Parnell, Peter, active 1972

Motor vehicle engineer of Wellington

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Volkswagen beach buggy with owner, Mr Bridges, and builder, Peter Parnell

Date: March 1972

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-NZ Transport-Motor vehicles and motor shows-02

Description: Photograph of Volkswagen beach buggy with owner, Mr Bridges, behind the wheel and Peter Parnell, who oversaw the conversion of the vehicle from an old Volkswagen, standing. Photograph taken by an unknown photographer and published in the Evening Post ca March 1972. The original caption states that the owner called his vehicle a bandicoot buggy because of its resemblance to the Australian marsupial. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 15.3 x 20.8 cm