Packard Story - Hardcover

Turnquist, R. E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0498062422 ISBN 13: 9780498062421

Publisher: Oak Tree Pubns, 1965

Synopsis

Packard was an American luxury automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last in 1958. Packard was founded by James Ward Packard, his brother William Doud Packard and their partner, George Lewis Weiss, in the city of Warren, Ohio. Being a mechanical engineer, James Ward Packard believed they could build a better horseless carriage than the Winton cars owned by Weiss, an important Winton stockholder.[1] In September, 1900, the Ohio Automobile Company was founded to produce "Packard" autos. Since these automobiles quickly gained an excellent reputation, the name was changed on October 13, 1902 to the Packard Motor Car Company. All Packards had a single-cylinder engine until 1903.[1] From the very beginning, Packard featured innovations, including the modern steering wheel and, years later, the first production 12-cylinder engine and air-conditioning in a passenger car. source (with more available): Wikipedia

Edition details

• Publisher: Oak Tree Pubns
• Publication date: 1965
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0498062422
• ISBN 13: 9780498062421
• Binding: Hardcover