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Standards in everyday use in India (and some that aren't!)
Hi Phil...
Here's some more Standards running around in India...
APX 3333 was spotted by my friend Shyam Krishnamachary who wrote in
about the Flying standards and Vanguard a while back. It seems
fairly original (by Indian standards!), and in regular use. These
cars are becoming extremely rare here in India.
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GDL 4176 was spotted
by me in Goa a couple of years back. Notice both cars have their
fuel filler lids modified. Thats because apart from availability of
the caps, petrol theft is quite common here!
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MYB 923 was up for
sale recently, I do not know anything more about the car.
Webmaster adds - the
quality of these cars goes rapidly downhill from hereon, if you are
easily offended by uncared for Standards, please don't go any
further down this page!
MZE 6036 was lying as junk for ages together, is now in shambles,
and I'm told was recently scrapped.
The green 8 is perhaps the only one left in the country...again,
lying in that state for ages. Cannot locate the owner.
BYJ 4114 was lying in a scrap yard for over 20 years, but still
surprisingly 100% complete. Aparently was a mint car when parked
there. Was destroyed last year in a shoot for the film Khakee, and
burnt in the process. See the pics after that! What a pity! Did
salvage a few spares though. Attached are 2 clips of the car in
action in the movie. (I have spared you these- Webmaster)
Hope these can be of some use to you.
More to come.
Cheers
Karl
Karl, thanks for these
and the horror stories. I have saved our readers from the worst of
them! There will be others in the "Vanguards" and
"Commercial" sections of the site soon. Anyone wishing to
the SOS Scheme, "Save one Standard" should contact Karl
through my email
address
Kind regards,
Phil Homer
Webmaster
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