[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by harit

A bus on a hill. Appears to be a bit different, an International? The bus behind is a Chevy.

I would say Commer - one such bus is lying in Bombay discussed earlier.

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/post-...ml#post1029082 (My evening with an Impala......)

And one fire truck on display in Hyderabad

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vinta...ml#post2378465 (Vintage and Classic Cars on Display in India)

[harit]

Originally Posted by harit

...... Appears to be a bit different, an International? ...... Cheers harit

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

I would say Commer .........And one fire truck on display in Hyderabad.........

Yes, very likely similar type.

Is/was this Aurora cinema in Mumbai or Pune? The cars appears appear to be in good shape, quite new.

Cheers harit

[agspins]

Aurora Cinema is in Matunga, presently it looks like this..

[mbz180]

Originally Posted by harit

Since we are having fun, here is one more. This was also a Bombay car, pre-1940. So what do we have here? Duesy, Auburn, surely something above average.

Cheers harit

I'm thinking it's a 1932 Nash. That's the closest match I could get.

[travancore]

Movie time in Bombay in the good old days. Not sure if these have been posted before:

Regal Cinema, 1956


courtesy TOI

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Eros Theatre - Looks like a Morris Minor / Hindusthan Taxi

courtesy NY Times (from a Mumbai exhibition)

[travancore]

Nehru's visits to Sri Aurobindo Ashram.






courtesy : Sri Aurobindo Ashram

[harit]

Originally Posted by travancore

Movie time in Bombay

I too have a lot of cinema photos, Eros, Regal are the most common, but also New Empire, Liberty, Metro I have. One can date the photo to the approximate year by googling the name of the movie being shown and when that was released. Hollywood movies were released in India quite on time. It was in the late 1970's and early 1980's that no new movie came into India as we were saving foreign exchange.

Originally Posted by travancore

Nehru's visits to Sri Aurobindo Ashram......

Nehru is standing in a Cadillac, the other car is a Chrysler of 1953. He always stood in open cars. I have other pictures of Nehru in Pondicherry pictured with this Chrysler.

Another landmark seen with cars is the Gateway of India, I have 100's. Here is an early one.

Cheers harit

[srinand]

Hi,

I visited a display of selected photographs of the Indian Railways, celebrating 160 years of the Railways. Here are some pictures that had cars in them.

Regards,

Srinand.

[sat]

Yellow Chrysler with tinted window which would be used by the ladies, Shahpura palace is in the background.

2nd image - A Beechcraft Bonanza, one of the 13 aeroplanes of Mayurbhanj state. Do note the V shaped ruddervator.

[harit]

A Willys-Knight was driven from Manchester to Calcutta maybe in the 1920's. This was shown in The Automobile July issue. The must be more than 2 pages in the report.
It seems that lots of people have driven to India by road.

Cheers harit

[travancore]

One for Trivandrumites.............

This looks almost certainly like Kanakakkunnu Palace in the good old days. Click to enlarge, looks like a Madras Registration MCZ????

courtesy: LIFE

[harit]

The Wedding season is going strong in Mumbai with two having taken place last weekend. Weddings require wedding cars and here are some examples of their use in the past.

And best wishes to the couples

Cheers harit

[anjan_c2007]

Posted by a FB friend. the post reads as under :

"My FIAT Millecento 1960 model. Original Factory Cushions, original Top head linings, original white door rubber beddings,magneti marelli starter, coil, delco, long horn,engine smooth as the ghost who walks.. — at Bibvewadi Grandfathers home."






Another family car picture from him:



So olden, so golden, so original, it takes us back to those good old times!

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by anjan_c2007

Posted by a FB friend. the post reads as under :

"My FIAT Millecento 1960 model. Original Factory Cushions, original Top head linings, original white door rubber beddings,magneti marelli starter, coil, delco, long horn,engine smooth as the ghost who walks.. — at Bibvewadi Grandfathers home."

Another family car picture from him:

Wow, what lovely pictures, and the owners obviously knew their cars - the details like mirrors, spot light and badges look very classy.

As I've said before, these kind of pictures often excite me more than a Maharaja Rolls, much to the amusement of my peers

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

As I've said before, these kind of pictures often excite me more than a Maharaja Rolls, much to the amusement of my peers

Same here!

People wonder why I should take so much interest in a mass-produced economy car!