The car has been with PCM family for over a century and has now been restored
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In 914, Rao Bahadur PC Muthu Chettiar purchased a Benz Model 8/20 HP Runabout Tourer from Benz & Cie Germany (founded by Carl Benz). This Benz may have been made a year or so earlier, but since the original invoice, which is still in the possession of the family, is dated February 06, 1914, technically it would be classified as a 1914 model. Amazingly, for over a century this car has remained with the same family.
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