[gtonsing]

Not a picture but a question for those in Bangalore. In the Level 2 (-2) parking of Garuda mall, there is an old mercedes sedan. It has been parked for a very long time. Yesterday I say the rear tyre is now flat. Anyone has any idea who it belongs to? Does it have a history?

[karlosdeville]

A hippie VW split bus, location and date unknown.

[karlosdeville]

A Mark 2 Ambassador station wagon in Calcutta

[travancore]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

An unidentified American 2 door convertible - any guesses what it could be?
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The very narrow radiator chrome surround is very characteristic of a Chrysler 66, ca 1930

[karlosdeville]

A mint 1956 Chevy is seen promoting a restaurant in the 70s in Cochin.

[for_cars1]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

A mint 1956 Chevy is seen promoting a restaurant in the 70s in Cochin.

Interesting to hear about a burger outlet in India in license-raj era decades before Mc Donalds, KFC, Burger King etc made its way here.

[dailydriver]

K N Harikumar, one of the owners of The Printers Mysore and a former Editor-in-Chief of The Deccan Herald (and also of Prajavani, Sudha, Mayura) shares the following picture of a car (a Cadillac?) owned by his grandfather K N Guruswamy. The two gentlemen standing by the car are said to be Mr. Guruswamy’s favourite drivers.



Picture & Info Courtesy: https://www.prajavani.net/op-ed/anal...-n-946679.html

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by dailydriver

K N Harikumar, one of the owners of The Printers Mysore and a former Editor-in-Chief of The Deccan Herald (and also of Prajavani, Sudha, Mayura) shares the following picture of a car (a Cadillac?) owned by his grandfather K N Guruswamy. The two gentlemen standing by the car are said to be Mr. Guruswamy’s favourite drivers.

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Picture & Info Courtesy: https://www.prajavani.net/op-ed/anal...-n-946679.html

The car is a 47 Fleetwood, and is retained by the family in excellent original condition

[karlosdeville]

A Poona registered Norton single shot here in 1961

[karlosdeville]

A superb picture of a 1934 Plymouth sedan in Calcutta, shot in 1949



https://www.flickr.com/photos/cars-a...n/photostream/

[dailydriver]

Going through the archives of Star of Mysore, I came across a light hearted narrative about a teenager’s early driving days in the 1950s.

I remember learning to drive in Mysore in 1955. My father, M. Venkatesh, had sold his vintage Standard car with the “Stepney” tyre mounted on the back for Rs.1,000 and had bought a 1950’s Morris Minor in green for Rs.5,000. He refused my request to teach me driving as I was only 17-years-old. My mother Mukta argued that in our custom, I was considered to be in my eighteenth year after turning seventeen. So he gave in.

Our lessons began on Valmiki Road, shaded by rain trees, where traffic was sparse. We would drive slowly up to the Mosque with the tiled outhouse at the end of the road, turn round and drive back. Father insisted that I practise hand signals as I drove. A right turn was denoted by extending the arm out of the window and pointing right. The left was more difficult, the hand making semi-circular movements towards the left. An onward wave indicated that the car behind could overtake. A quick up-and-down sign of the extended arm meant slowing down, the arm held up, palm upstretched, indicated “Stop.” At that time in Mysore the fashion was to wear many glass bangles; my signalling became a glittering, tinkling affair. So father banned the bangles.

Once a flock of goats crossed the road. Instead of the brake I pressed the accelerator, the bleating goats scattering before us. Father, shooing away the animals with his right hand and pressing an imaginary brake-pedal with his foot, shouted “Brake! Brake!” No goats were hurt and we drove away as the goat-herd finally appeared, shaking his stick at us.

Our practice moved to Princess Road. From Cheluvamba Park, we drove past Akashavani to the Jewel Filters [now called Vani Vilas Water works]. The return journey took us past the old statue of the Elephant at the head of Cheluvamba Park and the Vivekananda Memorial. It is still there, unchanged. One day, at that point, a Royal Enfield motorcycle, known as “Bullet,” drew up alongside, the khaki- clad rider flagging us down. It was Sergeant Kuttappa, an upright, strict Police Officer, respected and feared in Mysore. He advised my father to get me a Learner’s licence so that I did not drive without authorisation. Chastened, my father agreed. Later on, when we sometimes passed him on the road, he would give us a half smile. These driving lessons came in handy the next year when my father suffered a heart attack and I was able to drive him to the hospital for treatment.

The writer, a well travelled lady named Girija Madhavan shares photos of a car as well as her driving licences issued in China and Russia.







PS:Since they have already been posted publicly, I took the liberty of copying them here. The ownership and copyright of the quoted article and the photographs remains with Star of Mysore and Ms. Girija Madhavan. I wholeheartedly thank them both for the same.

Don’t know whether the car was actually the one owned by the writer or used just for representation purpose; I believe it is the former.

[karlosdeville]

Petrol pump at Warden Road, Bombay, shot in 1952. We see a new Hillman Minx and probably an Austin Commercial van.

[karlosdeville]

A 1950s Rover and a Dodge/Fargo bus are seen here in Calcutta

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

These pictures were shared by someone from Bangalore on Facebook
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Some time back Kartik had shared a set of period images of some high end cars including what appears to be an Alvis saloon.


On closer inspection it appears to be identical to a car in the Bhogilal collection, likely to be the same.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Some time back Kartik had shared a set of period images of some high end cars including what appears to be an Alvis saloon.
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On closer inspection it appears to be identical to a car in the Bhogilal collection, likely to be the same.

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My mistake, the rear door is hinged differently. This is then another car.