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Bob Nist

USA

Posted - 11/23/2024 :  21:20:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
[url=https://ibb.co/PQT9tWb][/url]

[url=https://ibb.co/stQ3gMd][/url]

[url=https://ibb.co/c3R6ncj][/url]

Skylark

USA

Posted - 11/24/2024 :  02:36:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Great set of advertisements, Bob.

Packards I believe were just about the best engineered automobiles on the road. It was the true standard, not Cadillac really.

I have read about how the Chairman of Packard, Henry Joy, would annually take new Packard prototypes on trips from Michigan to California and back to test them out before they were approved for sale to the public.
In those days, there really weren't roads to travel on out West .... so the testing was really thorough.

Here is a later video of Packard Proving Grounds testing:


Edited by - Skylark on 11/24/2024 04:27:06
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Gene

USA

Posted - 11/24/2024 :  07:36:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Absolutely fantastic.
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tcam

USA

Posted - 11/24/2024 :  08:21:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Olive those old ads and can you imagine being able to spend a million buck
for a test facility back then!
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Steve K

USA

Posted - 11/24/2024 :  09:16:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Love old ads.
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Billy Collins

USA

Posted - 11/24/2024 :  09:16:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Good stuff.
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