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Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; 29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was a German nobleman who was Prince of the Netherlands from 6 September 1948 to 30 April 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana. acc. to Wikipedia.




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Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo is chauffeured in a Packard - I'll leave it to Wikipedia to report on his life. Just this much from me: he died twice.

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The caption reads "Japanese Prime Minister Tojo Drives In Car Through Jakarta"


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"George III Valentin, Prince Bibescu ...; (22 March 1880 – 2 July 1941) was a Romanian early aviation pioneer and automobile enthusiast acc. to Wikipedia."
In 1929 he crossed the Sahara in a Packard Custom Eight, if the newspaper article shown below is to be believed.

"Bibescu, together with the engineer and explorer Bazil Assan and the baron Barbu Bellu, was the first person to bring an automobile to Romania. ... Since Bibescu did not have the time to register it, in 1900, Assan became the first person in the country to receive a Vehicle registration plate, 1B. However, Bibescu did not want to allow this, so the Capital Prefecture made an exception and gave him in 1901 the plate 0B, making him the owner of the first plate in Romania.

He was co-founder of the Romanian Automobile Club (1901), and of the Romanian Olympic Committee (1914). Romania was among the first 6 nations in the world to organize car races. In 1904, he won the Bucharest-Giurgiu-Bucharest auto race, with an average hourly speed of 66 km/h. In 1905, motorists George Valentin Bibescu ... made the first automobile trip to Persia, leaving from Galați and reaching Ispahan."



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text #1 - The Tatler; 1929-06-29
text #2 - Wikipedia
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Posted on: 11/10 7:12
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Sultan Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki Al Said (1886 – 28 January 1965) was the Sultan of Muscat and Oman from 5 October 1913 to 10 February 1932.

"A straight eigth model 640 tourer, of 6318cc, it was the first car ever used in the then state of Muscat and Oman when it was given to H.H. Sultan Taimur bin Faisal in 1929 ..."


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#4 - Advertiser and Times; May 21, 1977

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Posted on: 11/17 3:33
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Are any photo's available of the 640? Original, derelict or restored?

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1938 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

1941 One-Twenty Club Coupe - SOLD

1948 Super Eight Limo, chassis RHD - SOLD

1950 Eight Touring Sedan - SOLD

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