Judge, 1927-01-29 · page 2 of 36
Judge — January 29, 1927 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a Packard automobile advertisement, not a political cartoon. It features a photograph of an elderly man (likely a precision engineer or designer) working at a gauge, presented as validation of Packard's manufacturing standards. The ad emphasizes that Packard cars were hand-built for nearly twenty years with extreme precision—parts manufactured "diamond-bored to limits of one ten-thousandth of an inch." The text argues this precision manufacturing, combined with superior engineering and lubrication systems, ensures long-term reliability. The tagline "Ask the man who owns one" was Packard's famous advertising slogan. The page represents luxury automotive marketing from the pre-Depression era, targeting affluent buyers who valued craftsmanship and durability as status symbols.
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E From Packard's unrelenting precision gauges there us no appeal Precision For nearly twenty years every Packard car was built by hand. This slow, costly process was the only way to insure the highest standards of precision manufacture then possible. Today Packard precision requirements could never be attained by hand work. Wonder- ful machines which make motor parts with watch-like accuracy now permit Packard engineers to design to ever closer limits. Even the Packard connecting rod bearings — more than two inches in diameter — are “The supreme combination of all that is fine in motor cars.” diamond-bored to limits of one ten-thou- sandth of an inch. And Packard realizes that extreme precision in manufacture means little if it cannot be easily long maintained in use. So Packard precision is protected by the chassis lubricator and other engineering improvements, found together only on Packard cars. Constant proper lubri- cation insures the practical result of fine design and fine workmanship— Which is—first-class transportation through- out an unusually long life. A S K T Hw 8 M A N w H O o W N S Oo N E comicbooks.com