[Leica] IMG: From The Past

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

Philippe, scroll through the small panel of images  on that page.

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


Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/>
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 8:10 AM Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Philippe:
> https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.chromecars.de/showroom/1941-packard-super-eight-airport-limousine-67/
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/>
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> 1714
> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
>
> USA
>
>
> 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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