Re: How'd they do it?

Posted by 58L8134 On 2014/4/1 13:38:19

Hello Leeedy

I've read your comments about Mitchell-Bentley's Ionia Division and Creative Industries involvement with Packard and others with great interest. Since you obviously have a wealth of knowledge of both, I hope you will consider writing an indepth, definitive text covering all their various projects through the years.

The question that's needled me for years is where, by whom and what method were the 1955 and 1956 Caribbean convertible bodies built? I associate Creative Industries with that work but would like more of an indepth explanation of the details. Given the turmoil enveloping Connor Avenue simply to build the standard bodies, one doubts if there was a special section handworking convertible bodies there.

RE: Ionia operations, I recall seeing a photo of the station wagon production line in 1958 with hardtop Buick Caballero, Oldsmobile Fiesta and Mercury Commuter and Voyager bodies altogether.......!

Steve