[Leica] IMG: From The Past

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 Philippe:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.chromecars.de/showroom/1941-packard-super-eight-airport-limousine-67/


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Sonny
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On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 6:38 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
wrote:

> This model must be some sort of graft tinkered at the back of a garage and
> there may have existed only very few of the kind :-)
>
> The rear(er) axle didn?t power the vehicle, it only served to alleviate
> the burden of the passengers and swiveled in the curves, cool, yet, what
> about braking ...l !
>
>
> Amities
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
> > Le 5 f?vr. 2021 ? 11:43, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> a ?crit :
> >
> > Cool vehicle, this looks to be a two axle version although the 3 axle
> model is shown near the bottom of the comments ('39 Packard with 12
> cylinder engine)
> >
> > https://barnfinds.com/1941-packard-90-open-top-tour-bus/
> >
> > and
> >
> >
> https://www.chromecars.de/showroom/1941-packard-super-eight-airport-limousine-67/
> >
> > john
> >
> > ?On 04/02/2021, 21:32, "LUG on behalf of Jim Nichols" <lug-bounces+john=
> mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org on behalf of jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >    Faced with time on my hands, I turned to the past.  This is a Smoky
> >    Mountain Tour Bus, believed to be made by Packard, seen on the park
> >    roads in 1954.  Note all of the proper head scarves.
> >
> >
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20091209-Smokey_Mountain_Tour_Bus_1954.JPG.html
> >
> >    With a little cleanup with modern software.
> >
> >    Taken with a Leica IIIa and Coated Leica Elmar 50/3.5
> >
> >    --
> >    Jim Nichols
> >    Tullahoma, TN USA
> >
> >
> >
> >
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