It’s laborious to consider that when speaking about automotive historical past we are able to say one thing occurred 124 years in the past. The innovation and creativity that was essential to creating the automobiles we love immediately is a century and 1 / 4 previous. There are surprisingly plenty of vital occasions which have occurred within the automotive and motorsports world traditionally on October 30, nevertheless immediately we’re going to take a look at one: the debut of the primary Packard engine.

Packard Motor Firm started producing its first vehicles in 1899 and was well-known for its prime quality, luxurious choices earlier than World Struggle II. That they had some nice firsts among the many automotive business: the fashionable steering wheel and the primary air-conditioned automobile. However all of that started with their first engine. The Packard brothers didn’t create this from scratch, nevertheless they took a Winton car with technical points and used that as the bottom to construct their very own engine. With a whopping 7.1 horsepower, solely 5 Mannequin As have been created and just one was offered.

In case you’re searching for your personal Packard, you should definitely try the listings on ClassicCars.com, the place the earliest mannequin you’ll discover is a 1917 Packard Twin Six.

For extra on the historical past of Packard, you possibly can see their coaching movies from 12mm strip movie, due to know-how, within the video under.