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sent to me by vintage car buds in Pakistan. owned by the founder of Pakistan...

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Most interesting, thanx for posting. Is this why it's called PAKistan?

So now it seems that the founders of at least two present countries were Packard owners. The George Washington of Finland, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, also had a Packard - a '38 V-12 limo - during WWII along with a M-B (gift from Hitler, with whom the Finns sided not without distaste vs. their greater enemy, Stalin, until the war was safely against Germany). I understand from Nordic friends that he preferred the Packard (which is extant, having been restored in the '70s-80s from a complete wreck).

A translation (from Swedish as I recall) of a recent article on the Mannerheim Packard is currently being prepared for a future article in PAC's quarterly. I've had the opportunity to browse a draft of the article and many of the photos. It should be a most informative and enjoyable piece when published. "Ole" may chose to provide more details about the scheduling and content of the article.