The Maharajah’s Silver Daimler

September 25, 2011 4 CommentsCartoons, Mott's Spots, Stan Mott, Stan Mott

By Stan Mott

“This magnificent machine is absolutely authentic, with a minor modification of the elephant head lever and the addition of the ‘wiper ward.’ The serpent horn was copied verbatim, right down to the molars. (I am pleased to note that I resisted putting in a gold one.)” Published in Automobile magazine in the ’90s. Thanks, Stan.

4 Comments

September 25, 2011 at 2:37 pm

Larry Crane

Hi Stan. Hope all is well. It is fun to revisit your genius in a new venue. Great memories flood in behind the drawings.
September 25, 2011 at 3:53 pm

Jim Simpson

Entirely too funny… Way to go Stan… really good to see your work again. Please keep them coming.
September 25, 2011 at 4:36 pm

Barry Root

Stan Mott is inspirational as always, and not only to us:

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/tata-nano-gold-plus-2011-09-21?imageNo=1
April 16, 2020 at 7:56 am

spirit

The really funny thing is, there WAS a maharajah who had a SILVER bodied Rolls. Saw it once.

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