Re: Proposed Modern Packard V12

Posted by BH On 2009/9/7 8:54:30

Predictor,

Though the layouts may differ slighty between PAC's and SDC's publications, the two articles are identical, verbatim.

It wasn't long after that article landed in mailboxes that it became a hot topic of conversation in more than one internet forum - but not in a positive light. Site admins at the AACA complained about our comments, which only fueled our resolve to squawk about it, but the truth that there were many more and even hotter comments made at a Studebaker newsgroup. A few weeks after I had received that issue of TPC, an SDC member came a-knockin' at my door with the corresponding issue of TW in hand and said he smelled a scandal brewing.

I later heard through the grapevine that more than one person in the hierarchy of PAC was upset that the situaion had been discussed in public - that this was a private matter. Unfortunately, you can't take the word "public" out of "publication".

Clearly, those clubs made a big mistake in publishing that piece with insufficient scrutiny. Could you imagine what would have happened to a more visible publisher if a story like that hit the stands?

However, I believe it was the lack of swift response on the part of both clubs that caused the situation to fester. While PAC eventually "withdrew support" for the article, I never heard anything more on SDC's position. In fact, they published another, unrelated, article from the same author.

In my humble opinion, that 1965 V12 revival story was a nothing but a piece of tripe, and those responsible for recklessly going to press with it, as well as the author, deserve being "thrown under the bus".