Re: Barries's 1950 standard 8

Posted by africapackard On 2009/8/27 1:30:56

Hi Sandy!

You are the friendly Packard guy from the US that is a Piston Ring member - great to meet you! Thanks for the invite and I would definitely think about it although money is a bit tight at the moment.

I know Philip very well, in fact I bought the 1950 and the Chev truck from him. I see him regularly as it is great to visit his place and collection. We also attend the Piston Ring and sometimes drive there together. I am trying to get him to use this website, but he is not much into computers and stuff. I did upload some of his cars on the owners registry. I also have a friend down in Knysna, maybe you know him as well?? I also met Uncle Hennie and was very impresssed with his collection. Dont know if you visited him at his house? A serious collector. Saw him driving the convertible this past weekend.

I dont know Godfrey personally, but I enjoy his newsletter although I hear he wants to resign at present? Regarding the Hudsons....I nearly bought a 49 Commodore but was "persuaded" by Philip to invest in a "real" car i.e. the 50 Standard 8 Packard. HAHA! To say the least, I have not been disappointed with my purchase and also the Packard community especially here on this wonderfull forum!

Please Sandy... whenever you get to SA again please dont forget to visit me as well! Maybe we can organise for a South African Packard get together somewhere beautifull like say Cape Town? Me and Philip has been discussing this as Packards are very rarely seen at the normal car get togethers...this past Pretoria cars in the Park meeting ( one of the biggest in SA) there were not one single Packard!

Here is my e-mail address: barries@uj.ac.za
Please feel free to use it to contact me directly.