Dealerships, Coachbuilders, Vehicle Assembly in India

karlosdeville · 12th March 2020, 15:47

Shared on the Madras facebook page, Simpsons showroom originally built in 1916, still functioning as a showroom today.

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karlosdeville · 13th March 2020, 11:06

The post above shows VST owning the showroom, and I just chanced upon this lovely post on VST's appointment as dealers for Austin / Ashok Motors in 1949.

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karlosdeville · 2nd April 2020, 18:34

United Motors of Rajasthan supplied this Royal Enfield Bullet. Do they still survive?

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KartikeyaL · 3rd April 2020, 12:44

Hindustan 14 supplied by Rane (Madras) Ltd.

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KartikeyaL · 15th April 2020, 17:56

Oakes and company Ltd., Madras for Ford
Courtesy : The Hindu

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They were also renting out cars.
Courtesy: Murugan Satya

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autobahner · 15th April 2020, 19:59

My contribution from the archives of Daimler-Benz AG
The legend on the archive for the photos read:

The Automobile Co. Ltd. in Bombay (today Mumbai), India, around 1914: the company represented various other car brands along with Mercedes.

https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...!&rs=2#toTitle

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The Automobile Co. Ltd. in Bombay (today Mumbai), India: the sales outlet of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft ran a workshop of its own. The photo was taken around 1914.

https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...kZXg9NQ!!&rs=3

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A query for those in the know: can anyone confirm if any of the cars pictured above are actually Mercedes-Benz? Also, would be great to know what area of Bombay was this dealership and workshop located? If I didn't read the legend, could have sworn that the first photo was from somewhere in England.

karlosdeville · 10th May 2020, 11:14

Found this lovely image, though poor quality, while cleaning up old files - apologies I do not have a source.

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Where was New India Motors? The structure looks possible like Delhi or Calcutta. The cars look like Singer saloons - and don't miss the refrigerators on display too.

karlosdeville · 10th May 2020, 14:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

The post above shows VST owning the showroom, and I just chanced upon this lovely post on VST's appointment as dealers for Austin / Ashok Motors in 1949.
Attachment 1979436

Another interesting shot showing an English car being readied for dispatch to VST - presumably an Austin A40? Again I'm afraid I do not know the source of the image.

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karlosdeville · 10th May 2020, 18:51

Khyber Automobiles apparently sold Humber and Studebaker (trucks?) Any idea where this was?

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agspins · 10th May 2020, 22:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Khyber Automobiles apparently sold Humber and Studebaker (trucks?) Any idea where this was?

Most probably this was in Peshawar, read somewhere they were also dealers of Hillman.

travancore · 11th May 2020, 05:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by agspins

Most probably this was in Peshawar, read somewhere they were also dealers of Hillman.

Right on!

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moralfibre · 11th May 2020, 08:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by autobahner

My contribution from the archives of Daimler-Benz AG
The legend on the archive for the photos read:

The Automobile Co. Ltd. in Bombay (today Mumbai), India, around 1914: the company represented various other car brands along with Mercedes.

A query for those in the know: can anyone confirm if any of the cars pictured above are actually Mercedes-Benz? Also, would be great to know what area of Bombay was this dealership and workshop located? If I didn't read the legend, could have sworn that the first photo was from somewhere in England.

Per this link, The Automobile Co. ltd was located on Queens road. Also happened to have a few more dealerships from back in the day.

moralfibre · 11th May 2020, 08:08

Putting up a separate post for a list of Austin dealers as per this website.

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travancore · 11th May 2020, 18:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

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Where was New India Motors? The structure looks possible like Delhi or Calcutta.

Certainly bears a great resemblance to Connaught Place. A few more from there. Sorry, if posted before.

The Studebaker is DLZ-309 and the FIAT is DLC-3777. The bus (Fargo ?) is an Air India coach (DLC-1570).

Possibly a Cadillac under the Art Gallery sign ?

wbd8779 · 11th May 2020, 19:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Found this lovely image, though poor quality, while cleaning up old files - apologies I do not have a source.

Attachment 2004090

Where was New India Motors? The structure looks possible like Delhi or Calcutta. The cars look like Singer saloons - and don't miss the refrigerators on display too.

The 2nd board in the pic perhaps says " British motor car company " BMC was there in Calcutta as well ,the quality does not allow me to zoom and read it with certainty.

@Travancore - The pillars in CP are usually one (expect at corners ) and not two together as in the pic .

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karlosdeville Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 11,976 Thanked: 18,277 Times View My Garage	Re: Dealerships, Coachbuilders, Vehicle Assembly in India The post above shows VST owning the showroom, and I just chanced upon this lovely post on VST's appointment as dealers for Austin / Ashok Motors in 1949.
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karlosdeville Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 11,976 Thanked: 18,277 Times View My Garage	Re: Dealerships, Coachbuilders, Vehicle Assembly in India United Motors of Rajasthan supplied this Royal Enfield Bullet. Do they still survive?
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15th April 2020, 19:59	#246
autobahner BHPian Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: MH 04 Posts: 97 Thanked: 155 Times View My Garage	Re: Dealerships, Coachbuilders, Vehicle Assembly in India My contribution from the archives of Daimler-Benz AG The legend on the archive for the photos read: The Automobile Co. Ltd. in Bombay (today Mumbai), India, around 1914: the company represented various other car brands along with Mercedes. https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...!&rs=2#toTitle The Automobile Co. Ltd. in Bombay (today Mumbai), India: the sales outlet of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft ran a workshop of its own. The photo was taken around 1914. https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...kZXg9NQ!!&rs=3 A query for those in the know: can anyone confirm if any of the cars pictured above are actually Mercedes-Benz? Also, would be great to know what area of Bombay was this dealership and workshop located? If I didn't read the legend, could have sworn that the first photo was from somewhere in England.
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10th May 2020, 11:14	#247
karlosdeville Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 11,976 Thanked: 18,277 Times View My Garage	Re: Dealerships, Coachbuilders, Vehicle Assembly in India Found this lovely image, though poor quality, while cleaning up old files - apologies I do not have a source. Where was New India Motors? The structure looks possible like Delhi or Calcutta. The cars look like Singer saloons - and don't miss the refrigerators on display too.
	(2) Thanks

10th May 2020, 18:51	#249
karlosdeville Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 11,976 Thanked: 18,277 Times View My Garage	Re: Dealerships, Coachbuilders, Vehicle Assembly in India Khyber Automobiles apparently sold Humber and Studebaker (trucks?) Any idea where this was?
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