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288 straight eight automobile. Was it common?
Answer:
Yes, Packard offered power steering and power brakes on all its 1954 product line, including Clippers. I think the first year Packard offered Power Steering was 1952.
Packard make a great effort to offer Power Steering and Power Brakes as a "standard options" on their vehicles. Both are extremely common options to find on a Packard, even a basic Clipper usually had these on it. The Packard automatic transmission (Ultramatic) also had an extremely high acceptance rate in 1954 as well. Packard was the only independent to develop their own automatic transmisson; Studebaker's Detroit Gear and Flightomatic were products of Borg Warner, though they did help in the development, they did not design or build it on their own.
Hope this helps, a car nut.
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