View of the lodge at the Packard Proving Grounds in Utica, Michigan. Tudor-style l.odge was designed by Albert Kahn. Typed on back: "Proving grounds, lodge views." Handwritten on back: "Packard Motor Car Co. Proving Grounds, Utica, Michigan. 1927. Lodge shortly after completion. Designed by Albert Kahn, Inc."
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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of 1930 Packard Speedster Eight car, Seventh Series, Model 734 at Packard Proving Grounds in Utica, Michigan. Typed on back: "Packard, 1930, Seventh Series, Speedster Eight, Model 734. Car tests on track, speedster on track." Handwritten on back: "1930 Packard Speedster Eight, Seventh Series, Model 734. 8 cy., 125 or 145 b.h.p., 134-1/2", wh 13. Runabout, 2 p. (body-type #442) with staggered seats, tapered tail design. Custom made by Packard. Packard radiator script a la export models. Setting: Packard Proving Grounds, Utica, Michigan. Photographed: October 1929."
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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of engineer Michael Kollins standing at microphone and pointing at display of axle ratios for 54th Series Packard car and its competitors. Typed on back: "Mike Kollins promoting the 54th Series Packard features at the Packard Proving Grounds, Fall, 1953. Mr. Kollins was an engineer for Packard Motor Car Company." Handwritten on back: "Promoting 54th Series, Packard features at Packard proving grounds, Fall of 1953."
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View of the introduction of the 1930 Seventh Series Packard cars to Packard dealers and their wives at the Packard Proving Grounds. Handwritten on back: "Introduction of 1930 Seventh Series Packards to Packard dealers & wives. Packard Proving Grounds, 8 September 1929."
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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of the introduction of the 1930 Seventh Series Packard cars to Packard dealers and their wives at the Packard Proving Grounds. Handwritten on back: "Introduction of 1930 Seventh Series Packards to Packard dealers & wives. Packard Proving Grounds, 8 September 1929."
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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of workers resurfacing the track at the Packard Proving Grounds in Utica, Michigan. Typed on back: "Proving grounds, track. Top elevation." Stamped on back: "Sep 5, 1946." Handwritten on back: "Packard Motor Car Co. Proving Grounds, Utica, Michigan. Resurfacing track."
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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of workers resurfacing the track at the Packard Proving Grounds in Utica, Michigan. Equipment is from Julius Porath & Son, Detroit, Mich. Typed on back: "Proving grounds, track. Top elevation." Stamped on back: "Sep 5, 1946." Handwritten on back: "Packard Motor Car Co. Proving Grounds, Utica, Michigan. Resurfacing track."
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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
On a 400 acre site a few miles from the factory, Packard has built the most unique proving ground in tb8 world of industry. Besides containing a 2fc mile long, 50 foot wide, banked turn, oblong race track, this proving ground contains a perfect airplane landing field. -Equipment on this experimental speedway consists of everything from a towing dynamometer to a testing laboratory. Proving Packard cars built from 29 years of recorded experience calls for a different type of track and accessories than |if. Packard were building cars in a wide range of price classifications. As of today* a certain number of finished Packard cars are taken from the assembly line each month and placed in test at our proving grounds. These tests run anywhere from 5000 - to 50,000 miles and are compressed in as few as 20 days. By working three shifts of men, cars record mileage in excess of a year's average driving in a comparatively few hours. |This proving ground permits actual measurements for wear on cylinders, pistons, bearings, valve springs, transmission, universal joints and rear axles, scientifically and accurately. The Packard Proving Ground is a gigantic "crime detector." Through this investment your prospect is assured of simplicity in design, durability in manufacture and economy in operation of his Packard purchase. This picture shows a special Packard Eight phaeton traveling at a speed in excess of 100 miles an hour.
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