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Passenger Touring
Right Hand Drive
Vehicle # : 215710R
Chassis # : 215725
Body #: 218-456
Original Registration #: 10215 (Victoria)
Manufactured: in U.S.A.
Shipped: via S.S.Mareeba
Arrived: Sydney, Australia June 29, 1926
Delivered to: Kellows – Faulkner Pty/ Russell St. Melbourne
Ordered for and delivered to:
Miss Annie Meyer
660 Burwood Rd
Auburn, Victoria Sate
September 17, 1926
Kellows – Faulkiner installed fender tire
wells, changed 2 spare wheels from rear of auto to front fenders and
added cowl lights
Approximate cost delivered: $12,000 US
(according to McIntosh, 1600 LBS Australian (according to Overend)
Miss Meyer also owned a Daimler and a Stutz
(McIntosh and Overend). She used this car until she died in 1959 and
left it in her will to her chauffeur, a Mr. Harold Smith or Thompson
(?) who died shortly thereafter. He supposedly left no survivors so
the Packard reverted to Miss Meyer’s nephew, David Chamberlin, 112
Guilford Rd., Surry Hills, Victoria.
On January 20, 1964 he sold it to Darren
Overend, “Lociel” (Now Chevy Chase), Were St, Brighton Beach,
Victoria for $500 Aust. When he purchased it, the odometer
registered 38,695 miles. He owned it until September 1965 during
which time he rebuilt the engine, renickeled the plated parts and
repainted some of the body.
The Packard was sold again on September 3, 1965
to Cameron McMillan, Turra Murra, Sydney NSW for $1200 Aust. The
mileage was no about 50,000 miles on the odometer, but since Chamber
drove it for sometime with it disconnected it is estimated to be
about 62,000 miles.
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