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The Nostalgia of Forgotten Gods: Packard, USA, 1899-1959

  • 17 August 2024
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Photo credit: RM Sotheby’s, Wheelsage

Roarington’s journey to discover defunct car brands stops this week in the USA with the story of the brothers James and William Packard. Producers of incandescent lamps in Ohio, they bought a Winton as their first car in the late 1800s and quickly believed they could make a better product. In 1899, they founded the Ohio Automobile Company and built their first car, the single-cylinder Model A, which became a success with several hundred units sold.

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