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Packard: A History of the Motor Car and the Company (Automobile Quarterly Magnificent Marque Books)
Beverly Kimes
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- Publisher: Automobile Quarterly
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- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
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Product Description:
Only the legendary Packard could command a book of such scope and expense. 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. Over three years were spent in intensive writing, checking, cross-checking, rewriting, coordinating, editing, and winnowing thousands of rare and unpublished historic photographs. This volume represents the scholarly efforts of sixteen contributors and was written by ten highly qualified authorities on Packard lore.Winner of a Cugnot Award.
- Hardcover: 828 pages
- Publisher: Automobile Quarterly
- ISBN: 0971146810
- Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.1 x 2.3 inches
- Weight: 5.65 pounds
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Customer Reviews
- The Last Word on Packard
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- 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 bright pastel colors, but by 1955 Packard was considered to be an old folks cars by the young affluent car buyers of the 1950's and it was gone. Ironic, Cadillac has the same problem today trying to lure back younger buyers from European and Japanese imports.
- Must have for a Packard fan!
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- If you are a Packard fan, you must have this book. It can probably answer any questions you might have about the marque. It also has numerous great pictures also.
- For Classic Car Fans
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- This has to be the most complete research product published today.
The individual model histories are written by experts most familiar with their respective assignments and yet it is written as if you were in the room with the people who founded Packard Motor Cars along with the designers, assemblers and even those who tested them.
At over 800 aprox 8" by 8" pages, certainly not a work you will read in an evening but definitely not easy to lay down. - Wow!!!
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- I ordered this book expecting something nice and I wasn't disappointed. The reviews wee terrific and apparently it is the best, most authoritative book on the subject....so what else could I expect but excellence. Very nice book....beautifully presented, lovely pics,interesting and relevant text, classy binding/cover...yeah, well worth the money.
- Packard : A History of the Motor Car & Company
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- This is the real deal for the " Packard enthusiast " one does not often get the opportunity to purchase a book that has all the historical background ,technical detail , actual political & economic timeframes , key people ,Actual Highway & Road conditions "if you could say that at the time " hence the building of the Lincoln Highway , etc .
It is a great read i strongly suggest that all interested parties of "The Packard Motor Automobile " purchase this book .
Another fine example of dedication , persistance & research from the team at Automobile Quarterly , well done !!
