Re: Packard Proving Grounds Open House

Posted by BH On 2008/10/20 13:59:19

Guscha -

See also:shelbyhistory.tripod.com/packard_proving_grounds/

...for seven pages of thumbnail images, each linked to the full-size image.

The Packard Proving Grounds was much more than the impressive banked concrete oval test track (which had to be repoured after WWII). There were also twelve miles of what the company bragged were the worst maintained roads in America (not just gravel, but think "off-road"). They also had "test labs" on the site to conduct all sorts of horiffic experiments - like freezing a car to sub-zero temps.

Only a fraction of the ground survives today, but better than none at all.