Title1953 Packard Balboa-X designed by Richard Teague, three-quarter rear right view
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectAutomobile industry and trade--History
SubjectAutomobiles--United States--History
Item NumberEB01e487
Type
image
Formatjpeg
Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1953 Packard three-quarter rear right view. Inscribed on photo back: P.M.C.Co. designer Richard Teague's' "Balboa-X" show car, modified to feature "canopy top" styling on a 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 conducted at the P.M.C.Co. shops, East Grand Blvd. trimmed out by Creative Industries, note: 1953 Michigan manufacturer license plate #M-33-14, 1954 type tail light housings, integrating back up lights, exterior; Packard ivory & special maroon, interior; standard maroon & white leather Caribbean trim, with addition of handsome embroidered Packard crests on seat backs, winner of Fawcett publication, Cars Magazine's DSC (Design safety comfort) award for 1953.
