Title1953 Packard Balboa-X designed by Richard Teague, seven-eights right side view
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectAutomobile industry and trade--History
SubjectAutomobiles--United States--History
Item NumberEB01e486
Type
image
Formatjpeg
Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1953 Packard seven-eights right side view . Inscribed on photo back: P.M.C. Co. designer Richard Teague's' "Balboa-X" show car, built on; 1953 Packard Caribbean, twenty-sixth series, model 2631, 8-cylinder, 180-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, 6-person convertible (body type #2678), serial number 2631-2006, modification carried out in Packard shops trimmed out by Creative Industries, note: standard 1953 headlamp trim rings, exterior; Packard ivory below belt special maroon for "canopy top," interior; basic Caribbean trim in maroon & white leather, with addition of embroidered Packard crest medallions on seat backs, winner of Fawcett publication, Cars Magazine's DSC (Design safety comfort) award for 1953.
