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Okay, whom have we here. "Zhang Zuolin was the warlord of Manchuria from 1916 to 1928. He successfully invaded China proper in October 1924 in the Second Zhili-Fengtian War. He gained control of Peking, including China's internationally recognized government, ..." [wikipedia]

The car of the generalissimo with a body by Brooks-Ostruk (NY), is already part of the Photo Archive.


Two more photographs of this armored cruiser are attached. If you are interested to read, how the very last ride of Mr. Zhang Zuolin ended, then this way please.

sources:
pic #1 - cargeekjournal.com
pic #2 - qianyan001.com
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Hi Guscha

The life of a warlord was an iffy one, but he had a nice Packard....wonder who ended up with it?

Steve

Steve, no information available. The Great Wall casts a long shaddow.
BTW I was amazed that nobody asked for the strange radiator of the Aga Khan car. It looks as if someone tried to combine as many particularities as possible:

#1 - the Pines Automatic Winterfront
#2 - A Winterfront in India?
#3 - Chromed, brazen yellow or even nickel plated?

However, thats a Packard equipped with a Winterfront. Here comes another and one of the passengers is John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 - January 5, 1933). Number one as the 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929.




The last sentence is written to contrapose the warming effect of the Winterfront with the so-called Coolidge effect.


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Have we reached the end of the rope after four years and thirteen pages? Nope. Below another one of the cars in service for FDR, a 1932 Packard Phaeton. I like its corner booth.
In case of capable internet connection, go this way to get a high resolution (4000 ? 3118) photograph.

"The Packard was purchased in 1932 by Gov. Roosevelt for his use in Albany. When Roosevelt was elected U.S. president, the car became part of the state fleet."


[source of the images & citation: www.timesunion.com]

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The Packard was purchased in 1932 by Gov. Roosevelt for his use in Albany.

And there it still resides, in the New York State House garage in Albany. A lucky few of us have obtained permission from the State of NY to visit it there.

Last year Timesunion.com announced that the car as part of

"...the State Museum's collections will be exhibited at the Great New York State Fair in Syracuse until Sept. 1."

Annother photo shows FDR sitting in this very car.



[image source: bezpekavip.com]

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Another well-known photo of Nelsen Rockerfeller campaigning for office. Note the NY license plate number. Another Packard (7th series big 8?) in the foreground.

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Hi Guscha

What a great FDR photo, just look at him beaming, fully in his element! He just exuded confidence and good-cheer at a time when the country was in sore need of it. FDR is riding in a 1934 Twelve seven passenger Touring of the White House garage fleet. Note the door handles are the old ring-type.

Interesting Pierce-Arrow follows, of 1936-1938 model years. Convertible sedans of those late cars have the rear doors hinged on the B-pillar but this one has them rear hinged, looks to have roll-up windows on the front doors only. No open tourings or phaetons were in the factory body offerings. This is definitely a custom bodied car. Derham bodied a P-A of these years as a phaeton, this may be that very car.

On the other hand, Rockefeller is campaigning in a 1932 Standard Eight Series 902 Touring, identified by the single-bar bumper, chrome radiator shell and smaller diameter headlights without the 'crown' at the top. Why its nose-to-nose with another pre-war Classic Packard is anyone's guess.

Steve

Belgian king Leopold in a 1938 super eight convertible sedan.

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BDC, the devider window or at least its frame seems to be disproportionately thick.

The above mentioned 1932 Packard Phaeton is "...still in the state fleet and was used to drive Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands in style when they visited Albany in 1982."




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