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This is the 208 Oldest Complete Packard Known To Exist

1912 Packard Model 1-48 5 Pas Phaeton
Year: 1912    Model: 1-48    Body: 5 Pas Phaeton
Car Details
Owner Info: John Bentley
England,

Engine: 23292
Dash Plate: 23292
Clutch: 894
Steering: 23332
Coil Box: 56418
Body: 21933
Selden Plate: Not req.
Car Color: Red/Blk/Cream
Last Modified: 01/12/24


Previous Owners:
2022-2023 David & Patty Peeler, Waxhaw, NC
2018-2022 Dave Longstreth, Cave Creek, AZ
19??-2018 Robert & Frances Robinson, Fresno, CA
19??-19?? Enoch Olsen, Salinas, CA
19??-19?? Herman Bear, Orange Cove, CA
196?-196? Art Austria, Venice, CA
1962-196? R. C. Williams, Glendale, CA
1949-1962 Arthur E. Twohy, L.A., CA
19??-1949 Earle C. Anthony, L.A., CA
19??-19?? Jane & Elizabeth Thompson, L.A., CA (1918)
19??-19?? James Thompson, L.A., CA
1912-19?? Original owner unknown
Owner Notes:
Art Twohy's Adv in April 1954 Bulb Horn ($2,000 Calf Top) Jan. 1955 $3,000. March 1959 $3500. Art Austria adv Dec 1960 $4000. Has plate on Body "Sold by California Motor Co. Sole agent" Cover of H.C.G. March-April 1990. Bosch coil #56418 Thompson was registered owner in 1914, and may have been original owner (plate 5488).
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