Hi All,
Now here are pictures of my second car..a 1973 Dyane which was bought by my father in 1977 from New Delhi and driven to Bangalore...a distance of more than 2000 km. The roads in India at the time were very challenging..and the car passed through the Chambal Valley an arid scrub-land, notoriously famous for its dacoits, including the famous Phoolan Devi.
My father was a lover of cars, and he has had many a different model. But somehow he was passionately fond of this car, and used it as a regular commute between Bangalore and and the plantation, a distance of about 300 km, of which about 50 km is hardcore 4x4 terrain, especially in the monsoons. During the vacations, the car would do the circuit fully loaded with 1 1/2 months of luggage for mother and 4 children, books, toys, provisions, et al.
In Bangalore, we would sometimes take the hood off and go for picnics with Dad.
What you see in the pictures is the second generation enjoying the car just the way we did as kids!
Steve
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