burma). R, RA and RB were issued when it was still part of British India but in 1937, Burma was split off and administered separately.
Cheers
Cedric

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by harit

This must be a Bengal plate, BLC 7604. Any comments?

I may be wrong but I suspect this is not BLC but DLC- Delhi. Moreover, considering that this is a 1948 Hillman Minx, the BLC series of erstwhile Bengal, if am not mistaken, were no longer existent then?

[travancore]

Jackie Kennedy, Delhi 1962.

Obviously a U.S.Embassy car

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by Stanher

I may be wrong but I suspect this is not BLC but DLC- Delhi. Moreover, considering that this is a 1948 Hillman Minx, the BLC series of erstwhile Bengal, if am not mistaken, were no longer existent then?

If you look closely, the letter B is clearly visible. We have seen cars of the 1940s with BLx regn, including a 1947 Rover.

[karlosdeville]

Here is a nice shot of a Humber from a friend. I haven't seen PYK series before, Pondicherry.

[sabinesnubbing]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Here is a nice shot of a Humber from a friend. I haven't seen PYK series before, Pondicherry.

Karl,
Excellent photo and a new code letter. I have not got PYK on my list either, only PYP-PYS. Hmmmmm interesting
Cheers
Cedric

[travancore]

UAW President Walter Reuther's visit to India, ca 1958. Enlarge to see plate clearly!

[karlosdeville]

BO 142 MZ is seen on this early Buick Tourer

[sabinesnubbing]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

BO 142 MZ is seen on this early Buick Tourer

Attachment 1430153

Karl,
Bihar & Orissa (BO) Muzaffarpur (MZ)

Very nice.
Cheers
Cedric

[travancore]

courtesy: raja1630.tripod



M.K.Thyagaraja Bhagavathar.

Does "RD" stand for Ramanathapuram District ?