Gurpreet Singh who owns 14 vintage cars including a 1928

Rolls Royce model of Phantom One that is on display here, said he had "to buy made in Chennai tyres from England because of proprietary rights".

"The tyres which were originally made in Chennai, were sent to England for certain proprietary issues and we had to pay a whopping 120 per cent customs duty to buy tyres that were made in our own country," he said.

Darukhanawala, on the other hand had to roam across "whole of India to find the tail lights for his car".

Another major challenge in fixing vintage cars is the reluctance of young mechanics in India towards learning the "job on older cars".

"New mechanics cannot touch these cars as far as the engine is concerned. None of the youngsters want to learn on older cars, they want to do the easy stuff.

"They can only remove and replace and for repair and fit there are very few," he added.

The event was inaugurated by Vinod Zutshi, Secretary of Ministry of Tourism.

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