Front view of 1939 Packard One-Twenty car, Seventeenth Series, Model 1701. Typed on back: "Seventeenth Series, Model 1701, Folder No. 1." Handwritten on back: "1939 Packard One-Twenty, Seventeenth Series, Model 1701, 8 cy., 120 b.h.p., 127" whb., touring sedan, 4-door, 5-pass. (body type #1292). Prototype. Note: Non-production direction/point of windshield wiper blades outward to windshield "A" posts when in "off" setting, a la Sixteenth Series, whereas production Seventeenth Series blades point to center windshield vertical divider."
Item #: na000492
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of the chassis for a 1939 Packard Super Eight car. Typed on back: "17th series. Super Eight chassis long wheel base." Handwritten on back: "1939 Packard Super Eight. Seventeenth series: Model 1705. Produced 9.20.1938 -- 8.8.1939. 8 cy., 130 b.h.p., 148" whb. Stripped chassis. Right 2/3 side~front, tilted."
Item #: na050066
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.