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Lake Club's annual classic car award show in Kolkata spotlights automobile passion and conservation

by TRANS WORLD FEATURES | @twfindia 14 Jan 2025, 04:24 pm

Kolkata: This is an annual show that promises a nostalgic trip down the lanes of a bygone era of automobiles when cars were indeed larger than life possessions of the rich and aristocratic.  

With cars now an easy possession of every middle-class household, a show like the one that Lake Club hosts annually every winter reminds everyone of an era of sheer magnificence and the gradual evolution of automobiles.

Car awarded Best Of Show owned by SK Lahiri

So 90 scintillating and exotic classic cars and motorcycles provided a rare treat to the Kolkatans as the fourth Annual Lake Club - EIMG Concours d'Elegance was hosted on Jan 12. It ended on a colourful note with the 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe owned by S K Lahiri bagging the Shashi Kanoria Memorial - Best Of Show Award on Sunday.

The day-long event jointly organised by Eastern India Motoring Group (EIMG) and Lake Club saw a 1937 Rolls Royce 25/30 owned by the Karnani family winning the  Sanjoy Ghosh Memorial  Second Of Show prize, while the Momen Sahab Memorial  Third Of Show title went to 1958 Mercedes Ponton owned by Prithvi Nath Tagore.

The gentle jalopies, which were assembled  at the complex on the bank of Rabindra Sarobar, included vintage cars of different brands including  nine Rolls Royces, a Ferrari, and the century old AC Royal.

SK Lahiri (left) receiving the Best Of Show award from EIMG president Shrivardhan Kanoria

Speaking on the occasion, Lake Club Joint Honorary Secretary Debabrata Dutta said that the Lake Club has been successfully hosting  this event for some years and it has witnessed a huge turn out of a variety of vintage cars as well as two wheelers. It has  attracted car lovers from near and far, making it the best vintage motoring event in eastern India.

Commenting on the event, EIMG secretary Subhojit Kumar thanked Lake Club  and EIMG committees for organising this prestigious show  and hoped this would attract  more  vintage cars/two wheelers in the years to come.

Following is the list of  other award winners  at this  vintage car  exhibition.

Best among cars :

Up to 1930 - 1928 Ford Model A - owned by Surendra Kumar Dugar

Between 1931 to 1940  - 1937 Rolls Royce - Owned by Karnani Family

Vintage Two-door Cars  - 1937 Ford 7W10 Owned by Saurjya Pratim Mitra.

Between 1940 to 1950 ; 1948 Buik Super 8 - owned by Ms Tamalika Naha

Between 1951 to 1975 : 1958 Mercedes Ponton  - Owned by Prithvi Nath  Tagore

Classic Two-Door Cars - Best in Class : Triumph Spitfire - Owned by  Saikat Mitra

Indian Heritage Cars - Best in Class : Ambassador Mark I - owned by  Baladev Mazumdar

Two Wheelers - Best in Class :  Ariel red Hunter : Owned by Harjit Singh Dhanjal

Oldest Car Award - 1925  AC Royal : Owned by Yogesh Agarwalla

Oldest Two-Wheeler Award -  Panther  Sloper : Owned by Afzal Hossain

Preservation Award  -  1947 Buik Super 8 - Owned by Raja Mukherjee

Restoration Award -  1951 Austin  A 70 - Owned by Subhojit Ghosh

Resurrection Award -  1937 Opel Cabrio - Owned by  Debaprem Chatterjee

Admirable Award -  1947 Wolseley 14 - Owned by Siddharth Swarup

Judges Choice -  1934 Rolls Royce - Owned by Krish Ajmera

Special Car Award -  Plymouth Deluxe - Owned by S K Lahiri

Touring Delight Award -  1934 Ford Model A : Owned by Partha Banik

Sporty Playboy Award -  1947 MG  TC  - Owned by : Himangshu Ajmera

Epitome of Elegance Award -    1946 Bentley Mark VI -Owned by Azam Monem

Hot Ride Award -  1948 MG  TC - Owned by : Rupak Ghosh

(Images by Sujoy Dhar and Lake Club Organisers)