Dad Gifts 18 Year Son 43 Year Old Premier Padmini On Birthday [Video]
In India, the legal age to get a valid driving license is 18. It isn’t uncommon to see parents gifting their kids cars, motorcycles and SUVs on their 18th birthdays. Recently, Dhrruv Manish Chhabria, a content creator shared a video on Instagram showing how his parents gifted him a 43 year old Premier Padmini as ‘his first car’, on his 18th birthday. The YouTube channel Los Pollos Wheels has also put out a video explaining the full journey of procuring this car from the previous owner and doing the RC transfer.
In the Instagram reel, Dhrruv claims himself to be the ‘ youngest ‘official’ owner of a 1983 Premier Padmini’. He has just turned 18, and the car is already 43 years old- 25 years elder to its owner! That’s not something we see every day. The Padmini, he says, is his project car, and then explains how his parents procured it for him, and put in immense effort to clear all the paperwork. The details of these are discussed in the longer YouTube video. Dhrruv seems to be very excited about his birthday gift.
On his YouTube channel, Dhrruv has explained the procurement journey in detail. In the beginning of the video, we can see how excited he is. This video went online on January 29, 2026. The procurement process was, however, initiated in mid-April, 2025.
The YouTuber says that most of the Padmini’s documents were valid at the time of sale- RC, Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate etc. It, however, lacked a valid insurance policy and had unpaid challans as well. These had to be resolved before the ownership transfer could be completed. They checked with the police department to get clarity on the actual fines and challan amounts. The car reportedly had unpaid challans amounting to Rs 5100. Clearing these was the first step.
The YouTuber went to the cops and paid the amount using the car’s registration number and other credentials. The policemen were surprised to know that they were about to collect fines of a 43-year old car. The father and son did not forget to collect receipts for the same.
Next, they had to pay the insurance. This process was initiated much later. To process the insurance, they needed to know the car’s chassis number. Since it was a 43-year old vehicle, the father-son duo had to spend a lot of time sanding and clearing the bodywork to obtain the chassis number. Then, using a paper and pencil, they took three ‘chassis prints’. They were able to pay the insurance without much hassle.
However, to get the RC transfer done, they needed more documents. They needed to provide three chassis prints, three Form 28s, Form 29 and Form 30 (one each), PAN card and self-attested Aadhar card copies of the buyer, self-attested PAN and Aadhar card copies of the seller, electricity bill of the purchaser, valid insurance policy for the car, original RC and PUC. They handed over these to the agent, along with the required fees.
They couldn’t, however, complete the process as the car had unpaid ‘Green Tax’ that needed to be cleared before its ownership could be transferred. This amounted to around Rs 4000. To pay Green Tax, they needed to first install High Security Number Plates (HSRP).
Determined, the family completed each of these steps. By January 13th, the RC transfer was completed. On January 23rd, they even got the RC delivered through post. This is a project car and will be restored fully in the coming months.