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1951 Packard 400 Patrician, couple standing at driver's door

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 1951 Packard seven-eights right side view, couple standing at driver's door. Photo caption on back from Packard News Service: Style leader of the new 1951 Packard line is the Patrician 400 - a car to pioneer a whole new era of fine car development, sleek lines of the daring new functional body design combine with smartly tailored fashion form interiors to highlight this model, which is powered by a new Packard Thunderbolt engine, ultramatic drive is standard equipment, the new engine has a 7.8-to-1 compression ratio - the highest in the industry for full size passenger car engines - and rates at 155-horsepower, rear seat passengers sit even further ahead of the rear axle to give an improved limousine ride, lowered hood line enhances the "Guide-Line" fenders, wrap-around, 3-piece rear window, together with a new curved 1-piece windshield, afford "Horizon View" visibility.