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Title
1948-49 Packard chassis on assembly line
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--Chassis

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Automobile factories--Michigan--Detroit--History

Item Number
EB01e829

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of 1948-49 Packard chassis on assembly line, workers on either side assembling parts with large tools, engine visible, tires on. Inscribed on photo back: 1948-49 Packard super eight, twenty-second series, model 2232, 8-cylinder, 145-horsepower, 120-inch wheelbase, chassis for convertible victoria (body type #2279), first twenty-second series Packards on the line, alongside twenty-first series Clippers, spring 1947.

1948-49 Packard chassis on assembly line

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