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Title
1940 Packard touring sedan, three-quarter front 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
EB01e160

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1940 Packard three-quarter front view. Inscribed on photo back: Packard one twenty, eighteenth series, model 1801, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 4-door, 5-person touring sedan (body type #1392), optional equipment; fitted with six wheel equipment, prototype, non-production features; earlier series side mount cover with exposed wheel & hub cap, absent stamping around at side window, early production features; hub caps, tapered bumper ends, hood louver panel medallion.

1940 Packard touring sedan, three-quarter front view

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