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[ Patrons ] [ Contributors ] [ Guest Book ]
We
express our sincere gratitude to our wonderful friends who have helped Autofest
City in more ways than one. We acknowledge in the list below, these great
patrons in order of
acquaintance. Snapshots...
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Mr. Savinder Singh, Managing
Director of M/s. Centy Toys, New Delhi, India, manufacturer of plastic
die cast scaled replicas of Indian automobiles. Mr. Savinder Singh was
and continues to be very kind to cater to all our requirements,
however small they may be, inspite of having a very busy schedule and
a huge industry to run. The Centy range includes :
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Mahindra & Mahindra MM540
Jeeps, Armada and Classic |
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The entire range from Maruti
Suzuki – the 800, Zen, Esteem, Gypsy |
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DCM Toyota’s LCV |
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Ashok Leyland’s IVECO Cargo
(in two versions – Fixed Chassis and Trailer) |
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Mr. Avinash Agrawal,
Proprietor of Creative Education, Bangalore, India, for giving us his
best co-operation in procuring imported die-cast metal scale models
for the collection. |
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Mr. Abbas S. Vagh, Managing
Director, M/s. The Decorative Laminates (I) Pvt. Ltd., Mysore, India,
for supplying all wood and laminates for display cases with special
discounts for Autofest City. We are specially grateful to him for
inaugurating our guest book. |
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Mr. S. K. Dinesh, Proprietor,
M/s. Kayem’s Agencies (Indian Oil Dealers), Mysore, India, for
presenting Autofest City with the Scale 18 Mercedes Smart by Maisto,
which he specially bought from Singapore. |
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Mr. Ali Vagh, Proprietor, MAS
Furniture Pvt. Ltd., Mysore, India, for bringing in the Scale 18
Ferrari F355 Spyder by UT Models, from Singapore, which helped us
launch the ‘3 Generations of Ferrari Series’ at Autofest City. |
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Mr. Zaid Khan Ghori, Mysore,
India, for giving us his time to create the first ever video on
Autofest City. |
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Auto India Magazine, India,
for giving Autofest City a very good coverage in their March 2000
issue. We sincerely thank the Editor Mr. Raj Warrior, Sub-Editor Mr.
Bhushan Mhapralkar and the staff who worked on this article to make it
truly outstanding. |
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Ms. Penny Ong, Technical
Sales Manager, and Mr. C. K. Tan, Engineer, M/s. The Tabernacle
(PCB) Products Pte. Ltd., Singapore, for bringing in the Scale 18
Porsche Turbo 1997 and Porsche GT2 at Autofest City. |
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Mr. Dave Detro & Mrs. Pat
Detro, Costa Mesa, USA, for helping us obtain some of the most
important Scale 18 models in our collection :
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Ford Model T (Roadster) - Car of
the Century |
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Ford Model T (Wagon) - Car of
The Century |
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The world’s first true Scale
18 Lincoln Limousine Stretch |
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Mercedes CLK 320 with working
hood |
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Cadillac Phaeton V16 |
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BMW 328 |
Dave and Pat continue to be of great
help and support to us. |
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Autocar India Magazine,
India, for their support in publicizing Autofest City and this
website. |
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Mr. & Mrs. Kishore
Viswanathan, Omaha, USA, for bringing in our prized models :
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Cadillac De Ville 1948 – 50th
Anniversary Limited Edition |
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Ford Mustang 19641/2 |
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Mr. B. Roberts & family,
Mysore, India, for their warm friendship and kind contribution of the
Scale 24 Chrysler Atlantic featured in the Series ‘Concepts of the
90s’ and Jaguar XK180 at Autofest City. We also specially thank them
for lending us their video camera to videograph the collection. |
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Mr. T. Krishnamurthy &
family, Mysore, India, for gifting us our Scale 18 Auburn 851
Speedster 1936 and BMW 507 1956 which were almost impossible for us to
procure in India. |
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