Re: 320 engine in a 1956 Clipper

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/5/9 10:33:03

Is this car right-hand-drive? I'd be particularly interested if there was any reference in the article that the car has been assembled from a CKD kit by d'Ieteren Freres in Belgium. They did some export assembly for Packard in 1956, supposedly just a handful of cars. The few cars destined initially for the UK market were converted to RHD by Leonard Williams in England, I have a road test report on a 56 Clipper so converted by Leonard Williams.


d'Ieteren Freres is perhaps best remembered as one of Europe's great coachbuilders, doing much of their work on the Belgian Minverva chassis. After the war (WW II) they took on assembly of VWs for the Benelux countries, and also had some history of doing assembly work for Studebaker in Belgium starting about 1949. The company still exists with a very large presence in the European automotive market.henokiens.com/index_dieteren_gb.php