Eighty-five years ago, in the month of May, four vehicles of the Czech marque Škoda, set out on a journey from an automobile club in Prague to Calcutta in India. There were seven participants, including Peters, driving the four Populars (the name for the small family car manufactured between 1933 and 1946). The cars in Calcutta in 1934 Photograph courtesy ŠkodaThe expedition of 1934 was sponsored by the Motor Club of the University Sport. It was not possible to use the bridges,” writes Šebela. The Czech expedition was a matter of triumph for the seven adventurers.

Source: The Telegraph June 22, 2019 19:52 UTC