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Would a Challenge thread about automobiles be of interest?

Poll ended at Mon May 20, 2013 6:03 am

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For heaven's sake, it's quite clearly a toilet seat cover.
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Dahling wrote:For heaven's sake, it's quite clearly a toilet seat cover.
Actually, you are not far off the mark! It is a cover, but what it covers I am not sure. Maybe the owners special emblem or similar. :thumb:
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So it's not a pedestrian air-bag? Was enjoying this part of the challenge...
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Or just maybe, a popadom warmer!
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Still not sure exactly what it is other than a rubber/leather cover for what appears to be to the family crest of the Marharaja of Udaipur as per these two photos, obviously from a different car but same cover.
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OK, enough.

http://www.udaipurblog.com/vintage-and- ... mewar.html

It now just remains what this particular cars claim to fame might be?
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It was given to them by someone famous (from the U.S.?)? A president?
Or famous for something that happened in it's history in India?
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And this is what is under the cover
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Ginjaninja wrote:It was given to them by someone famous (from the U.S.?)? A president?
Or famous for something that happened in it's history in India?GN.
Happened in India. :cheers:
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Was it used for parades or something of that nature? I can't imagine Gandhi in a Cadillac, perhaps Nehru?
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STEVE G wrote:Was it used for parades or something of that nature? I can't imagine Gandhi in a Cadillac, perhaps Nehru?
Not sure if it was a parade, but considering who it was, probably! Not Gandhi or Nehru.
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The Queen?
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Did it belong to Mountbatten?
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No, not the Queen, (English), or Mountbatten.
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Nereus wrote:
STEVE G wrote:Was it used for parades or something of that nature? I can't imagine Gandhi in a Cadillac, perhaps Nehru?
Not sure if it was a parade, but considering who it was, probably! Not Gandhi or Nehru.
I couldn't find anything about this specific car but found a very interesting clip about the Maharajas car collection



First time trying to attach a you tube clip and obviously got it wrong :oops:
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