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Went to a swap meet today in the '38 Eight 1601 Sedan. It was at Crookwell, a country town Southwest from Sydney, and which The Packard Club will be visiting next year during our 2009 National Rally in the nearby Southern Highlands. Link to Crookwell below.

http://www.argylecounty.com.au/towns/crookwell.html

Arriving at the swap meet, entry was AU$2.00 as well as a talk with the gatekeeper about Packards and Buicks. Then, on parking, the guy in the car next to me also talked about Buicks. I've come across this a lot here in Oz, seems Buick really made an impression, or an awful lot of peoples Dad's, Uncles, etc owned one at some time.

Then on to scouring the field, yes I said field because Crookwell will never challenge Hershey in terms of size or for much else for that matter. Packard parts were non-existent, although talking to one vendor he said he has some new mid 50's hubcaps in his shed and another said he had a 26/27 gearbox at home. Got their cards, and will pass the info on to club members here who might be interested. Did find a hubcap which "might" be Packard but I just don't know. It does have a hexagon indent in it's centre but knowing my luck it'll turn out to be from a Buick! Of course it cost all of AU$0.50, about US$0.33 at current rates, so it won't exactly break the bank. Also bought a steel knock-off cap probably from an MG for AU$2.00 and a side mirror for AU$9.00 which may be used on the right side of the '41. Because the '41 is remaining as LHD I'll need all the help with visibility I can get. See pic's below.

There were a couple of "old" cars in the parking lot, a Ford Mainline "Ute" and a Morris Minor convertible. And one car for sale, a '29 Rugby Sedan for AU$13,000.00, approx US$8,700.00, which looked pretty reasonable.

Any help to ID the hubcap would be appreciated.

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