Close-up view of front end of 1938 Packard Eight car, Sixteenth Series, Model 1601, showing radiator grille, hood ornament and headlights. Typed/stamped on back: "Neg. no. 2274-F, Date: 5-26-37, Main guide: 120, Sub. guide: front end views." Handwritten on back: "1938 Packard Eight, Sixteenth Series, Model 1601, 8 cy., 120 b.h.p., 127" whb., touring sedan, 2-door ~ 5 pass. (body-type #1194). Prototype. Detail: front from left. Note: Non-production bumpers, bumper guards (painted center stripe & areas around hexagons on bumper guards)."
Item #: na030083
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Elevation drawings of 1938 Packard Eight car, Sixteenth Series, Model 1601. Typed/stamped on back: "Neg. no. 2689-F; date 8-17-37. Main guide: 120 (1601). Sub. guide: Line drawings." Handwritten on back: "1938 Packard Eight, Sixteenth Series, Model 1601 (current 9-10-1937--9-19-1938), 8 cy., 120 b.h.p., 127" whb. 4-door touring sedan ~ 5-p. (body-type #1192). Line drawings: left elevation; half-rear, plan & front elevations."
Item #: na030073
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View of items in 1938 Packard car DeLuxe Accessory Group, showing hood ornament, cigar lighter, steering wheel, license plate frame, hub cap, clock and knob for gear shift. Printed on front: "DeLuxe Accessory Group." Handwritten on back: "Packard approved accessories, 'Deluxe Accessory Group' for 1938. (Top to bottom; left to right), Packard DeLuxe emblem, DeLuxe steering wheel, cigar lighter, license plate frame, wheel trim 'beauty' rings, clock, gearshift lever knob. Available on 1938 Packard Eight, Sixteenth Series, Models 1601 & 1602, all body types and on 1938 Packard Six, Sixteenth Series, Model 1600, all body types."
Item #: na030081
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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1938 Packard nine-tenths left side view. Inscribed on photo back; Packard twelve, sixteenth series, model 1606, 12-cylinder, 175-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring sedan (body type #1123), prototype experiment car (proposed, not produced), note improper headlamp alignment. non-production proposed/rejected exterior door handle styling, non-production interior rear quarter corner lights a la previous season.
Item #: EB01e090
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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1938 Packard nine-tenths left side view, top raised, rumble seat open. Inscribed on photo back; Packard twelve, sixteenth series, model 1607, 12-cylinder, 175-horsepower, 134.375-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person coupe roadster (body type #1139), prototype, note non-production proposed/rejected exterior door handle styling, fender wells, 6-wheels, trunk rack, headlamps out of alignment.
Item #: EB01e093
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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1938 Packard, nine-tenths elevation right side view, parked near railroad tracks. Inscribed on photo back; Packard eight, sixteenth series, model 1601-D, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 4-door, 5-person deluxe touring sedan (body type #1172), note white sidewall tires, wheel trim beauty rings, Packard deluxe emblem, deluxe steering wheel.
Item #: EB01e082
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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1938 Packard nine-tenths left side view. Inscribed on photo back; Packard twelve, sixteenth series, model 1607, 12-cylinder, 175-horsepower, 134.375-inch wheelbase, 5-person club sedan (body type #1132), note fender wells, 6-wheels, trunk rack.
Item #: EB01e091
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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