What limousine is this, from when and who was responsible for the bodywork ?
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1929 Isotta Fraschini 8A bodied by Sala for the Maharajah of Kotwara.
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Thank you, here's another picture of the Maharajah and his Isotta Fraschini.
This car will be at Retromobile 2014. Please forgive the Google translation below, but there's a lot of interesting information about the car:
"EXPOSURE TO MAHARADJAS RETROMOBILE LOUNGE Isotta Fraschini
Preview: Isotta Fraschini of the Rajah of Kotwara, one of the stars of the show cars at Maharajas Rétromobile Salon 2014
Italy to Britain, India to the United States, Isotta Fraschini 8A in 1929, coachwork by Cesare Sala, landed for the first time in France.
Its owner Rajah of Kotwara ascended the throne at the age of 14 years. In 1929, Isotta Fraschini buys and leaves to study in Edinburgh (Scotland) for the University of Cambridge did not accept a student of first year guard his car with him. In 1932, at the end of his studies, he returned to India with his Isotta.
In 1937, he married Selma Rauf Hanim Sultana, granddaughter of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mourad V. His wife has just given birth to Paris where she will die in 1941. From this union was born a daughter in 1939, which is none other than Kenizé Mourad whose bestselling novel "From the Dead Princess" will be sold several million copies and translated into 34 languages.
The Rajah remarries and has other children Muzzafar Ali, one of the greatest directors of Bollywood keep the car until 1972, when it was sold in the UK to Peter Grant, manager of the famous group Rock Led Zeppelin.
After the death of Peter Grant, the Isotta is auctioned at the 1996 Collection of Imperial Palace Las Vegas and will be presented at the famous Pebble Beach Concours Elegance in California before being sold to a foundation located Colorado."
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The puzzle photo shows the car parked in front of what was at the time Daniel Stewart's College in Edinburgh, Scotland. This was a school, and not part of Edinburgh University, but maybe they just thought it was an attractive spot for the young Rajah to be pictured with his motor.
Here's a more recent picture of the Maharajah's car
There was a second car with very similar bodywork - only the side windows are bigger: