{"product_id":"packard-an-illustrated-history-1899-1958","title":"Packard: An Illustrated History 1899-1958","description":"In the long and exciting history of the American automobile business one \nname stands out above others: Packard! For many years the cars produced \nby the Packard Motor Car Company were considered the best; a line of \nsedans, coupes, convertibles and limousines in a wide variety of factory \nbody styles and a seemingly endless array of Custom coachwork. It wasn't \nbecause they were the most costly; a Duesenberg cost more. And it wasn't \nbecause they were the fastest; Stutz usually took that honor. The reason \nwhy Packard was so universally admired was because they built an entire \nrange of luxury cars that were fast, sleek, luxurious, stylish, \ntasteful, wonderfully quiet, durable, reliable and rode well. Packard \ncombined the finest attributes luxury buyers wanted in one beautiful \npackage, and built them with pride. Packard quality was legendary, its \nengineering considered among the best in the world. And they were built \nby a company that was known as one of the best-run businesses in the \nworld, solid, profitable, conservative and dependable. Packard stock was \nthe envy of the market, its management was widely admired. Packards, it \nwas sometimes said, were built by gentlemen for gentlemen. From the \n1920's to the early 1950's Packard cars were among the most coveted in \nthe world and was the luxury car market sales leader by a wide margin. \nCadillac and Lincoln struggled to compete. In this new book author \nPatrick Foster details the history of a great marque, from its \ntriumphant rise to its sad ending, detailing the tremendous cars it \nproduced and the legend it created. One of America's best-known \nautomotive writers, Pat Foster spent 20 years studying various aspects \nof automotive industry and at one time almost started his own car \ncompany. An authority figure on AMC and its various branches, Pat has \nwritten a number of books on that subject and many others including Jeep \nand Studebaker. His magazine articles appear in about every car magazine \nout there, and he has won awards for his books and articles from the \nAACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) and SAH (Society of Automotive \nHistorians), and even helped found the SAH Press.","brand":"Ertel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31911960019015,"sku":"B05219","price":30.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/9813\/3831\/files\/b05219_fbcc88be-b846-4525-8ff6-65324d78982f.jpg?v=1772255556","url":"https:\/\/www.midlifeclassiccars.com\/bs\/products\/packard-an-illustrated-history-1899-1958","provider":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}