Bangalore Bantam

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During the 1930s the Bombay Cycle and Motor Agency imported only six Bantam’s in India. For a long time it was thought that only one of those Bantam’s survived: a demonstrator car which was a 1937/38 model. Only recently Harit from India found another Bantam in Bangalore. It’s a right hand drive 1938 model that belonged to a garage owner who bought it more than thirty years ago. The garage owner modified the front axle and attempted to convert it to hydraulic brakes with Standard Herald parts. He removed the cylinder head to replace it with one from an Austin 7, but realised these are not identical. He abandoned the project; pushed the car in a corner and piled junk on it. Probably some Bantam parts have been sold for scrap. Can this one still be saved? Harit will do his best. (text and photos Harit)

And while we’re on the subject of Bantam’s, Dutch car historian Frans Vrijaldenhoven is still looking for information about his father’s Bantam. Have a look at the article we published six years ago (click!). (RB)

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