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A Kinetic Honda advertisement

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A Yezdi 175 ad

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A Sipani Montana (the British Reliant Kitten) ad-Indian Auto magazine

1989

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A Narmada 150 ad from Indian Auto 1989

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Premier Padmini India Today 1991

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A Maruti 1000 ad in India Today 1991

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The Premier Padmini featured in Daily Express (UK) Guide to World Cars 1983

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The Mahindra CJ too featured in the same Daily Express

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The mighty Rover in 1983 (same Daily Express) before its launch here in 1985 as  the Standard 2000

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The Suzuki Alto (SS80X) in 1983 in Daily Express again before it came to India

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A BSA Bond (50cc) ad from 1983

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The second issue of Indian Auto magazine Oct 1986. A mahindra 540DP ad is on its back cover.It featres a road test of the Maruti 800(SB308). The first issue of this magazine (Sept 1986) road tested the Yamaha RX 100 (I will post its picture soon)

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Two Yamaha RD 350 ads from 1982

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Mrs Indira Gandhi inaugurating the Maruti factory in Gurgaon

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This is a Premier Starline ad from 1982

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A Vespa XE (100cc) ad from 1982

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(all from my collection)

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Ever seen a Left Hand Drive Morris Oxford? The roots of our Amby lie in Morris Motors as many know.In these two pictures from Quality First (official journal of the Morris Cowley, Oxford and Issis Owner's Club, Oxford)the cars from  Argentina and Canada are LHD.

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The 1980's opulence:

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Traffic scene from Moscow in the 1980's

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More advertisements from the 1980's- The "winds of change" for our till then stagnating auto industry.

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The Rolls Corniche advertisement appeared as Rolls had Avon tyres

fitted as OE. Vikrant Tyres collaborated with Avon and brought out this

advertisement.

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The 50cc m50 preceded the m80. The 50 cc machine was underpowered. Bajaj called these motorcycles and linked their production with the Kawasaki KB 100 after 1987.

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More advertisements and brochures here

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A carmaker from Bangladesh collaborating with GM (Vauxhall). This was

displayed at a Asia 72 pavilion in New Delhi. I am not aware of where

the Pragoti Industries is now. The body shell resembles a generation

older than the Contessa (Vauxhall Victor 1974). The windscreen has

rounded edges.

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Some more here

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These two pictures above are from September 1971-Jaikishan of the famous duo

Shankar Jaikishan passed away and hi funeral cortege is shown leaving

his residence.Undoubtedly this duo is the best thing that happened to Bollywood music for me!

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Thats Kishore Kumar with his Champion car (Ford Model A) from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

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Thats Mohammed Rafi-I cannot say which car is this one but he had an Audi which he kept till the very end.

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An assembly line from 1948-its the Hindusthan 10 being assembled

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@anjan - the car featured in Asia 72 is a Vauxhall viva HC aka Holden torano.

It is not related to Vauxhall victor.

The viva  - was built from 1963 to 1979. There was a coupe' version called Firenza produced from 1970 - 74 . The Firenza was first car produced with Avon safety wheels( more on that later).

BTW ,The Pragoti  industries limited is car assembling and manufacturing parts for vehicles since 1966. It has the largest car assembly plant in Bangaldesh

Thanks for Sharing these valuable materials with us Anjan and arkboy.

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Thanks Mr Spock for the information about the Viva and Pragoti Industries.

Some more images from "The Hindu" four page supplement brought out on the occasion of launch

of the Standard 2000 during April 1985 by His Excellency the then

Vice-President Shri R. Venkatraman in the presence of Shri M.G.

Ramachandran, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and other dignitaries.

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The TIME magazine issues show images from the US.

The first one is a news item on the last Beetle produced in Germany.

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This one shows Detroit's worries with the Japanese imports

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This one reports of an airborne highway speed check device way back in 1966.

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This is from 1975. President Gerald Ford on a visit to Illinois state.

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The two images taken when President Ronald Reagan was shot at

by one John Hinckley ( a psychic case) in 1982.The President had a narrow escape and was pushed to his limousine.

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Again Detroit's worries that brewed with the imports from Japan and other countries.

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Now its 1992

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Some more advertisements from TIME magazine.

The Mercedes ad is from 1966 and so is the International Scout UV.

The Bajaj Chetak advertisements are from 1975 and 1978 respectively.

The tail light of the 1975 Chetak was planted into the Bajaj 150 in the

late 1970's.The Chetak then got a new taillight.

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Some more interesting advertisements and media matter here:

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The Lincoln Continental

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Thats a Datsun 280ZX

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A Russian MUV

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Above  A London Taxi

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Stamps of the old USSR

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Thats an old picture from Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) under British Rule. Notice a Morris Oxford Series III (our Ambassador) parked 4th from left.

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A USSR scene

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A West German street scene. Notice the Beetle, Mercedes Ponton and a Porsche 911

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The 1960's Toyota Corona

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