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Title
1903 Packard Model K bare chassis
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--Chassis

Subject
Automobile industry and trade--History

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01c058

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white photograph copied from glass negative of 1903 Packard Model K bare chassis. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 24-horsepower, 92-inch wheelbase. Photographed at the Packard plant, Warren, Ohio plant with two-story wooden building in the background. This was the first 4-cylinder car that Packard made, cost $7000, were approximately 7 built and the Gray Wolf used this engine.

1903 Packard Model K bare chassis

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