LUXURY MOTOR-CAR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 121, 25 May 1938, Page 7

LUXURY MOTOR-CAR

INDIAN PRINCE’S PURCHASE REMARKABLE FEATURES LONDON, April 30. At a cost of thousands of pounds a motor-car which is the last word in luxury has been built in London for an Indian prince. It is a three-ton sports car ordered by the Prince of Berate, son of the Nizam of Hyderabad, who is reputed to be the richest man in the world. The car was designed by a young Englishman, Ronald Robinson, and took eight months to construct. It is fitted with every possible device and luxurious gadget. The bodywork is painted in gambodge and wine red, the prince’s State colours. His crest is emblazoned on the übors. Each crest weighs 41b. The walls and upholstery are richly padded with winered leather. The seats are fitted with patent soft springs. Cream leather cushions in various shapes are filled with the finest swansdown obtainable. The floor is covered with an inch-thick wine-red pile carpet. There is a sycamore cocktail cabinet built in behind the rear seat. The glasses are of rare hand-carved crystal, and the decanters have solid gold stoppers, sandwich boxes are of silver. A special air-conditioning system is fitted into the prince’s compartment. The windows are made of anti-sun-glare red safety glass and have rich red blinds. In addition to interior wireless, there is a radiogram inside the rear boot. It is mounted on extending links so that it can be placed outside during picnics and shooting parties. The English chauffeur, the prince’s only European retainer, has a choice of five different sounding horns. Two are musical ,two are of the high frequency type, the other is a police syren. Special tree-bar bumpers have been fitted, and powerful searchlights are concealed in the wings, for jungle travel.