Re: Stars & their Packards
Posted by Guscha On 2013/9/7 11:11:38
To round out the Lindberg photo series please find attached three pics from the collections of the Michigan libraries. All photos and descriptions courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
"Packard 443, custom eight (produced 7/1/1927-8/1/1928), fourth series eight, 8-cylinder, 106-horsepower, 143-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #310). Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, photographed leaving the residence of Governor Horace Mann Towner, San Juan, P.R." (brief remark: Governor Towner of San Juan, Puerto Rico)
"Packard 236, second series eight (produced 2/2/1925-8/1/1926), 8-cylinder, 85-horsepower, 136-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring car (body type #244), Chief Justice Hughes in 1927 parade honoring Lindbergh."
"Packard 243, second series eight (produced 2/2/1925-8/1/1926), 8-cylinder, 85-horsepower, 143-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #245), later type one-piece windshield. Note 'Goddess of Speed' radiator cap; twin spot lights; coach ring-type door handles. 1927 Nebraska license plate #1-21364. Charles A. Lindbergh parade in Omaha, Neb. (1927)"
A last picture of the man who droves & flew Packards closes the circle.
"Lindbergh and Alvan Macauley, president of the Packard Motor Car Co., stand in front of a Packard diesel-powered Stinson Detroiter on August 19, 1929. (The Detroit News archives)"
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"Packard 443, custom eight (produced 7/1/1927-8/1/1928), fourth series eight, 8-cylinder, 106-horsepower, 143-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #310). Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, photographed leaving the residence of Governor Horace Mann Towner, San Juan, P.R." (brief remark: Governor Towner of San Juan, Puerto Rico)
"Packard 236, second series eight (produced 2/2/1925-8/1/1926), 8-cylinder, 85-horsepower, 136-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring car (body type #244), Chief Justice Hughes in 1927 parade honoring Lindbergh."
"Packard 243, second series eight (produced 2/2/1925-8/1/1926), 8-cylinder, 85-horsepower, 143-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #245), later type one-piece windshield. Note 'Goddess of Speed' radiator cap; twin spot lights; coach ring-type door handles. 1927 Nebraska license plate #1-21364. Charles A. Lindbergh parade in Omaha, Neb. (1927)"
A last picture of the man who droves & flew Packards closes the circle.
"Lindbergh and Alvan Macauley, president of the Packard Motor Car Co., stand in front of a Packard diesel-powered Stinson Detroiter on August 19, 1929. (The Detroit News archives)"
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