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Glourious sunny weather ,along with the excellent Brooklands atmosphere helped make a superb setting for our cars on the warmest Spring Meet on record.
As in previous years there was no concours, no prizes, just a great opportunity to meet, compare notes on latest restoration problems and solutions.
There were some cars making their first appearance, notably Jeff Matthews 1949 Custom 8 Sedan and Bob Denman's 1936 120 Sedan.
Also getting admiring looks was Hans Edwards' 1935 Convertible
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Coupe which is up for sale - Hans kindly asked Jim Denne to bring it along to show a wider audience.
We had visitors from USA including the son of a former Packard Dealer in Ohio.Visitors from nearer home included David & Dorothy Packard from Birmingham who are looking for their first enormous car.
Oldest car present was Colin Masterson's 1928 Runabout with "Packard London" proudly on its radiator grille - denoting a car sold by the sole UK concessionaires, Leonard Williams.
Most cars tackled the famous test Hill which pre-
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sents little in the way of difficulty for Packard - even at 1 in 4 for the top section
We all then regrouped on the historic banking of the old race track for some more photos of the group.
The day soon went by and it was time to depart from Brooklands until next year.
LOK OUT FOR NEWS OF AN "ORPHAN MAKES" RALLY AND BBQ IN WEST SUSSEX ON 6th SEPTEMBER 1998.
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