1963 Simca Aronde P60 Sedan

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

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

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dsl ◊ 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 - 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 ◊ 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 in Shenton Park, 4km west of Perth CBD on the night of the 9th February 1963. Cooke's murder of Rosemary Anderson occurred nearly two weeks after he had shot at two couples in a parked car in Cottesloe, Western Australia on the 26th January 1963 (Australia Day). Button was wrongfully convicted for Anderson's murder and was sentenced to ten years for manslaughter with five years each to be served 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 22-year-old socialite and MacRobertson's Chocolate heiress, Jillian Brewer who was bludgeoned and mutilated with a tomahawk in the bedroom of her flat at Cottesloe on the night of the 19th 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, calling Cooke "a liar" and "a worthless scoundrel" who would say anything to get a reprieve from his death sentence. It later was revealed years later at Beamish's appeal in 2005, that the lead detective in the Brewer case, Owen Leich had verbally threatened Beamish into giving a confession to Brewer's murder, even coaching him what to write in his confession. Detective Leich was also involved in another investigation into an attack of a young woman who was also assaulted by Cooke during his spree but instead, pinned the crime on another deaf-mute man who was a friend of Beamish. Leich's involvement in the Brewer case had allowed him to rose through the police ranks and eventually becoming the Commissioner of the Western Australia Police Service from 1975 until his retirement in 1981. Years later after Beamish's acquittal and vindication, it was also revealed that Leich had ties to Perth's Criminal Underworld and had been taking payoffs from the local brothels. One of those payoffs was from the brothel madam, Shirley Finn who was later shot and killed while behind the wheel of her white Dodge Phoenix DG sedan parked near the ninth fairway of the South Perth Golf Club on the night of the 22nd June 1975. At Finn's Coronial Inquest in 2018, it was revealed that on the eve of his appointment to Commissioner, Leich was approached by Finn for help on her tax problems, only for Leich threatened to kill Finn if she named names. This event had happened days before Finn's murder. -- Last edit: 2025-03-28 16:20:44
dsl ◊ 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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dsl

◊ 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

- 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

◊ 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 in Shenton Park, 4km west of Perth CBD on the night of the 9th February 1963.

Cooke's murder of Rosemary Anderson occurred nearly two weeks after he had shot at two couples in a parked car in Cottesloe, Western Australia on the 26th January 1963 (Australia Day).

Button was wrongfully convicted for Anderson's murder and was sentenced to ten years for manslaughter with five years each to be served 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 22-year-old socialite and MacRobertson's Chocolate heiress, Jillian Brewer who was bludgeoned and mutilated with a tomahawk in the bedroom of her flat at Cottesloe on the night of the 19th 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, calling Cooke "a liar" and "a worthless scoundrel" who would say anything to get a reprieve from his death sentence.

It later was revealed years later at Beamish's appeal in 2005, that the lead detective in the Brewer case, Owen Leich had verbally threatened Beamish into giving a confession to Brewer's murder, even coaching him what to write in his confession.

Detective Leich was also involved in another investigation into an attack of a young woman who was also assaulted by Cooke during his spree but instead, pinned the crime on another deaf-mute man who was a friend of Beamish.

Leich's involvement in the Brewer case had allowed him to rose through the police ranks and eventually becoming the Commissioner of the Western Australia Police Service from 1975 until his retirement in 1981.

Years later after Beamish's acquittal and vindication, it was also revealed that Leich had ties to Perth's Criminal Underworld and had been taking payoffs from the local brothels.

One of those payoffs was from the brothel madam, Shirley Finn who was later shot and killed while behind the wheel of her white Dodge Phoenix DG sedan parked near the ninth fairway of the South Perth Golf Club on the night of the 22nd June 1975.

At Finn's Coronial Inquest in 2018, it was revealed that on the eve of his appointment to Commissioner, Leich was approached by Finn for help on her tax problems, only for Leich threatened to kill Finn if she named names.

This event had happened days before Finn's murder.

-- Last edit: 2025-03-28 16:20:44

dsl

◊ 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??

1963 Simca Aronde P60 Sedan

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

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