Re: What would a traditional Packard "Senior" have looked like in 1951?

Posted by Packard5687 On 2017/8/17 17:00:30

... and the other thing Ferry should have done was cancel the 200 Business coupe!

Packard never should have offered a business coupe. That they did was proof they no longer cared about their legacy as America's leading maker of luxury cars.

I completely agree that Packard should have brought body production back in-house for the 24th Series cars. Had they done that, the fiasco that unfolded that doomed the company might have changed the outcome. What happened to Nance is proof about "the straw that broke the camel's back." It wasn't THE straw that broke the camel's back, but the total number of straws. Had just one thing that hit Nance happened differently, he might have been able to get the '57s launched despite everything else that hit Packard at once.