Re: carforce number one
Posted by Guscha On 2013/7/20 4:50:15
"Packard 526, fifth series six (produced 7/1/1927-8/1/1928), 6-cylinder, 81-horsepower, 126-inch wheelbase, 5-person sedan (body style #323), special armored car for Chiang Kai-Shek, Chinese war lord who was elected President of China in November 1928, this car is fitted with two rear seats over the fenders and two sets of handgrips so that six fully armed soldiers may accompany the General wherever he goes, this car is to be used in Ningpo where the alley like streets must be widened & straightened to accommodate it, right hand drive."
[picture source: Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.]
[picture source: Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.]
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