{"product_id":"the-packard-3","title":"The Packard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Californian FB',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThe Packard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Californian FB',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eiHORN is made from a Packard instrument cluster, the exact year of origin is unknown however it is most probably from the 1940s.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe horn is a chromed Model A horn.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAs stated in early 1960’s advertising, it’s “solid funpower!” Packard was an American luxury automobile company located in Detroit, Michigan. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last Packards were built in South Bend, Indiana in 1958.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOwning a Packard was considered prestigious.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePackard vehicles featured innovations, including the modern steering wheel, air-conditioning in a passenger car, and one of the first production 12-cylinder engines. After World War II, Packard struggled to survive.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt merged with Studebaker in 1953.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe Packard brand was phased out in 1959 after two years of declining sales of the Studebaker-built 1957 and 1958 model year Packards.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Packard \u003c\/u\u003eis spectacular.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt is one of a kind and most probably will never be duplicated.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIf you know, you know and when it came to Packard, its advertising suggested, “Ask the man who owns one.”\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iHorns","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43144655437895,"sku":null,"price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/9462\/9447\/files\/PACKARD1_871ae222-e669-4903-9248-df619ae5c11a.jpg?v=1787967515","url":"https:\/\/shopihorns.com\/products\/the-packard-3","provider":"iHorns","version":"1.0","type":"link"}