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Title
1932 Packard prototype sedan, nine-tenths left side view
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Experimental automobiles--United States--History

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e852

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1932 Packard nine-tenths left side view. Inscribed on photo back: experimental, 1932 Packard light eight, ninth series, model 900, 8-cylinder, 110-horsepower, 127.75-inch wheelbase, 5-person sedan (body type #553), prototype (dark colored- blue?), note: 1931 Michigan license plate #300-588, non-production positioning of license plate bracket (front), head lamp brackets, diagonal louvers on hood side panel, narrow ribbing on rubber running board cover, windshield adjustment crank, missing knob on cowl side vent door, eighth series hood latch, springs sans metal covers.

1932 Packard prototype sedan, nine-tenths left side view

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