Skut Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 I started on the last page and am working backwards. Indias equivalent of RR abandoned cars thread and very few pages are a let down. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vintage-cars-classics-india/15813-rust-pieces-pics-disintegrating-classic-vintage-cars-343.html Cardinal Wolseley, Junkman, Aston Martin and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Standard 2000 there. Cost equivalent to about 10 years wages back then but here it is sat amongst some nettles. richardthestag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Interesting to see. There must be so much stuff hidden away in different countries, but I've spent a fair amount of time in China and I am convinced that there is nothing there at all. (Just read about that 'Standard 2000'. Sounds like the numbers made were tiny so even there, that is probably a very rare survivor.) (and read some more. Has an old two litre engine and a four speed box. 14 mph per 1000 revs in top. That's worse than even the Vauxhall Viva, must have been very noisy at any speed!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Great stuff....I waste spend quite a bit of time lurking on that teamBHP forum, mainly because of the Morris Oxford/Hindustan connection. It never fails to interest me. There is a thread on there about some guy's Uncle buying one of those Vanguard-engined SD1s. Bloody surreal stuff...... Skut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Brilliant, you've just reminded me how much I need a Sipani Badal in my life and now I won't be able to sleep. wuvvum, Lacquer Peel, Skut and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Holy hell what even is that. Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I saw one of these sipani badal efforts, albeit derelict, in a compound in a cane mill in U-P and assumed it was a home-made effort around those agricultural Bajaj 3 wheelers. I had known about the Sona and Pingle cars from India, but the Aravind Baby was a new one on me. Would post a pic but on Tapatalk so can’t. That team-Bhp forum is an interesting read. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Is the red convertible a Herald? I know they were made in India as Standard, but the front looks unlike anything I’ve seen before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I started on the last page and am working backwards. Indias equivalent of RR abandoned cars thread and very few pages are a let down. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vintage-cars-classics-india/15813-rust-pieces-pics-disintegrating-classic-vintage-cars-343.htmlThe first green car is an early post-war Singer 1500. Very rare. They were expensive and and with their roly-poly styling were not that popular even in the UK. Dismal sales finished Singer as an independent and they fell into the hands of Rootes and badge engineeering. Rare sight. Cardinal Wolseley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Thats is a smashing thread, just spent an hour last night going through only about 4 pages!More tonight! Skut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skut Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 The first green car is an early post-war Singer 1500. Very rare. They were expensive and and with their roly-poly styling were not that popular even in the UK. Dismal sales finished Singer as an independent and they fell into the hands of Rootes and badge engineeering. Rare sight. Oh aye I like my Singer SM1500s. More so than the later Hunter. Apparently they were assembled from kits in Calcutta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Yes - they were and are a nice car. OHC engine. It was cost and styling that let them down and a few design quirks - contemporary motoring journalists criticised the column change. But Id have one if the opportunity arose. Quirky in a nice way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Tiny number survive. This one was sold a couple of times on Ebay and then broken for the engine. Hope the hull survived. Its the later Hunter. Name survived into the Rootes era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vintage-cars-classics-india/199021-indigenous-oddities-oddball-automobiles-india.html This thread is literally the dog’s bollocks. And cock. An Indian Horizon? An Indian Espace? An Indian Autobianchi A112? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Skut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Couple there I hadn't seen before Tom, thanks for the link . Has anyone exported a car from India before (I don't mean an actual valuable 'classic', of which lots did slip through despite various government export bans), but something like a fugly four-door Standard Herald thing or the aforementioned Bad-boy Badal. I would happily give a home to either, or both, and hopefully save them from typically shite Indian 'restoration' attempts. Gonna start saving money now, but I'd love to know what sort of logistics might be involved in getting something out of there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 There was a Singer Hunter at Kings Lynn earlier this year. I also wouldn't kick a Sipani Badal out of bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I like the Standard Pennant or was it just called the 10 over there? Anyway, what engine is in that? Doesn't look like mine! Air box looks like a Ford although the aircon compressor doesnt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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