SoCultures October 2018

SoCultures October 2018
1930 Stutz Series M - 7
Titus has close to one hundred cars that he has collected over the past fifteen years.
He bought his first vintage car, a 1947 Austin A40, in his hometown Jabalpur,
India. Also many of his possessions of cars are ones which were once the prides of
the Maharajas of India, who were always known for splurging on luxurious cars
and artifacts. The acquisitions materialize only after thorough researches and
restoration. It’s not only the fascination for vintage and old but also for the
admiration and reverence for exquisite rare works of art ‘n’ crafts, for their extra
unique substance and character. And it’s also about giving a great deal of care and
thought to restoration of these vintage items.
Says Diljeet Titus about his car collection, “My mother Veena Titus says that as a
boy of five years, I used to plant little toy cars in our garden, in the hope that they
would yield trees full of cars. Probably that dream never left me. I started
collecting cars in 1999 with disposable income available having setting up my own
law firm in 1997 (I worked in a law firm from 1989 until early 1997). In 2003, I
set up “The Titus Museum”. I now own seventy two classics (acquired over the
past ten years) including several historic Packards, Cadillacs, Buicks, Chevrolets,
Dodges, a Pierce Arrow, a Willys-Knight, the only Stutz in the Country, an Auburn
Boattail Speedster, two Rolls-Royce, two Mercedes Benz , two Bugatti cars and
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