Title1939 Packard convertible coupe, three-quarter left side view, top folded, on display
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectAutomobile industry and trade--History
SubjectAutomobiles--United States--History
Item NumberEB01e145
Type
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Formatjpeg
Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1939 Packard three-quarter left side view, top folded, on display. Inscribed on photo back: Packard super eight, seventeenth series, model 1703, 8-cylinder, 130-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person convertible coupe (body type #1279), note special all white exhibition tires, wheel trim rings, disc hub caps, pelican emblem, deluxe steering wheel, windshield wiper blade positioning a la sixteenth series, Fortieth Anniversary Display center attraction was a special car painted pigeon blood ruby (in genealogy of gems, symbol of fortieth anniversary) with bright work plated in gold.
