Very Early Packards & Chain Drive

Posted by Mike taylor On 2016/7/9 11:57:43

Does anyone know whether the earliest cars had chain drive? I've just been to Lanhydrock House in Cornwall, and there is a comment on an early photo that the house had two cars in 1901 or 1902. One named as a "Chain Driven Packard" (no photo of cars)
I'm away from home & haven't access to my own library, which would probably give me the answer!!
If true, it shows that at least one was exported to England.
The other possibility is that it was a chain driven Panhard!!
Michael Taylor