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May 23, 2008

and whilst stuck...

...shuffle about amongst the internets [as this information stream is oft' referred to by our cousins across the wet bit]

packard.jpg

a Packard twin six roadster, in a time when motoring was a feat not a chore.

a car not built by robots

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with scant lack of seat belt fixing points

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and the size of the steering wheel... this car had to be driven - with no power steering and a chassis that would put a lot of today's high-rise buidings to shame, you needed the leverage just to get round the corner at the end of the street.

full size image here, thanks Shorpy

Posted by john at May 23, 2008 09:46 PM

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