Re: Merger of Nash/Kelvinator, Packard & Hudson

Posted by ECAnthony On 2015/4/19 22:12:33

"....and who was running Edsel? James J Nance." Wrong!

James J. Nance went to Ford in November 1956 as V-P of Marketing. In September 1957 he became VP-General Manager of the Lincoln & Mercury Division. (Richard E. Krafve was the VP-General Manager of the Edsel Division, and had been since the division started.) Nance was ordered to merge the Edsel Division into the L & M Division in January 1958. So, during the time the Edsel was born and during its first four months of production "who was running Edsel?" Richard E. Krafve.