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1963 Simca Aronde P60 Sedan

1963 Simca Aronde P60 Sedan in Forensic Files (Mystery Detectives), Non-fiction TV, 1996-2011 IMDB Ep. 08.36

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: FR — Built in: AU — Made for: AUS

1963 Simca Aronde P60 Sedan

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dsl SX

2017-12-05 15:25

Looks RHD, unusual 2-tone split. Ep8.36 seems to be Aus story, so this would be locally made.

"Australian production: The 90A Aronde was produced in Australia from 1956 by Northern Star Engineering which, along with Continental and General Distributors, had been contracted to assemble the model from CKD kits, using local content. In July 1959, Chrysler Australia announced that future production of the Aronde would be undertaken at its factories in Adelaide. In late 1959 the P60 was introduced, selling alongside the 90A well into 1960, and a five-door P60 station wagon was introduced in late 1961.The wagon, which was unique to Australia, was based on the four-door sedan and featured an extended roof-line and a tail-gate fitted with a wind-down window. Australian production of the Aronde ceased in 1964." from wiki

Trax/Top Gear have produced resin 1:43 models of the Aus build saloon and estate
[Image: traxarondesaloons.jpg] [Image: traxarondeestates.jpg]
- pictures from 2017 online catalogues. Have only seen these onscreen, but from slight experience of a couple of other Trax resins, they're likely to be nicely done and well made.

jpts AU

2017-12-06 09:28

This vehicle belonged to John Button, the boyfriend of Rosemary Anderson who was hit and killed by serial killer, Eric Edgar Cooke who was responsible for 8 murders and 14 attempted murders committed in Perth between the 26th January and the 1st August 1963.

Button was wrongfully convicted for Anderson's murder and was sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter with 5 years each in Fremantle Prison and Karnet Prison Farm.

At Button's appeal, Cooke stated that he (not Button) was the one who ran down Anderson, but the judge dismissed Cooke's claim as the judge said if he, Cooke did run down Anderson, her body would've ripped off the sun visor on Cooke's car as her body went over the roof.

Button wasn't only the one wrongfully convicted for one of Cooke's murders.

Two years earlier in December 1961, a 20-year-old deaf mute named Darryl Beamish was also wrongfully convicted for the murder of socialite and MacRobertson's Chocolate heiress, Jillian Brewer who was bludgeoned and mutilated with a tomahawk in the bedroom of her flat at Cottesloe, Western Australia on the night of the 20th December 1959.

At Beamish's appeal, Cooke made a statement saying that he and not Beamish was the one who killed Brewer and like Button's appeal in 1963, the judge had also dismissed Cooke's claim as the judge called Cooke "a liar" and "a worthless scoundrel" who would say anything to get a reprieve from his sentence.

Cooke was hanged at Fremantle Prison on the morning of the 26th October 1964 and became the last man and as well as person executed in the State of Western Australia.

After he was hanged, his body was taken to the Fremantle Cemetery at Palmyra in Fremantle's eastern suburbs where he was buried on top of the grave of child killer, Martha Rendell who was also hanged at Fremantle Prison on the morning of the 6th October 1909 for the poisoning murders of three of her stepchildren.

Rendell became the last woman executed by the State of Western Australia.

-- Last edit: 2024-01-26 18:49:08

dsl SX

2019-04-09 05:02

Shannon's film about Simca Aronde in Aus. Slightly surprised at how much they rave about it - "Some Car, The Simca" slogan.

Also mentions that the Simca Vedette was built in Aus - we don't seem to have any obvious examples, but one to watch out for??

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