Fred Kanter (in matching pants/shirt) with the Kanter Bros. 734 Speedster, body type #452 (roadster but not the boattail roadster). For those not to familiar with the 7th series Speedster series, they came in 5 body styles, the regular and boattail speedsters, phaeton, sedan, and coupe victoria (a/k/a 2 dr sedan). The Speedsters used the larger engine with special carburetion and manifolding and a special 3.31 rear axle in the smaller series frame with lightweight bodies - muscle cars of the day.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1929 Packard three-quarter front view, during ticker tape parade for Admiral Richard E. Byrd, crowd in background. Inscribed on photo back; Packard 640, custom eight, sixth series, 8-cylinder, 106-horsepower, 140.5-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #340), fitted with deluxe equipment, plus dual side mirrors, six white sidewall tires, traditional parade from Battery Park up Broadway to City Hall New York City, reception for Rear-Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (world renowned scientist & explorer; first to fly over south pole, & only person at the time to have over flown both poles) & his companions after a two year south polar expedition to 'Little America' & points south, riding in car with Adm. Byrd, Grover Whalen, New York's 'King of the Greeters.'
Item # EB01d419
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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