Ozstatman,

There were only two '41 110 airconditioned packard cars in India as I was told by my father . One was in Calcutta and the other was in Delhi , possibly belonging to President of Kuljian Corporation (An american company in India) as far as my knowledge goes . So the car shown in your message may or may not be our car . The chance is 50/50 .From the license plate it seems the car is now registered in Rajasthan .However I am inclined to believe that this is the car my father owned .

Dear West,

I donot have any idea about the whereabouts of our Packard car now, but I did see it in a motor show in Bombay with a different license plate on TV . So as far as I can guess the car is lying with some collector in Bombay .

Dear Friends,

Thank you for appreciating my father's Packard car . My father was an eminent electrical engineer who started his career by joining a british company dealing in electrical and scientific instruments . He eventually became Governing Director of the company and took it to new heights .

Dear Friends,

I am uploading one photograph of our Packard car taken by me in 1957 when I was just a young boy . The car is right hand drive (made to suit Indian regulations )and is standing majestically in the portico of our house in calcutta .I am also uploading one picture showing components of the factory fitted air conditioner .It will be observed that the cooling coils were in the luggage boot and the cold air entry was from the back thru a duct near the rear glass.

The car was way ahead of other contemporary cars in many ways .It had steering gear instead of floor mounted stick shift gears as was customary in other contemporary cars . It had cigarette lighter , 2 speed wipers , coil spring suspension at the front and very wide wheel base . The ride was very smooth and even at 70 miles per hour the car was rock steady . My father would sometimes drive the car in top gear at less than 5 miles per hour to show me how the car was moving without knocking or vibration .

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My father had a 1941 model Packard one ten (six cylinders)which had a factory fitted air conditioner .The car had inscriptions as 'AIR CONDITIONED' by the side of the bonnet .I heard this was the first air conditioned model in the world .It did not have a power steering , yet the steering was very smooth and I as a 10 year old boy could drive this car very easily