The homecoming: Lal Pari, 73-year-old vintage car from Ahmedabad, reaches London

Seventy-three days after they began, Gujarati businessman Daman Thakore, his 75-year-old father Deval and 21-year-old daughter Devanshi have returned to a beloved family member’s place of birth. “Since my college days in Canada in the 90s, I’ve also been flying to different countries, hiring a car from the airport and driving around,” he adds. The many faces of a 1950 MG YT Lal Pari came to be a part of his family through Thakore’s childhood obsession with Commander Caractacus’ crazy car from the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. “It was the coming together of our family’s love for road travel, and the car, and the challenge of being the first to complete this journey in a classic car.” To record their historic journey for posterity, Thakore has collaborated with photographer and filmmaker Vinay Panjwani to create “a world-class documentary film” that he hopes will come to a streaming platform soon. It was heartwarming.” Rested, Lal Pari will be shipped back to Mumbai by the first week of December, before being driven home to Ahmedabad, and going back to being Thakore’s daily ride.