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1940 Packard touring sedan, elevated rear view

Packard Motor Car Company

Detroit Public Library

Packard automobile--History

Automobile industry and trade--History

Automobiles--United States--History

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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1940 Packard elevated rear 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), prototype, note: non-production features; "Packard" script on rear bumper should be black, earlier series trunk lid handle, absent rear license plate bracket, absent trunk lid emblem, earlier series "eight" hub caps, absent stamping around each side window, hood side louver panel & medallion, absent parking lamps, early production features; tapered bumper ends.