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Packard V12 6 wheeler conversion Smoky Mountain Tours
« on: March 17, 2007, 11:12:10 AM »
does anyone know more about it?
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2007, 04:01:00 PM »
Looks like a Cadillac that someone stretched.
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2007, 04:26:53 PM »
not a Cadillac.
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2007, 01:18:09 AM »
My initial reaction was that it looked German, but now, I not so sure.
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2007, 03:54:45 AM »
not german - thatīs right.
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2007, 04:08:12 AM »
It looks like a variant of a White Motors tour bus.
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2007, 05:15:09 AM »
I do know the Whites, but this is not one of those.
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2007, 02:14:24 PM »
Maybe this will help: itīs got a 12-cylinder engine!
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2007, 02:42:03 PM »
THe more I look at it the more I think I have seen it before! I just can't remember any of the details.
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2007, 05:17:51 PM »
itīs from a web site dealing with "MMM"...
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2007, 05:41:26 PM »
Quote from: grobmotorix on March 21, 2007, 05:17:51 PM
itīs from a web site dealing with "MMM"...

Manstering Manual Manipulation?
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2007, 05:47:01 PM »
Making of Modern Michigan

now as youīve got the website I want to know the details, of course...
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2007, 06:02:33 PM »
Are these the details you are talking about:


Title   1934 Packard tour bus built for Smoky Mountain Tours
Creator   Packard Motor Car Company
Date   1934
Subject   Packard automobile--History
Subject   Tour buses--North Carolina
Subject   Automobiles--United States--History
Institution   Detroit Public Library
Item number   EB01d786
Material type   image
File format   jpeg
Description    8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1934 Packard right side view, filled with tourists, parked along roadside. Inscribed on photo back: Packard twelve, eleventh series, 12-cylinder, 160-horsepower, special tour bus, built for Smoky Mountain Tours Company Grove Arcade, Asheville, N.C.
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Re: strange 6 wheeler from the 30īs
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2007, 02:24:14 AM »
Why I am talking so much... ;)

btw, GRAYWOLF: did you see the pic with the text? I had big problems to open the pictures. It was not possible with using normal html, but only with searching the siteīs system tree...
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Re: strange 6 wheeler SOLVED Packard V12 conversion Smoky Mountain Tours
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2007, 09:14:36 AM »
Site worked fine for me. I am using Firefox.
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