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Title
1932 Packard prototype sedan, front view
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Experimental automobiles--United States--History

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e853

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1932 Packard front view. Inscribed on photo back: experimental, 1932 Packard light eight, ninth series, model 900, 8-cylinder, 110-horsepower, 127.75-inch wheelbase, 5-person sedan (body type #553), prototype (dark colored- blue?), note: 1931 Michigan license plate #300-588, non-production positioning of license plate bracket & positioning of same, head lamp brackets, eighth series hood latches, springs sans metal sheathing.

1932 Packard prototype sedan, front view

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