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1937 Packards face to face at Packard Proving Grounds

Packard Motor Car Company

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Packard automobile--History

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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of two 1937 Packards parked on drive front ends facing one another. Inscribed on photo back: left; Packard one twenty, fifteenth series, model 120-C, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 120-inch wheelbase, 5-person sedan (body type #1093), prototype, note 1936 Michigan license plate #90-715, fender wells, 6-wheels, non-production hub caps, fourteenth series model 120-B hood side louvers, right; Packard six, fifteenth series, model 115-C, 6-cylinder, 100-horsepower, 115-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring coupe (body type #1084), prototype, note 1936 Michigan license plate #Y48271, narrow headlight trim rings, setting: Packard Proving Grounds, Utica, Mich.