1951 Packard Mayfair, nine-tenths right side view, female standing by driver's door
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1951 Packard nine-tenths right side view, dual white sidewall tires, pelican emblem, female standing by driver's door. Inscribed on photo back: 1951 Packard, along with the new 1951 Packard 'Mayfair' the sports hard-top unveiled by the company today, the fine car builder's soft-top convertible mad its debut, like the 'Mayfair,' the Packard convertible features brilliant interior color schemes and such exterior styling notes as a vertically barred grille, four jet louvers, along the flared rear fenders, and massive front and rear bumper guards, wheelbase is 122-iches, the convertible as is the 'Mayfair,' is powered by the 150-horsepower Packard thunderbolt engine which increases to 155-horsepower with ultramatic at 7.8-to-1 compression ration, highest in the industry for full size engines.
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Making of Modern Michigan
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1951
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Packard Motor Car Company
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Photographs
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Detroit Public Library
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