Adil Jal Darukhanawala wrote a 332-page book on the Mahindra Jeep history and production. The photographs I’ve seen so far are beautiful; it looks like Adil has created a quality product. I have purchased a copy and will review it later this month.
One reviewer of the book notes it contains a variety of interesting information bits, including how a few CJ-5s reached India (thanks to the Pakistani Army). I also like the comment that the jeep was the ‘greatest free sample in automotive history’, an important insight as tens of thousands of jeeps were left by allies all over the world. It looks like an interesting, detailed book.
The book can purchased directly from the author at https://www.adiljal.com
Here’s a review of the book from EVO India –The Thrill of Driving: https://www.evoindia.com/features/car-features/timeless-mahindra-book-review
These three photos come from this website: https://parsikhabar.net/books/timeless-mahindra-by-adil-jal-darukhanawala-hits-the-standa/24193/
I look forward to your review Dave.
It should be interesting.
Lets hope this book contains some factual information.
The Mahindra official website has many errors.
I’ve got an original print of the first CJ2A they assembled.
I wonder if the same picture is in the book.
My bet is that it is basically Public Relations.
Thanks Kieth. I still haven’t gotten a response from the seller’s website, so I don’t know if I have even bought the book or not yet. Not a good start ….
Keith: Adil wrote a nice email to me and confirmed that my purchase went through. My guess is that the book will arrive at the end of the month. I’ll keep you updated.