Packard Model G

The Packard Model G was a two-cylinder car built in 1902 by the Ohio Automobile Company of Warren, Ohio, which renamed itself the Packard Motor Car Company in October 1902. It was introduced in late summer 1902 as a development of the company's single-cylinder cars, using two horizontally opposed cylinders of 368 cubic inches on a common crankshaft, rated at 24 horsepower, with a three-speed sliding gear and chain drive. It was one of the first American cars with a steering wheel instead of a tiller. Packard offered a four-passenger surrey and an eight-passenger tonneau, and at about 4,000 pounds it was huge for its day. Only four were built, one bought by William Rockefeller, and one survives in a private collection.