Re: Usefull website

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/5/6 17:41:45

Here's my understanding of it; prewar until about 1939 when the Packard/Canada plant closed down Packard built both RHD and LHD cars in both Detroit and Canada, though I believe Canada built many more RHD than LHD, mostly for the UK, India and I believe South Africa among others. Canada also built LHD cars for the US market. I've been told most if not all of the prewar RHD cars sold in Australia were built in Detroit.

Postwar, the RHD cars were built in Detroit thru 1954. After that I believe the very few V8 RHD cars made were converted from LHD by Leonard Williams Ltd., Packard's London dealer.

I too would be interested in knowing more about Packard's South Africa distribution and service network.