Re: Are 57 and 58 Packards really Packards

Posted by Gerard O'Keefe On 2009/9/11 19:38:57

When the company started to fail,they signed a management contract with Curtis Wright.Curtis took control of the Utica Engine plant thus Packard lost production capability of both the new V-8 and Twin-Ultramatic.I have always wondered about one thing. When Packard bought Studebaker, they were using Borg-Warner automatics.Why didn't Packard adopt the more efficient trans and dump Ultramatic?