Title1908 Packard model U test car covered in mud with four male passengers
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectAutomobiles--Testing
SubjectAutomobiles--United States--History
Item NumberEB01e844
Type
image
Formatjpeg
Description7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1908 Packard three-quarter front left view, parked on street, covered in mud, male behind wheel with three male passengers, houses in background. Inscribed on photo back: 1908 Packard "30" model U, 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, "Hiram" test car, fitted with a 1906 model S, 5-person touring car body, built in winter 1906-07 "Hiram" was tested extensively by Packard engineering; under direction of head tester "Bill" Birmingham, exhaustive road tests were then conducted, photographed near Packard works East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.
