Packard was one of the grand old names in American automobile history. The Packard brothers -- J.W. and W.D. -- of Warren, Ohio, produced their first car in 1899, a one-cylinder, chain-drive, ...
The last Packard had been built more than 40 years before when Hal Hermann, recently retired from the Defense Department, attended the centennial of Packard’s founding. The July 1999 celebration at ...