King Leopold III car purchase Belgium

[Francois]

8-)I am looking for a photograph of the Packard automobile purchased by the Royal Household in Belgium in 1935 for King Leopold III. Also, if there is a copy of the purchase order or specifications this would be interesting. My interest is the radiator which was not a typical Packard radiator, which I'm sure royalty could have custom ordered anything on a car. A lot of royalty around the world ordered Packard automobiles from America before World War II. Does anyone have a photograph of the car showing the radiator in the front? It was such a beautiful car that a lot of Royals had their photograph taken in or using the car as a background. thank you very much...

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[Francois]

Thank you, I found all the pictures. After they pulled the Packard out of the lake it was put into a large garage where it was inspected and photographed and I now have those photographs of the Packard car and the pear tree it hit and them picking Queen Astrid up off the grass on the shore of the lake. The entire right side was practically ripped off but the chassis of the Packard and all 4 tires remained, still much of a car. I understand the King wanted the car put back into Lake Lucerne. The photographs are black and white so it is impossible to tell what color the car was.

[Yann Saunders]

I am looking for a photo of the silver car that King Leopold III was driving on 21 July 1957 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, where he came to dedicated a bronze bust to his late father.