Re: What if S-P had more money in 1957?
Posted by Tim Wile On 2012/1/4 16:31:45
I'm not sure that much more funding would have made much of a difference in 1957. It was in 1956 that the decisions for the 57th series Packards were being made and I'm sure that the Studebaker based Packards would have still been seen for what they really were. You can put as much chrome on and leather into a Ford or Chevy but it doesn't make them a Lincoln or Cadillac.
I'm afraid that when S-P made the decision to close down the Packard facility in Detroit and lay off the Packard work force and engineers, the end of Packard was pretty much a foregone conclusion. Unless S-P had been willing and able to inject the Packard innovations into the shared chassis, such as the T-L system, Packard probably died for all practical intents and purposes when the Detroit factory was closed in 1956.
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