Re: 22nd-23rd Series Book

Posted by Michael Evans On 2009/11/4 10:19:27

So sorry Robert for delay in getting back to you but over here in the UK my Packard has been undergoing her first MOT and now having succeeded I have been very busy trying to get her registered in this country - have now succeeded in that too so here I am with the info. you requested ages back on the forum : My car is a 1948 Packard 22nd Series Export SIX Touring Sedan ( in other words a S.W.B Taxi in some people's eyes )she was built on 24th February 1948 as a CKD (Completely Knocked Down) and crated up and sent to S.Africa with the Briggs body number 752309 vin No.2282-2016 and engine No.G1529 - she sailed to South Africa and there was assembled by the local importers and sold to Mr Havengar of Rhodesia a Tobacco Farmer who used her for some 18 years or so then used her as a TRACTOR on the farm until she finally expired. Adrian Trebicki saved her by paying in the form of a crate of beer and proceeded to restore her for the first time - later left to work in UK but went back to reclaim and transport her to the UK where she has been in a garage in Preston Lancashire until I bought her in March this year. Now she is MOT'd and Registered here it's my intention to carry on the good work and fully restore her.

Best regards

Michael