Re: far away from home
Posted by Guscha On 2015/1/1 10:27:14
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Steve (58L8134), do you mean an usual ambassador car is a size larger and more luxury?
"...Packard twelve, model 1208, twelfth series, 12-cylinder, 175-horsepower, 144-inch wheelbase, 7-person limousine (body type #835), note license plate frame (1934 California license plate #1-A 208), white sidewall tires, 6-wheel equipment, pelican emblem, bumper guards, setting: grounds of Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif., standing by car Augusto Rosso, Italian ambassador to the United States."
[source: Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.] Click to enlarge!
...Interesting, Ambassador Hurban had a '37 138CD limousine. Probably one of the few times that model served in such a capacity...
Steve (58L8134), do you mean an usual ambassador car is a size larger and more luxury?
"...Packard twelve, model 1208, twelfth series, 12-cylinder, 175-horsepower, 144-inch wheelbase, 7-person limousine (body type #835), note license plate frame (1934 California license plate #1-A 208), white sidewall tires, 6-wheel equipment, pelican emblem, bumper guards, setting: grounds of Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif., standing by car Augusto Rosso, Italian ambassador to the United States."
[source: Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.] Click to enlarge!
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