Restoration Projects

Finally the restoration work was completed in the year 2016

And won the prize at The Statesman Vintage and classic car and bike rally

Like everyone else I also had made a new year resolution, not to buy anymore classic cars. Well the universe had other plans for me, on 3rd January 2025 I got a call from a broker asking me to check some photos of a Italian Fiat he had sent me. It was a white Fiat Select, looking in quite a good condition from outside and as per him only battery tray had rust and no where else.

Sitting in Goa, the Sunny state decided to take a risk and advanced him for the car unseen as it seemed too good of a deal to pass. As my luck goes one of the Classic car experts from India especially on Indian cars Karl Bhote was in sunny state at that time and I was to meet him the next day and on showing him the pictures he gave me his go…

Hello everyone. This is the story so far with my first pre-war car.

How did I come across it?

A friend from Bangalore shared the info early in September 2023, saying that there was this Austin 7 for sale. There were a few basic photos which showed a bit of the car and a phone number accompanied the photos.

Long story short, it turned out that this Austin was a 10 minute drive from my home and I went and checked it out. I had desired an earlier, short chassis, small door Austin for a while, and as it turned out, it was one such example. Not the earlier Chummy, which would also have been nice, but a slightly later tourer.

After brief negotiations, and taking advantage of the fact that it was my birthday, I clinched the deal on 10th September, 2023. A couple of days later, the Austin,…