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Title
1909 Packard 30 Model UB touring car special left drive
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
EB01c272

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1909 Packard 30 Model UB left side view. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 123.5-inch wheelbase, special left drive, 7-person touring car, 1910 type radiator cap, Packard solar headlamps, solid hood side panels, no leather hood strap, 1909 type hooded & flared forward fenders, special two-piece folding glass front, left-hand drive, gear & brake levers carried on outside of left front seat, provision for carrying spare tires on left running board, running board boxes switched smaller on left, larger on right, Selden patent plates one on right side mounted on body sill just aft of door, single panel tonneau door.

1909 Packard 30 Model UB touring car special left drive

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