Wade Lanning Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Please confirm this is a Packard in this picture. What year is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) I would guess about a 1925 Packard.... Edited December 15, 2018 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friartuck Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1st or 2nd series eight cylinder, 1923-1925. The clue is the symmetrical bezel in the headlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsmoke Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Interesting context, the Chauffeur in background, what appears to have been some sort of protective cloth or weather shield in front of rad. VIPs no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1935Packard Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) And if the car broke down, they could just call AAA, too. Seriously, neat picture I haven't seen before. Edited December 16, 2018 by 1935Packard (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 The man in front was my great aunt's husband. He was an engineer that had his own company that made ventilation fans for department stores before modern HVAC systems. Question: do the wings on the radiator cap indicate the model year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billorn Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Gunsmoke said: Interesting context, the Chauffeur in background, what appears to have been some sort of protective cloth or weather shield in front of rad. VIPs no doubt. I wonder if the cloth was to help warm it up quicker in cold weather? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, Wade Lanning said: The man in front was my great aunt's husband. He was an engineer that had his own company that made ventilation fans for department stores before modern HVAC systems. Question: do the wings on the radiator cap indicate the model year? The wings were an optional piece for the Motometer temperature gauge mounted atop of the radiator and not necessarily related to the exact year of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Here are tow more pictures of the same Packard, one decorated to apparently celebrate Charles Lindbergh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1934 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 great to see thee old pictures and know they got passed down the family.. Hopefully they will get passed down a few more generations as well with the history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcr Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 This most likely is a 1925/26 243 or 343 as it has the crowned one piece fenders and new two bar faced bumper but still has large fork mounted drum headlamps and is an eight as the headlamps are the large ones and looks like a 143" w.b. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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