MEMORIES....

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A few days ago John Meadows kindly sent me a copy of a local (Victoria,

Australia) HET newsletter dated March 1982. The front and back covers

featured my old '29 Landau and inside was an article written by the guy to

whom I'd sold it. I'm not sure whether Jeff (the author) is still alive,

but I'm sure he won't mind if I make a few observations.



In his article Jeff states that he purchased the car from me in 1965, but it

was actually 1963 - maybe that's a typo. I sold the H. to buy a '34 Packard

1100 Sedan. Nice car, too.



Although the line drawings and photos in the magazine show no landau irons -

and one caption calls it a Club Sedan - it was definitely a Landau! The

attached photo shows how it looked. The front bumper had been removed for

lightness as I was competing (successfully) in a hillclimb that day. Please

don't ask why I didn't remove the spare - July '63 was a long time ago.



My guess is that when Jeff replaced the decidedly ratty roof material he

"forgot" to replace the landau irons. I believe the car is now in South

Australia - I wonder if the irons are back in place?



That car was an absolute knockout, not only for motoring fun but for all

sorts of adololescent activities - horizontal folk dancing is a euphamism

that comes to mind.............



As you can guess, it's still too hot to work in the shed so I'm finding new

ways to waste time!



Peter R.