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Great "Ocean to Ocean Race" magazine cover 1911
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Garrett Meadows
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I wonder if a Packard was among the 12?

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Re: Great "Ocean to Ocean Race" magazine cover 1911
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Hi Garrett

Likely no Packards were involved, that promotional piece is for the Premier Motor Company of Indianapolis, Indiana. Many automakers in those early decades of the industry staged "races" comprised exclusively of the manufacturers own cars to demonstrate how durable and reliable they were under grueling conditions. They were "racing" against whatever the most recent record was that had been set, such as coast-to-coast time, average speed, etc.

Premier was a competitor in those years, selling cars in Packard's price range. Never a large maker, they started losing moment after the WWI years, turned to taxi manufacture in their last years, dying out in 1926.

Steve

Posted on: 2016/9/22 13:52
.....epigram time.....
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