@Shoknifeman didn't the attempt to slightly move downmarket slightly damage them also?i remember reading something about the attempt to do this caused loss of prestige to loss of customers to lack of funds to lack of proper development which leads to loss of prestige etc...thanks for the info :) sad about what happened,what's happened to the factory,
@kikddabottle oh, there is no doubt that did hurt them, but, they had all-new, much larger models in the works and plans for a new V8 ; had they spent the money on these cars instead of purchasing Studebaker, they could have survived; my point was that Studebaker's terrible debt was what killed Packard; not the other factors, which DID hurt the company, but, not fatally.
@kikddabottle Packard didn't really die, the truth is that the Packard co. came out of WW2 in very good financial shape, however, what happened was Packard was sacrificed (in 1957*) in order to prop up Studebaker, which was heavily in the red.
The problem was that Studebaker officials lied about their co.s debt when Packard were discussing absorbing that company; by the time the truth was out, it was too late, one of the companies would have to go....Studebaker was kept...
@kikddabottle ...Studebaker was kept because it was a multi-line auto manufacturer, as opposed to Packard which made mostly high-end cars; in the end, Packard spent 2 years as a rebadged Stude (1957 & 58) and the Studebaker co went into a fast decline after the (1963) Avanti failed to catch on; making it's last cars in Canada, in 1965
Opel, hardly. Those are Packard taillights, as graced all '51-4 Packard senior series cars. The upper chrome is from '51-2's. The Opel backlights you refer to came later, by '61 anyway and maybe a few yrs before that, but certainly not in '51.
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realbogus 4 months ago
i haD a '52 PackharD Henny AmbuLanCe ( NaVy SurpluS )== SaMe engiNe-- DasH --fronT & TaiLlights
MaNy supeR MemoRieS......
ObDaDa 9 months ago
Packard lost it's way in the 1940' - the 1947-8 Cadillac exerted it's superiority in styling -
GenericGene 9 months ago
Packard still had a wood dash in 52?! why did we let them die...
kikddabottle 1 year ago
@kikddabottle No, Packard had a steel dash at the time....this car was a one-off show car special
Shoknifeman 1 year ago
@Shoknifeman didn't the attempt to slightly move downmarket slightly damage them also?i remember reading something about the attempt to do this caused loss of prestige to loss of customers to lack of funds to lack of proper development which leads to loss of prestige etc...thanks for the info :) sad about what happened,what's happened to the factory,
kikddabottle 1 year ago
@kikddabottle oh, there is no doubt that did hurt them, but, they had all-new, much larger models in the works and plans for a new V8 ; had they spent the money on these cars instead of purchasing Studebaker, they could have survived; my point was that Studebaker's terrible debt was what killed Packard; not the other factors, which DID hurt the company, but, not fatally.
Shoknifeman 1 year ago
@kikddabottle Packard didn't really die, the truth is that the Packard co. came out of WW2 in very good financial shape, however, what happened was Packard was sacrificed (in 1957*) in order to prop up Studebaker, which was heavily in the red.
The problem was that Studebaker officials lied about their co.s debt when Packard were discussing absorbing that company; by the time the truth was out, it was too late, one of the companies would have to go....Studebaker was kept...
Shoknifeman 1 year ago
@kikddabottle ...Studebaker was kept because it was a multi-line auto manufacturer, as opposed to Packard which made mostly high-end cars; in the end, Packard spent 2 years as a rebadged Stude (1957 & 58) and the Studebaker co went into a fast decline after the (1963) Avanti failed to catch on; making it's last cars in Canada, in 1965
Shoknifeman 1 year ago
@Shoknifeman oops typo, i meant 1966, not 65
Shoknifeman 1 year ago
fucking beautiful
GhettomanOG187 2 years ago
God that car is so retro and beautiful!
aceduck1981 2 years ago
chevy fastback roof and opel kapitan taillights!
KapteinOpel 2 years ago
Opel, hardly. Those are Packard taillights, as graced all '51-4 Packard senior series cars. The upper chrome is from '51-2's. The Opel backlights you refer to came later, by '61 anyway and maybe a few yrs before that, but certainly not in '51.
Packard3spdOD 2 years ago
I knew that, but they are abit similar.. The taillights i thought about was on the '59-'63 Kapitan P2.. Maybe they were inspired by Packard?
KapteinOpel 2 years ago
@KapteinOpel Funny thing about those particular tailights, Packard CEO James Nance hated them and had nicknamed them "Bulls Nuts" tailights!
Shoknifeman 1 year ago