Packard: A History of the Motor Car and the Company (Automobile Quarterly Magnificent Marque Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0971146810 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 828 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Over three years were spent in intensive writing, checking, cross-checking, rewriting, coordinating, editing, and winnowing thousands of rare and unpublished historic photographs. This monumental work has required ten years of research, documentation and photography. It represents many more decades of collecting Packard automobiles, facts, photographs, technical data and information to record for all time every aspect, every model, every achievement of the Packard motor car and the men who made its name an emblem and international byword for taste and refinement in automotive design and engineering. This volume represents the scholarly efforts of sixteen contrib
R. W. Tether said Four Stars. Very extensive history of the Packard.. David H. Cary said THE definitive Book on the Packard Motor Car. Undoubtedly the best book out there on the Packard automobile and the Packard Motor Car Company. The Last Word on Packard James J. Varela 5 Stars is not enough for this book. This book is the last word on the Packard automobile. From pre-war majesty to post war mediocrity it is all here. This book has many rare photographs and it is utterly breathtaking. What destroyed Packard in the end was changing tastes. Packards were the old moneyed conservitive cars for people who wanted an elegant car but not to show off, Cadillacs by contrast were the reverse, brash glitz - mobiles. The problem was in the 1950's brash glitz-mobiles were in vouge and Packard did try and adapt to the times with it's 1955-56 cars which like Cadillacs came in bri
This book is of major importance. -- Keith Marvin, The Society of Automotive Historians Inc.. The magnificence and coverage of the work is just unimaginable