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was finally sourced through MG's Club headquarters in the UK. Final
painting and all the mechanical work was carried out by mechanics at The
Palace, Vintage and Classic Car Collection, Garden Hotel, Udaipur,
Rajasthan, India.
Before completing the finishing touches, a total overhaul of the engine
was required and many different parts had to be acquired to get the
engine running again. These were sourced in the UK through NTG Motors,
an MG specialist based in Ipswich.
A new walnut dashboard was made and other instruments displayed on the
dashboard were again sourced from specialist MG garages in the UK. Crome
polish and painting were carried out before fixing the instruments in
place. Both front seats were remade in keeping with the original design
using beige coloured leather that would have been used in 1946.
His Highness, Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar is a member of the MG Owners
club.
Extracts from Shriji's Diary
Visit to Sardargarh
On Wednesday May 11th, Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar was invited by Kunwar
Sahib Mahipal Singhji of Sardargarh to be guest of honour at the
inauguration of his Heritage Hotel at Sardargath. The fort, recently
converted into a 21 bedroom hotel at Sardargagh, is located
approximately two hours outside Udaipur. Shriji was accompanied by
Princess Padmaja Kumari Mewar of Udaipur and Princess Stefania
Pignatelli from Rome who was visiting Udaipur at the time.
Inauguration of the Photo Exhibition
Ashvin Gatha is an international photographer-journalist working around
the globe, on subjects as diverse as advertising, corporate identity,
industrial, architectural and editorial photography. His trademark is
his creative use of colour and eye for graphics. Ashvin Gatha's work has
been exhibited in places such as Tokyo, Bombay, Melbourne, London,
Paris, Hong Kong, New Delhi, and the National Museum of Photography in
Vevey and the National Center of Photography in New York. Private Art
Collectors and Museums around the world have his works held in permanent
collections.
Gatha's most current exhibition - “ Life is Color, Color is Life” was
officially inaugurated by Shriji, in Switzerland, on May 18th at the
Globus Geneva Department Store.