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Re: how to rail a Packard
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...The car was a 1938 model American Packard with rubber wheels and was used on the road...


Mal, thanks for the translation work. A decade later Packard tortured its products with rubber wheels on rails.

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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1949 Packard nine-tenths right side view, going down railroad tracks, male driver. Photo caption on back from Packard News Service: Power, performance and stability of the newly announced Packard Golden Anniversary line was thoroughly tested at the 504-acre Packard Proving Grounds north of Detroit, Mich., the new Golden Anniversary Packard super deluxe touring sedan shown here speeds through the strenuous 'railroad-tie' torture, designed to test the riding qualities and stability of the car, this Golden Anniversary super deluxe has increased power (150-horsepower) and a longer wheelbase (127-inches) than comparable preceding models.

Item # EB01e336

Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.

Posted on: 2020/3/2 21:29
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Re: how to rail a Packard
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Guscha wrote: Mal, thanks for the translation work.

Gerd,

No thanks to me, rather a google search finds on-line translation services easily.

Posted on: 2020/3/2 21:54
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Bowral, Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
"Out of chaos comes order" - Nietzsche.

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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Re: how to rail a Packard
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Don't think that is actual rail road, isn't that what they called belgium blocks to test ride quality?

Posted on: 2020/3/2 22:50
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Re: how to rail a Packard
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This one went to Bob Turnquist for free because they were going to scrap it.

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Posted on: 2020/3/3 12:43
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Another view of the photo at the top of the page. Packard proving grounds not railroad tracks. What a 41 or 42 being tested for smoothness.
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Posted on: 2020/3/3 16:03
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Re: how to rail a Packard
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A film clip made October 9, 1964 showing some few sequences of the leftover of the Packard-driven monorail and tight shots of equipment that say "Goodell Monorail".

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Posted on: 2020/7/22 14:49
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"1956 "Industry on Parade" Is a newsreel segment on the Houston Texas Arrowhead Park demonstration monorail by Monorail Inc. The monorail was called the Trailblazer. President of Monorail Inc was Muriel Goodell, is considered the father of the modern monorail in North America. This monorail was built three years before the Disney monorail built by Alweg started to run.
SOURCE - Bailey, Bob (Producer/Photographer) Bailey Studios Photographic Archive
Color footage of Texas monorail System"


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Posted on: 2020/7/23 12:09
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Re: how to rail a Packard
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Re: how to rail a Packard
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And at 1:54 a '51 200 glides by earthbound.

Posted on: 2020/7/23 16:36
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Packard boxcar


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Posted on: 2021/11/13 18:24
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