Re: Peter Wherrett's 1956 Packard Review
Posted by Ozstatman On 2010/2/1 3:28:20
Quote:Don,
In the Peter Wherrett link, click on 5 Personal Life. This caused quite a stir when it became public! If I remember rightly it was even shown on TV.
And there's a Peter Wherrett connection with Wade's '34! It was road tested by Peter for his TV show long before Wade bought the car. I'm just speculating, but there might even the footage of it in some dusty vault just waiting to be re-discovered.
At our National Rally last year there was a proposal to change the pronunciation/spelling of Packard to Pack'd, or maybe it was to Packerd, so instead of us Aussies saying Pack-Hard it would sound more the way you guys say it Pack'd! Everyone went away to think about this with a view to re-visiting the proposal at this years Rally on Kangaroo Island. Should be interesting to see what the consensus is after being given 18 months to think about it! That said, the guy who proposed this is a noted jokester so I think it'll just die a natural death.
And concerning RHD V8 Packards, I'll keep my eye out for any here in Oz and report what I find. See that in the Packard Owner's Registry that Packard Downunder's '56 Clipper Deluxe Touring Sedan was an "Original Australian delivered car through Kellow Falkner in Melbourne.". Maybe he, or some of the other Aussie PackardInfo members with V8's, can provide some insights. Although from what I can see the other Aussie V8's in the Packard Owner's Registry either remain as LHD or were converted to RHD after their import to Australia.
portlandon wrote:......Peter Wherrett had quite a life. He was a race car driver, and auto journalist.
I do like the way they say "Pack-Hard", it sounds so....distinguished.
In the Peter Wherrett link, click on 5 Personal Life. This caused quite a stir when it became public! If I remember rightly it was even shown on TV.
And there's a Peter Wherrett connection with Wade's '34! It was road tested by Peter for his TV show long before Wade bought the car. I'm just speculating, but there might even the footage of it in some dusty vault just waiting to be re-discovered.
At our National Rally last year there was a proposal to change the pronunciation/spelling of Packard to Pack'd, or maybe it was to Packerd, so instead of us Aussies saying Pack-Hard it would sound more the way you guys say it Pack'd! Everyone went away to think about this with a view to re-visiting the proposal at this years Rally on Kangaroo Island. Should be interesting to see what the consensus is after being given 18 months to think about it! That said, the guy who proposed this is a noted jokester so I think it'll just die a natural death.
And concerning RHD V8 Packards, I'll keep my eye out for any here in Oz and report what I find. See that in the Packard Owner's Registry that Packard Downunder's '56 Clipper Deluxe Touring Sedan was an "Original Australian delivered car through Kellow Falkner in Melbourne.". Maybe he, or some of the other Aussie PackardInfo members with V8's, can provide some insights. Although from what I can see the other Aussie V8's in the Packard Owner's Registry either remain as LHD or were converted to RHD after their import to Australia.
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