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Title
1938 Packard touring sedan, left side view, at Packard Proving Grounds
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Automobile industry and trade--History

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e089

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1938 Packard, left side view. Inscribed on photo back: Packard super eight, sixteenth series, model 1605, 8-cylinder, 130-horsepower, 139.375-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring sedan (body type #1114), prototype, note 1937 Michigan license plate #Z55586, non-production proposed/rejected exterior door handle design, fender wells, 6-wheels, setting: Packard Proving Grounds, Utica, Mich.

1938 Packard touring sedan, left side view, at Packard Proving Grounds

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