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Factory
Photos from the Warren, Ohio years, the Detroit, Michigan years and what the Detroit Factory looks like today.
Warren, Ohio
Early Packard Electric Factory Photos
Detroit, Michigan
Packard Factory Photos
The Detroit Factory Today
Recent views of the Packard Factory which is now part of the Motor City Industrial Park.
Proving Ground
Photos of the Packard Proving Ground
Automobiles
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1943–45 Vehicles, Aircraft & Marine
The War Years
The Packard Motor Company answered the call during World War II and was dominant in several areas, notably for producing "Liberty Engines" such as the Rolls Royce Merlin aircraft engine and the Packard V-12 Marine engine for PT boats.
Packard produced 55,000 Rolls Royce Merlin aircraft engines.
Packard produced 12,000 Packard V-12 Marine engines for PT boats.
Packard continued to supply vehicles to the military used primarily as staff cars. Many Generals as well as Admirals had Packard Limousines or Sedans (See 1943-45 Old Photos).
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Buses
Trolley Bus
Not many enthusiasts, motor bus or antique automobile, realize that the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit put into operation one of the earliest trackless trolley coach operations in North America...
Packard, even before the 1920s, had been a major producer of chassis for large capacity bus bodies. The company's later decision to concentrate only on private automobile production ended what could have possibly been a major career in the modern commercial vehicle field.
The first Packard trolley bus was built in 1921, and demonstrated over the experimental line of the Detroit Department of Street Railways. These tests included a vehicle of the Standard Imperial design, and a unit built by the St. Louis Car Company. This first Packard sported a body built by the J. G. Brill Company, and propulsion equipment by Westinghouse.
Later Packard built another demonstration trolley coach for Detroit. Little information is known about this except it too had a Brill body, and was identical to units delivered to Toronto. The notable exception on this bus was the more modern fenders of any Packard unit theretofore produced. Photographs on this page show this detail.
The most interesting part of the Packard trolley coach endeavor was the installation of four units in Toronto during 1922. Actually, the Toronto use of trolley buses was also in the nature of an experiment. The transit commission was deciding on a program of revamping the existing surface lines, and to provide a connection service. In an effort to determine the best vehicle, these four trolley buses operated with some gasoline-electric and regular gasoline mechanical buses. The fare was 7-cents, or four tickets for 25-cents. At North Yonge and Merton Streets, the trolley coaches connected with surface lines to provide a ten minute service to the Eglinton section of the city. The route was from North Yonge Street, along Merton Street, to Mount Pleasant Road to Eglinton Avenue, a total distance of one and one quarter miles. The vehicles were housed in a building on Merton Street.
The trolley buses consisted of Packard three and a half ton chassis, type ED, on which was mounted a Brill steel motor bus body. They were assembled in Canada at the plant of the Packard Ontario Motor Car Company. The bodies were the standard type developed at the Kuhlman plant of the J. G. Brill Company. Motors were Westinghouse, type 508-A sleeve bearing style. The current collectors used on these buses were of a new type, developed by the R. D. Nuttall Company of Pittsburgh, known as the model W-805, consisting of the US 13-G base, a sectional pole, special polehead, swivel harp and wheel.
The control was of the automatic type - a master controller worked by the driver's foot operated a motor-driven sequence switch. The master controller had three operating positions: Starting, full series, and full parallel. These gave speeds of 5, 12, and 24 mph respectively. The total weight of all the electrical equipment on these buses came to 2,107 pounds.
Bus Information Office/Motor Bus Society 1966
Race Cars
Show Cars
Show Cars
Concept Cars
Restoration: Before & After!
Unusual
This page has early photos from the Warren, Ohio years, the Detroit, Michigan years and what the Detroit Factory looks like today.
Unusual
Very Unusual!!!
Old Photos
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Miscellaneous
The War Years
Boats
Airplanes
Matchbooks
Wrecks & Salvage Yards
Collections
Hood Ornaments
Toys — Packard Theme
Toy Keystone Packards
Other Large Packard Toys
Scale Model Packard Toy Automobiles
Toy Packard Pedal Cars
Other Toy Items
Train
Boxcar
Packard Sports Booklets
Showroom Banners
Motor Annuals
The Annual Motor Show books are a warehouse of information for all model cars produced for that year, including Packard Motor Cars. The art deco covers are very innovative and colorful.