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John, JW, and John, Appin, good to hear from you both and good that you had a good time! Looking forward to the photos.

Few Pics

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Thanks for the pictures. I especially like the Single Eight touring though I wish the radiator shell and lamps were properly in nickel plate. Do you recall is the 34 Club Sedan was an Eight or a Super Eight? It appears to be an 1101 (Eight).

The hub cap says Eight

For sure an eight

I see that Gordon Logan has replaced the tires on his 1928 4-43 sport phaeton. The blacks make it look soooo much nicer. It was a good looking car to begin with, but just didn't look right with the white tires.

Yes he did, but they are radials! Now that Pebble Beach is behind them, they want to drive the car more. It was the lead car for the Early Bird Tour.

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Hello All, I have just now finished getting my photos of Salado Meet organized. I will share them with you over the next few days. I thought I would start with the Friday morning Early Bird Tour.

I did not go on the tour this year. I was planning to drive the '47 Clipper to Salado on Thursday afternoon, but the weather forecast was calling for thunder storms, hail, and wind to be in the area. I decided to drive up in the Beetle TDI and then come back Friday morning to home in Austin and drive the Clipper up then when the weather was better. It turned out I could have driven the Clipper on Thursday as the storm front missed the area. The drive to Salado from Austin on Friday morning was uneventful. The car performed flawlessly.

Here are some photos of the cars starting on the tour. The destination was to a restoration shop in Taylor, then lunch, and then return to the Stagecoach Inn about mid-day. I could have hitched a ride for the tour, but the return time was too late for the round trip to retrieve the Clipper.

Enjoy, more to come.

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Continuing with Friday morning, I made a quick tour of the parking lot while the Packrds were getting ready for the Early Bird Tour. Noticed a 1940 110 Touring Sedan being driven in the lot, also noticed that it was a RHD model. Made a note to myself to look into this car more when I got back from Austin with the Clipper.

I found the car parked with its hood panels raised. Started looking for a data plate to see if it was a Canadian or U.S. made car. No data plate. Realized it was a 1940 model, and had to be a Detroit car as Packard ceased production in Canada, where previously all the RHD cars were made, in 1939 when that country entered the war.

Next I noticed it was displaying a NSW historic vehicle plate. Ahhh, an Australian car, should take many photos for Mal to see. As I was taking a photo of the steering wheel and instrument panel, a woman came up and offered to open the door so that I might get a better shot. I thanked her and said I was taking photos of their car for my Packard friend Mal in Sydney. She said: "You're John Lawrence." I replied that I was. She then went on to say that she had a message for me from Mal: "Hi." Small world. She then introduced herself and then brought her husband over to meet me. Annet and John have recently moved to the U.S. and are now living in Arkansas. They drove the Packard to Salado, convoying with others coming to the Meet. Annet said that Wade had rebuilt the engine and done other work on the car, and that it was well known by Mal and others in Sydney.

They received the first Jim Hollingsworth memorial award for driving a Packard the longest distance to the Meet.

Enjoy.

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Are they on a tour here for the summer from down under?