Lost in the '50's!

Posted by Ozstatman On 2016/11/5 19:14:08

Yesterday went to the "Lost in the '50's Museum", near Newcastle, on a Packard Club run originating in Sydney Australia. Had to drive 129kms to get to the start then another 123kms to the Museum itself, although I wasn't the one to come the furthest. 5 Packards on the run with 11 people in total from the club. Interesting collection of '50's US cars as well as some others.

Seems many museums have a Batmobile and a Back to the Future Delorean complete with Flux Capacitor, this one does!

And for Aussies, there's just about always a Goggomobile Dart, iconised first in a TV anti-Dart ad by a phone company then in a series of TV ads by a collector car insurance company. Of course there are other Dart cars, best known being the Daimler SP250 Dart sports car and the Dodge Dart but here in Oz the Goggomobile is tops when it comes to Darts!

Only 2 Packards at the Museum a low mileage, 1 owner, '52 Patrician from a Nevada Museum(currently with a BTV problem!) and a Gabriel Metal Model Kit as part of the memorabilia adorning the walls.

Museum owner has about 100 cars in total with about 65 on display at any one time. Plus he always has cars for sale, constantly importing from the US, after buying at Barrett Jackson, Mecum, other auctions, etc. Out of every 20 bought only about 3 are keepers. the rest are on-sold.

Not the Dart!

Shannons Dart

Below are pic's of some on display that caught my attention.

EDIT - Click on pic's to enlarge.

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