Re: Twilight of the Gods

Posted by Craig the Clipper Man On 2013/7/24 15:11:53

Guscha:

Great find about the "Grand Alliance." You really come up with some interesting and thoughtful topics and I appreciate them.

No one would ever say that James Nance was not self-serving. He was not a "car" man like George Mason, George Romney, and others who had cut their teeth on fenders, so to speak. Nance left a lot of people at Packard very angry and upset, not the least of whom were the Packard dealers. His idea to separate Clipper from Packard created consternation instead of cooperation, since Clippers were the best selling line of Packards. As a result, Packard was literally forced to add the small "Packard" logo to the trunks of most Clippers leaving the dealerships.

Packard owners and dealers were also not pleased with the merger of Packard and Studebaker. I think if a deal like that went down today, the kahunas of Packard would be thrown out. Studebakers had nothing in common with Packards and the Packardbakers that were assembled with leftover parts did not make anyone happy.