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For Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, it’s his MG TC 1946 that remains the favoured mode of transport within the City Palace. Calling it “a delightful gem of a four-cylinder open two-seater” that he began driving sometime in the 1970s, he says, “it is a compact, powerful car which I have driven on the roads, especially in the days I used to play cricket and visited the polo-fields regularly. Being an open two-seater, it is a delight to drive under the open skies.” Parked in the mornings at his private residence in Udaipur, the Shambhu Niwas Palace, this car