Re: Vintage Packards on the Street Thread...
Posted by Ozstatman On 2020/8/4 1:01:38
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Image below was accommpanied by this text: "1938 Packard 120 with ambulance coachwork. The location is Australia House in The Strand, London during wartime, probably around 1942. The writing on the Packard states "Presented By Royal Automobile Club Victoria Australia, RACV Patriotic Appeal". The Packard itself did not come from Australia as it was registered in Yorkshire, England in 1938. British Empire countries raised funds for the war effort and paid for ambulances and sometimes aircraft. Due to the massive losses of vehicles in the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940 the government boughtmany hundreds of cars for conversion into ambulances, fire tenders and tea wagons. Many patriotic owners gave their cars to the war effort . American cars were favoured as they were big, tough and could withstand continued abuse. This Packard has a very neat body comparedwith most conversions which were simply cars with the rear body hacked off behind the fro nt doors and a crude wooden box body fitted.Those cars that survived the war often enjoyed. a third metamorphosis into "woodies" and light rucks."
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Image below was accommpanied by this text: "1938 Packard 120 with ambulance coachwork. The location is Australia House in The Strand, London during wartime, probably around 1942. The writing on the Packard states "Presented By Royal Automobile Club Victoria Australia, RACV Patriotic Appeal". The Packard itself did not come from Australia as it was registered in Yorkshire, England in 1938. British Empire countries raised funds for the war effort and paid for ambulances and sometimes aircraft. Due to the massive losses of vehicles in the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940 the government boughtmany hundreds of cars for conversion into ambulances, fire tenders and tea wagons. Many patriotic owners gave their cars to the war effort . American cars were favoured as they were big, tough and could withstand continued abuse. This Packard has a very neat body comparedwith most conversions which were simply cars with the rear body hacked off behind the fro nt doors and a crude wooden box body fitted.Those cars that survived the war often enjoyed. a third metamorphosis into "woodies" and light rucks."
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