1948 Packard club sedan on road with female driver, by sign "Detroit Via Expressway"
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Description
Packard Co. file photograph of a 1948 Packard left side view, on road with female driver, sign at front of car reads "Detroit Via Expressway." Photo caption on back from Packard News Service: "Performance car among Packard's new 1948 designs is the super eight club sedan shown here, powered by a new 145-horsepower straight eight engine, this model has the highest power-to-weight ratio of any car in the new Packard line, one of three all new Packard eights for 1948, the super eight series includes three body types on 120-inch wheelbase, and four body types on 141-inch wheel base, all are distinguished by their new "free flow" styling, and many other unusual body and chassis features."
Details
- Creator:
- Packard Motor Car Company
- Resource ID:
- EB01e327
- Subject:
- Packard automobile
- Women automobile drivers
- Signs and signboards--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1948
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Packard Collection
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.