Here's a pair of photos detailing some of the engine details of John Hovey's 1901 Model C, taken while the car was on display at the CWJ Museum in Bernardsville, New Jersey a few years ago.
8x10 black and white photograph from a glass negative of a 1901 Packard Model C. Inscribed on photo back; 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster with fitted buggy top. The driver is Russell Huff, head of Packard experimental branch. The passenger is Milton Tibbetts, Packard's collector/protector of patents. This car, license plate 30122 NY, was repurchased from the owner for use in testimony in a 1910 lawsuit.
Item # EB01c028
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
7.5x9.5 black and white photograph of a 1901 Packard Model C. Inscribed on photo back; 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster fitted with a buggy top. This photograph was used to illustrate the '12-horsepower special' in the first full-page advertisement for Packard automobile in the November 7, 1900 issue of The Horseless Age.
Item # EB01c030
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white photograph of a 1901 Packard Model C parked outside. Inscribed on photo back; 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster.
Item # EB01c031
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white photograph of a 1901 Packard Model C in front of residential building. Inscribed on photo back; William Hatcher, chief of Packard Operations, at the wheel with one of the five 1901 Model C cars that were driven on the New York to Buffalo Run.
Item # EB01c035
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of 1901 Packard Model C. Inscribed on photo back; 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster. Packard Motor Co. of New York photograph taken at the Packard building, Broadway at W. 61st street, New York City. This vintage 1901 Packard Model C was used in a window display at the Packard Building. The two passengers were the young Miss Hymans, daughters of Mr. Samuel Hyman, who took the photograph while inside the Packard Building purchasing a new Packard.
Item # EB01c024
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of Packard Model C on country road. Inscribed on photo back; 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase roadster in the left foreground with a Searchmont 2-cylinder, 12-horsepower, touring car built by Searchmont Motor Co. in Philadelphia, Pa in the center. This was taken during the New York to Buffalo endurance run September 9-13, 1901. The driver of the Packard was William Hatcher with assistant E.C. Oliver, and the entry # was C-24. The Searchmont was entered by E.B. Gallaher and the entry # is B-51, 52, or 53.
Item # EB01c036
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white photograph of a 1901 Packard Model C. Inscribed on photo back; 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster with unidentified male driver on residential street. However this 1901 Packard Model C has a 1900 Packard Model B type steering lever and chassis.
Item # EB01c029
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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