[r_nairtvm]

Originally Posted by moralfibre

Source: Same Facebook page as my previous posts for Calcutta pictures:

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The Spences Hotel - Calcutta - incidently the family that owned the Hotel (one Mr. S N Singh in particular) had a Post War - RR, I don't recall the model details. In early 1980s, Mr. Sing had give this car for the use of his spiritual guru, Sathya Sai Baba (I am not talking about the more latter model car which is now in Delhi)

Any one here knows the whereabouts

Best Regards & Drive Safe

Ram

[harit]

Have to move this thread a bit.
Could this be Kerala?

Cheers harit

[Subodh Nath]

Originally Posted by Stanher

Found on facebook, no other details. Unable to identify the bike either- help please!

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Could be Rajdoot ( from front Shock absorbers)

[r_nairtvm]

Originally Posted by harit

Have to move this thread a bit.
Could this be Kerala?

Cheers harit

Hi Harit,

Is this a trick question to pep up the thread.

As per my reckoning it definaitely is not Kerala. My guess is that its somewhere in Kenya. Though the faces look familiar - any connection with Jayant (Shah) or Sekhar (Mehta) ?

Best Regards & Drive Safe

Ram

[harit]

Originally Posted by r_nairtvm

Hi Harit, Is this a trick question to pep up the thread?
As per my reckoning it definaitely is not Kerala. My guess is that its somewhere in Kenya. Though the faces look familiar - any connection with Jayant (Shah) or Sekhar (Mehta) ? Best Regards & Drive Safe Ram

You bet a trick question. Thread got slightly pepped
It is Kenya indeed.
But I did not know that these guys could be Jayant Shah and / or Shekhar Mehta. Can you confirm?

Here is a pic, what could have been the first letter on the number plate? I don't know, its not a trick question as I have no other photo. GCY? or are there other possibilities.

Cheers harit

[the mole]

On my trip to Belgaum I had an opportunity to visit the Pai transport office which runs buses an trucks in that region and came across this lovely photograph. Mostly Mercedes and dodge Fargo trucks posing in front of the taj palace hotel in Mumbai

[harit]

Originally Posted by the mole

............. Mostly Mercedes and dodge Fargo trucks posing in front of the taj palace hotel in Mumbai

Nice, so the Hotel Greens existed at least till 1962.
These are Bedford trucks made by Hindustan Motors, not Dodge - Fargo.

Cheers harit

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by harit

Here is a pic, what could have been the first letter on the number plate? I don't know, its not a trick question as I have no other photo. GCY? or are there other possibilities.

I would say again not in India, and no preceding letter to CY.

[harit]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

I would say again not in India, and no preceding letter to CY.

What about GCY?

Cheers harit

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by harit

What about GCY?

From the image I dont see any letter before CY. Maybe you have a better look.

GCY could work for Gujarat, but that would be maybe 70s, and the picture looks much older. The style of plate also does not look very Indian or it is very old Indian.

What car is that though?

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

GCY could work for Gujarat, but that would be maybe 70s, and the picture looks much older.

Exactly, Gujarat had only GJ* series regns. initially from what Ive seen.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by Stanher

Exactly, Gujarat had only GJ* series regns. initially from what Ive seen.

What is today Gujarat was the erstwhile Bombay State/Bombay Presidency. Cars of the 30s and 40s would probably have been BYx regd (BYA, BYB, BYC). Formation of Gujarat State in 1960 (?) saw introduction of GJx registrations.

Of course, there were plenty odd ball plates seen earlier too - often after the city (Navsari, Jam [for Jamnagar], SSV for Saurashtra etc)

[manishalive]

Originally Posted by harit

You bet a trick question. Thread got slightly pepped
It is Kenya indeed.
But I did not know that these guys could be Jayant Shah and / or Shekhar Mehta. Can you confirm?

Here is a pic, what could have been the first letter on the number plate? I don't know, its not a trick question as I have no other photo. GCY? or are there other possibilities.

Cheers harit

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

I would say again not in India, and no preceding letter to CY.

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

From the image I dont see any letter before CY. Maybe you have a better look.

GCY could work for Gujarat, but that would be maybe 70s, and the picture looks much older. The style of plate also does not look very Indian or it is very old Indian.

What car is that though?

This could be a Srilankan picture too, here is one pic of another srilankan vehicle.



plus excerpt from a website

http://blog.europlate.org.uk/category/asia/

In 1940, someone had he odd idea of creating a Sinhalese registration series which used the letters of the name of Ceylon as a component of the tag. Thus CE, CY, CL, CO(not issued ) and CN were succeeded by to EY, EL, and EN. The idea was then abandoned before YL began, and in 1956 the first ‘sri‘ symbol plates were launched.

[thebulletboy]

Originally Posted by manishalive

This could be a Srilankan picture too, here is one pic of another srilankan vehicle.

Here's another pic from the same website; This one with a CY plate and an Automobile Association CL (Ceylon / Sri Lanka) oval plate

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by thebulletboy

Here's another pic from the same website; This one with a CY plate and an Automobile Association CL (Ceylon / Sri Lanka) oval plate

And the car is? Ford?