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Title
1934 Packard sport coupe, nine-tenths left side view
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
EB01d783

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1934 Packard nine-tenths left side view. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 1106 twelve, eleventh series, 12-cylinder, 160-horsepower, 135-inch wheelbase, 4-person sport coupe (body type #783), designed by LeBaron, custom made by Packard, serial #1106-4, engine #901-601, in eleventh series form, exhibited on Packard stand at the 34th Annual National Automobile Show, New York City, N.Y., January 1934, shown here after modifications were carried out (presumably at the P.M.C. Co. factory), which included substituting twelfth series grille & head lamps, creating a blind quarter padded roof, etc.

1934 Packard sport coupe, nine-tenths left side view

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