Title1942 Packard touring sedans sold to Russian government
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectAutomobile industry and trade--History
SubjectAutomobiles--United States--History
Item NumberEB01e237
Type
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Formatjpeg
Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of two 1942 Packard three-quarter front view, man standing in between. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 180, super eight, twentieth series, model 2008, 8-cylinder, 165-horsepower, 148-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring sedan (body type #1521), by LeBaron, note one fitted with 6-wheel equipment, one fitted with 5-wheel equipment, last 1942 Packards sold to Russian government (said to have been delivered to Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C.).
