The Kowdiar Palace premises on Saturday have been crammed with vintage automobiles relationship again to 1947. A slight drizzle added a peculiar sheen to the autos in metallic shades. The traditional automobiles and tremendous bikes had assembled on the location for a Convoy Drive coordinated by Club MB India for AMICOS, the Alumni Association of Mar Ivanios College, within the capital, as a part of the school’s platinum jubilee celebrations.
The convoy comprised 25 automobiles and tremendous bikes, every overlaying a distance of 12 km earlier than reaching Mar Ivanios College campus. The rally handed by means of Vellayambalam, Museum, PMG, Pattom, Kesavadasapuram, Paruthipara and Nalanchira.
The lengthy line-up of autos included vintage fashions of the Volkswagen Beetle, Hindustan automobiles, Willys jeeps, a number of restored Ambassador automobiles and Contessa automobiles. The oldest automotive on the rally was a 1948 mannequin Austin A40 Devon owned by a lawyer, Devanand Mahadev. Royal Enfield, Harley-Davidson, Jawa, and Triumph bikes have been featured on the rally, too.
“A lot of the college alumni are car enthusiasts. So, when we gathered for such a celebration, we thought, why not have an auto rally? Members of AMICOS own most of the classic cars in the convoy,” mentioned Renny Koipuram, organising convener of the rally.
Avittam Thirunal Adithya Varma, a member of the erstwhile Travancore royal household, flagged off the rally at 8.15 a.m. He additionally participated within the rally, driving his cherry-red,1967-model Volkswagen Beetle.
Several members introduced a number of automobiles. Joe Cherian, an entrepreneur, appeared with 4 automobiles—a 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle, a 2010-model Beetle, a Maruti Suzuki SS80, and a 1964 mannequin Ambassador, which was his father’s first automotive. “I have a 1989-model BMW E34, which I wanted to bring today. It is a model that featured in a few James Bond films. I could not bring it here, as we are waiting for a few imported parts.”
Jose Pottamkulam, an alumnus of the school and racing fanatic, participated within the rally with his good friend, M.R. Ramesh, who owns and drives a 1966 mannequin Morris Mini Moke. Mr.Ramesh’s father bought the UK-branded automotive from Australia six many years in the past.
The convoy was full with bike riders from city-based golf equipment using on completely different bikes. Director of Harley Owners Group (HOG), Travancore chapter, and filmmaker Rajeev Rajendran mentioned, “The Travancore chapter of HOG was established this year, so when we heard of this rally, we wanted to extend our support to them and all motor vehicle communities. We have a few people in our group who were alumni of Mar Ivanios College.”
