I don't understand all the wild/unsubstantiated supposition concerning forged replacement crankshafts. They were probably produced by Studebaker's supplier. Packard was going out of business. Studebaker never went to cast cranks, so it seems logical that replacement cranks would be ordered thru Studebaker. They went to the company who supplied their cranks, and thus it was a given that the cranks were forged.
No big mystery - and no wild suppositions needed. A simple business decision.
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