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Packard History Motor Car 1978 Automobile Quarterly Cugnot Award HCDJ 2nd Print

by Beverly R. Kimes

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.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } Packard: A History of the Motorcar and Company by Beverly R. Kimes (editor) Published by Automobile Quarterly, Princeton, New Jersey, 1978. Second printing, general edition. Faux leather bound. Very good hardcover in very good dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, small tear to dust jacket repaired with archival tape. Illustrated throughout with period photographs and technical drawings, index, 828 pages. This monumental work required ten years of research, documentation and photography, emerging from the ambitious vision of Automobile Quarterly to create the definitive chronicle of America's most prestigious automotive marque. Beverly Rae Kimes, known as the "First Lady of Automotive History" and "The Grande Dame of Automobile History," orchestrated this scholarly endeavor with sixteen contributors and ten authorities on Packard lore, establishing a benchmark for automotive historical documentation that earned the prestigious Cugnot Award. The result stands as both an exhaustive technical reference and a compelling narrative of American automotive luxury, tracing Packard's evolution from James Ward Packard's early experiments in Warren, Ohio, to the marque's final days as a byword for engineering excellence and social distinction. The volume includes remarkable details on the cars, company, production, mascots, logos, and war service, presenting every model year with forensic pr

  • Publisher: Automobile Quarterly,
  • Year: 1978
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Condition: Very Good

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