Re: 1949

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/12/21 9:26:20

yes it is right hand drive, and I would be interested in any information about that; did they assemble them here in Australia, or ship them complete, etc.

After the Canadian plant closed in 1939, Packard assembled RHD cars in the Detroit facility thru 1954. Not all models were available in RHD; for example in 1954 only the Clipper DeLuxe, Clipper Special and Clipper Super (but not the Panama) were available in RHD. That doesn't preclude that some conversions may have been done overseas on other models, or cars already imported in LHD.

After the move to Conner Ave the few cars (1955/56) in RHD were converted by Leonard Williams in London, though there may have been a few isolated exceptions to this as well.