Re: Peter Wherrett's 1956 Packard Review

Posted by John Payne On 2010/2/2 0:34:22

As well as a motoring reporter, Peter Wherrett became well known as a cross dresser - seems like strange behaviour to an old conservative gent like me! I can say that when the RHD conversions were done (not sure who did them), a "universal" steering box was mounted a little higher on the RHS chassis rail, necessitating removal of any heater as it fouled the steering column. The steering column was also slightly offset to the right under this arrangement, although it wasn't uncomfortable for driving. No power steering with this arrangement either, from what I understand. Most local cars in Australia at the time didn't have luxuries like heater, radio etc, so we were pretty much ignorant of the power options available to you guys. Oh, and as far as I'm concerned, I'm sticking with Pack-hard. Cheers, John